A cast returning to earth

In order to show the desolation of the earth long after human migration, many shots were taken in the tropical jungle of Costa Rica. You can often see poisonous snakes on the set. One of them is the Brazilian Agkistrodon, which is the second largest poisonous snake in the world. The crew has a "snake-catching guide", and six snake catchers can walk around the set anytime and anywhere to catch snakes.

Return to Earth is almost a work involving the Smith family. In addition to starring, the original story was also accidentally thought of by Will and Jaden in a chat. "Mrs Smith" jada pinkett smith and her younger brothers caleb Pink and Will are also producers of this film. Sister willow also came to visit the class.

Return to Earth is not only the first digital work by director Shamalan, but also the first film shot by Sony CineAlta F65 with 4K camera in the world. As Sony Colombia is also the producer, the serial number of one of the machines used by Shamalan on the set is "00 1". Photographers are very nervous about this machine when shooting in the jungle. Although this is the first film made with F65, it was preempted by Tom Cruise's Lost Battlefield, which failed to become the first 4K film to be released in the world. Will first thought of a story about the adventures of modern fathers and sons. Screenwriter Gary Whitta finally moved the story background to 1000 years after human beings left the earth, thus bringing sci-fi elements into the film. Jonathan ross Bart, the director of visual effects who was in charge of all the image design of Avatar, and Jenny Fulle, the master of visual effects of Creative Cartel Company (representative works: Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings 2, Matrix 2, etc.) are used to represent the post-human earth more truly. ), 750 sets of visual effects were used to shoot, and through post-production, the disintegrated spaceship, the flying deer and the cliff were quickly photographed.

In the early propaganda stage of Return to Earth, Shamalan's name was once a big selling point on the poster, but later it was changed to fine print for some reason. But Sony denied the move, fearing that Shamalan's name would scare away some viewers.