Knowing (film)

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Knowing
Directed by	Alex Proyas
Produced by	Todd Black Jason Blumenthal Steve Tisch
Written by	Alex Proyas Stuart Hazeldine
Starring	Nicolas Cage Rose Byrne
Distributed by	Summit Entertainment
Release date(s)	2009
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million^[1]
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Knowing is an upcoming science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. The project was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists. Production was financially backed by Summit Entertainment, which will also distribute the film. Knowing was filmed in Melbourne, Australia, using various locations to represent the film's setting, Boston. The film is scheduled to be released in 2009.

1 Premise
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Premise

A professor (Cage) finds that the contents of a time capsule at his son's elementary school makes predictions of the future that have come true. The predictions lead the teacher to believe the world is ending, and that he and his son are involved in the apocalypse.^[2]

[edit] Cast

Nicolas Cage as a professor^[3]
Rose Byrne as the daughter of the woman who buried the time capsule^[3]
Chandler Canterbury as the professor's son^[4]

[edit] Production

Knowing was originally written by novelist Ryne Pearson, and the project was set up at Columbia Pictures. Directors Rod Lurie and Richard Kelly were attached as directors, but the film eventually went into turnaround. The project was picked up by the production company Escape Artists, and the script was rewritten by Stiles White and Juliet Snowden. Director Alex Proyas was attached to direct the project in February 2005.^[5] Summit Entertainment took on the responsibility to fully finance and distribute the film. Proyas and Stuart Hazeldine rewrote the draft for production,^[2] which began on March 25, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia.^[6] The film is set in Boston, and to represent the city, filmmakers used Australian locations such as Camberwell High School, Geelong Ring Road, Melbourne Museum, Mount Macedon, and Collins Street.^[1] Camberwell High School was converted into John Adams Elementary, set in Boston circa 1958.^[3] The Australian Synchrotron was used as Nicolas Cage's character's office^[7]. In addition to practical locations, filming also took place at Docklands Film and Television studios in Melbourne.^[4]