After Earth / After Earth (2013, Fantasy) camrip

- The first movie filmed on a digital camera Sony F65, as well as the first digital film M. Night Shyamalan.
- The first film by M. Night Shyamalan, the director who took not on his own script.
- This is the second time Will Smith and Jaden Smith, the real father and son, father and son playing on the screen. The first time was in the movie "The Pursuit of Happiness" (2006).
- The original idea of ​​the film was about a father and son who went hiking. After their car flies into a ditch, the son has to have a long way through the forest to get help for his father.Realizing that the idea has great potential and producer Will Smith and screenwriter Gary Witt decided to transfer the basic concepts of survival in a sci-fi project.
- Will Smith for several years wanted to work with director M. Night Shyamalan, but it was not a suitable project. Smith personally hired Shyamalan for the post of the director of this film.
- The original script was written by Gary Witt, based on the idea of ​​Will Smith. During pre-production directed by M.Night Shyamalan made a few sketches of the script just to get acquainted with the material, before being handed his Geyganu Stephen, who was the chief writer at the time of production.It also had a hand in the script by Mark Boal, who has worked on such films as "The Hurt Locker" (2008) and "The number one goal" (2012).
- 300-page "bible" covers the history of mankind on the decision to leave the Earth, up to the events depicted in the film, she was produced comic writer Peter David (Peter David)with Michael Jan Friedman (Michael Jan Friedman) and Robert Greenberger (Robert Greenberger). This book has served as a source for all sorts of auxiliary materials.
- A series of spin-off novels, subtitled "Stories of ghosts» (Ghost Stories) were planned not only as a commercial film, but also for the concretization of some plot points.The names of these books: "Innocence» (Innocence), «Peace» (Peace), «Hunted» (Hunted) and "The Perfect Beast» (A Perfect Beast).All the books were written by Peter David (Peter David) with Michael Jan Friedman (Michael Jan Friedman) and Robert Greenberger (Robert Greenberger) with illustrations Lobel Benito (Benito Lobel).
- Harper Collins and Insight Editions specifically for advertising film released two books: "After Earth: Survival Guide unified body Rangers» (After Earth: United Ranger Corps Survival Manual) and "After Earth: China Journal» (After Earth: Kitai `s Journal).
- Although it is not mentioned in the credits, Will Smith was actively involved in directing the film. M.Night Shyamalan is mainly responsible for the composition and location of the camera, as well as visual aspects (color and design). Will Smith was personally involved in performance Jaden Smith dictated the development of history and the way it will unfold on the screen.