Plot
After a devastating earthquake hits California, a Los Angeles Fire Department rescue-helicopter pilot (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) and his ex-wife (Carla Gugino) attempt to leave Los Angeles and head to San Francisco to find and rescue their daughter (Alexandra Daddario).
Production / Development
On December 1, 2011, it was announced that New Line Cinema was developing an earthquake disaster film, "San Andreas: 3D," from a script by Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizio, Allan Loeb polished the script, Flynn Picture Company's Beau Flynn is producing the $100 million budgeted 3D film. On June 5, 2012, the studio set Brad Peyton to direct the film. On July 18, 2012, New Line tapped Carlton Cuse to re-write the script for the earthquake disaster film. On July 18, 2013 The Conjuring writers Carey Hayes, and Chad Hayes were tapped by the studio to pen the film again. The film was produced by New Line and Village Roadshow Pictures, along with Flynn Picture Company and Australian limited Village Roadshow.
Publication Information
- Title : San Andreas (2015 Film)
- Directed by : Brad Peyton
- Produced by : Beau Flynn, Hiram Garcia, Tripp Vinson
- Screenplay by : Carlton Cuse
- Story by : Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore
- Starring : Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Paul Giamatti, Kylie Minogue
- Music by : Andrew Lockington
- Cinematography : Steve Yedlin
- Edited by : Bob Ducsay
- Production company : New Line Cinema, Flynn Picture Company, Village Roadshow Pictures
- Distributed by : Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates : May 29, 2015 (United States)
- Running time : 114 minutes
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Budget : $100–110 million
On October 14, 2013, Dwayne Johnson closed a deal to star in the film, playing the role of a helicopter pilot searching for his daughter after an earthquake. On February 4, 2014, Alexandra Daddario joined the cast. On March 12, 2014, Carla Gugino joined the cast, reuniting with Dwayne Johnson, with whom she starred in Race to Witch Mountain and Faster. On March 14, 2014, Game of Thrones actor Art Parkinson joined the film's cast. On April 1, 2014, Archie Panjabi joined the earthquake film. On April 5, 2014, Todd Williams also joined the film. He'll play Marcus Crowlings, an old Army friend of Johnson. On April 15, 2014, Colton Haynes was added to the cast of the film. On April 29, Ioan Gruffudd joined the cast of the film. Gruffudd will play Daniel Reddick, a wealthy real estate developer who’s engaged to Johnson’s ex-wife. On May 28, Will Yun Lee joined the cast to play Dr. Kim Chung, the co-director of the Caltech Seismology Lab in the film. On June 11, Australian actress Kylie Minogue joined the film.
Filming
On December 17, 2013 Variety reported that the film would be shot at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The production was set to start in April 2014 in Queensland, with locations including Ipswich and Brisbane. On March 20, 2014 it was announced that Gods of Egypt had started production in Australia, and San Andreas was set to begin soon after. On April 16, 2014, Johnson tweeted photos from the training for the film.
Filming began on April 22, 2014 in Australia and would also be shot in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and San Francisco. On May 12, the shooting would be taking place in the Lockyer Valley. On May 10–11, shooting was taking place in Los Angeles and then production went back to Australia to complete the rest of shooting. On May 17, the second unit was filming scenes in Bakersfield where a helicopter was spotted, while Johnson was busy in Gold Coast. On June 22, the crew was spotted filming the disaster scenes on Elizabeth Street in Brisbane.
The film's second-unit started shooting on July 8, in San Francisco, while the first unit began shooting on July 21, wrapping up on July 27. On July 15–16, first unit was filming in Fisherman's Wharf, while a second unit was also filming in Embarcadero on July 16. On July 21, the filming was taking place at AT&T Park, where the crew shot a scene during a San Francisco Giants game. On July 22, they filmed an earthquake with fake victims and fake garbage at Hyde and Lombard streets in Russian Hill. On July 23, crews were filming disaster scenes in The Armory. On July 26, they filmed some scenes near the Fairmont Hotel, with the last day of filming spent shooting on the California Street in Financial District, which wrapped-up the shooting on July 27, 2014.
Music
On July 24, 2014, it was announced that Andrew Lockington would be composing the music for the film. Three teasers were revealed and two of them hear Robot Koch & Delhia de France and Sia singing "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas.
Release
On December 5, 2013, Warner Bros. set the film for a June 5, 2015 release, and the film would be released in 2D and 3D. Later on October 21, Warner Bros. moved the film's release date a week earlier to May 29, 2015.
Marketing
An image from the film featuring Johnson was revealed on March 17, 2014. The film's first trailer was released on December 9, 2014.
Reception / Box office
San Andreas will open in the North America across 3,777 theaters including a total of 3,210 3D locations. Several box office pundits are predicting that the film could open to $40 million or more in its opening weekend in North America.
Critical response
San Andreas has received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 52%, based on 89 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "San Andreas has a great cast and outstanding special effects, but amidst all the senses-shattering destruction, the movie's characters and plot prove less than structurally sound." On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 42 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Cast
- Dwayne Johnson as Chief Ray Gaines
- Carla Gugino as Emma, Ray's ex-wife
- Alexandra Daddario as Blake Gaines, Ray's estranged daughter
- Paul Giamatti as Lawrence
- Ioan Gruffudd as Daniel Riddick
- Archie Panjabi as Serena
- Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Ben
- Art Parkinson as Ollie
- Colton Haynes as Joby
- Todd Williams as Marcus Crowlings
- Matt Gerald as Harrison
- Will Yun Lee as Dr. Kim Chung
- Kylie Minogue as Susan Riddick
Source : Wikipedia
