Jumper (film)

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Jumper
Directed by	Doug Liman
Produced by	Simon Kinberg Lucas Foster Jay Sanders Stacy Maes
Written by	Simon Kinberg (screenplay) Steven Gould (novel)
Starring	Samuel L. Jackson Hayden Christensen Jamie Bell Rachel Bilson
Music by	John Powell
Cinematography	Barry Peterson
Distributed by	New Regency Productions
Release date(s)	February 15, 2008
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	USD$100 million
IMDb profile

Jumper is a 2008 science fiction film based on the science fiction novel Jumper by Steven Gould. The film is directed by Doug Liman and stars Hayden Christensen. Jumper is slated for a February 15, 2008 release.

1 Premise
2 Production
3 References
4 External link

[edit] Premise

David (Hayden Christensen) is a young man who, following his mother's death, discovers the ability to teleport. David searches for the man that he believes killed his mother, drawing the attention of both the National Security Agency and another young man with the same abilities as David.^[1]

[edit] Production

In November 2005, New Regency Productions hired director Doug Liman to helm the film adaptation of the science fiction novel Jumper by Steven Gould. Screenwriter Jim Uhls was hired to rewrite an adapted screenplay by David S. Goyer. The studio announced plans to develop a trilogy based on the novel's premise.^[2] In April 2006, actors Tom Sturridge, Teresa Palmer, and Jamie Bell were cast for Jumper with Sturridge in the lead role.^[3] The following July, actor Samuel L. Jackson was cast into Jumper as an NSA agent, with producer Simon Kinberg rewriting the original screenplay draft by Goyer. Principal photography was scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Rome, Toronto, and New York.^[4] In August, actor Hayden Christensen replaced Sturridge in the lead role as David.^[5]

In September 2006, Jumper was filmed at various locations in Peterborough, Ontario.^[6] The next October, actress Rachel Bilson replaced Palmer in the role opposite Christensen, with principal photography already underway in Toronto.^[1] In December 2006, Liman negotiated with the Rome Film Commission for rare access to film for three days in the Colosseum. The scene in the Colosseum was originally written for the Pantheon, at which exterior shots were also filmed. The crew was required to keep equipment off the ground by using harnesses and to rely on natural light for filming the Colosseum's scenes.^[7]

After filming in Rome, the scenes were filmed in Toronto during December 2006 to January 2007 and wrapped at the Canadian location on January 19. Cast and crew traveled to Tokyo to film scenes. On January 26 in Toronto, 56-year-old Jumper set dresser David Ritchie was fatally struck by frozen debris while dismantling an outdoor set in wintry conditions.^[8]

In February 2007, the next filming site was set up at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sixty students from the nearby Huron High School were cast as extras for the film.^[9]