Babylon A.D.
Cast: Vin Diesel, Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong, Radek Bruna, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Jerome Le Banner, Jamel Debbouze, Chris Astoyan, Radek Bruna, Abraham BelagaDirector: Mathieu Kassovitz
Writer: Eric Besnard, Mathieu Kassovitz, Joseph Simas
Producers: Alain Goldman, Mathieu Kassovitz, Eiffel Mattsson
Co-Producer: Selwyn Roberts
Exeucitve Producers: Eric Cadrieu, Marc Jenny, Gary Ungar
Art Direction: Thomas Brown, Claudio Campana, Robert Cowper, Ora Ito, Peter James, John King, Jindrich Kocí, Milena Koubkova, Olivier Raoux, Karen Wakefield, Stephen Wong
Casting: Jina Jay
Costume Design: Chattoune, Fab
D.O.P.: Thierry Arbogast
Editor: Benjamin Weill
Production Design: Paul Cross, Sonja Klaus
Set Decoration: Francesca Cross, Michel Pagès
Story is set in the near future and concerns genetic manipulation. In the book, a mercenary charged with delivering a young woman from Russia to Canada learns that she has been manipulated by a synthetic virus and what lies inside her could doom the human race. The film is based on Maurice Georges Dantec's French novel Babylon Babies.
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Filming Locations: Prague, Czech Republic; Kiruna, Sweden
Production Budget: $60 million
Production Companies: Canal+, Légende Films, MNP Entreprise, Okko Productions
Production Schedule: 11th December 2006 - May 2007
Web Sites: Official Site - The IMDb
Filming Locations: Prague, Czech Republic; Kiruna, Sweden
Production Budget: $60 million
Production Companies: Canal+, Légende Films, MNP Entreprise, Okko Productions
Production Schedule: 11th December 2006 - May 2007
Web Sites: Official Site - The IMDb
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- French actor Vincent Cassel was initially sought to be cast in the lead role.
- In February 2006, actor Vin Diesel entered negotiations to star in the film, titled Babylon A.D., dropping out of the lead role of Hitman in the process.
- In March 2007, the filming crew, having shot in the Czech Republic, took a two-week hiatus to deal with uncooperative weather, such as the lack of snow, and problems with set construction.
- Crew members scouted Iceland for locations with snow to shoot six to eight days of footage, which was supposed to be done in February.
- In April 2007, Babylon A.D. was reported to be over-budget and three weeks behind schedule. A skiing sequence meant to be shot in Eastern Europe, but a lack of snow moved the shooting location in Sweden.
- Babylon A.D. was originally slated to be released in the United States on February 29, 2008, but its release has been postponed to August 29, 2008.
- In February 2006, actor Vin Diesel entered negotiations to star in the film, titled Babylon A.D., dropping out of the lead role of Hitman in the process.
- In March 2007, the filming crew, having shot in the Czech Republic, took a two-week hiatus to deal with uncooperative weather, such as the lack of snow, and problems with set construction.
- Crew members scouted Iceland for locations with snow to shoot six to eight days of footage, which was supposed to be done in February.
- In April 2007, Babylon A.D. was reported to be over-budget and three weeks behind schedule. A skiing sequence meant to be shot in Eastern Europe, but a lack of snow moved the shooting location in Sweden.
- Babylon A.D. was originally slated to be released in the United States on February 29, 2008, but its release has been postponed to August 29, 2008.
27th August 2008: France
29th August 2008: UK
4th September 2008: Germany
29th August 2008: UK
4th September 2008: Germany