Jumper (film)

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Jumper
Directed by	Doug Liman
Produced by	Simon Kinberg Lucas Foster Jay Sanders Stacy Maes
Written by	David S. Goyer (screenplay) Jim Uhls (screenplay) 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)	TBA 2008 (USA)
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	USD$100 million
IMDb profile

Jumper is a 2008 science fiction film directed by Doug Liman. The film is the adaptation of Steven Gould's popular sci-fi novel of the same name. New Regency plans to make Jumper the first part of an extensive trilogy. Jumper will be filmed at locations such as Tokyo, Rome, Toronto, Peterborough, Ontario, and New York in the course of 2006.<ref>Kit, Borys. "Jackson Hops on 'Jumper'", Hollywood Reporter, 2006-07-10. Retrieved on 2006-08-01.</ref> The budget is estimated to be in the $100 million range.<ref>Schneider, Karl. "Hayden Christensen to star in Jumper", Cinescape.com, 2006-08-11. Retrieved on 2006-08-11.</ref>

On October 16 2006, news emerged that Teresa Palmer had been dropped from the role of Millie and replaced by Rachel Bilson of The OC fame. <ref name="Replaced in Jumper">Rachel Bilson Is A Jumper CinemaBlend October 16, 2006.</ref>

1 Premise
2 Production
3 Cast
4 References
5 External Links

[edit] Premise

Deciding he's finally had enough abuse from his drunken father and determined to get away, Davy discovers he has the ability to teleport anywhere he wants. An innocent teen, fleeing to New York but desperately short of cash, he "jumps" into a bank vault. While living the high life in the Big City on the stolen money and testing the limits of his power, Davey makes another startling discovery: the mother he thought had abandoned him.

But a new tragedy and a pledge to avenge the loss will plunge Davy into a dangerous and mysterious world of terrorists and government espionage. This time there may be no safe place for the Jumper.

[edit] Production

Filming originally started in June 2006, in New York City, but was suspended after the studio decided to recast the starring role. Location shooting began in the later half of August, primarily in Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario. Confirmed locations for main unit filming in Peterborough (shot from Sept. 5-9t, 2006) were scenes on the water, the streets, a local coffee shop (Haaselton's Coffee & Sweets), St. Peter's highschool, and the Peterborough Public Library. The Peterborough locations were dressed to reflect the scenes taking place in Ann Arbor, Michigan (which is Peterborough's sister city) in both late fall and early winter - despite the 20 degree Celsius average temperature. Other global locations were to shoot in the weeks and months to follow. Certain locations from Peterborough were replicated on soundstages in Toronto to make reshoots and alterations easier. Locations include the character Millie's house and the public library - which is destroyed with visual effects. During filming, simple practical effects were employed to illustrate David Rice's "jumping" into a scene: air shot from a compressor was directed at Hayden, co-stars, and extras.

On 15th November 2006 they were filming around and in the Colosseum (Amphitheatrum Flavium) in Rome, Italy. During that day several scenes were filmed. One of them was a scene where the main characters David Rice (Hayden Christensen) and Millie (Rachel Bilson) were chased by the Italian police (Arma dei Carabinieri). Also a scene where David is trying to escape from the Carabinieri in the Colosseum itself has been shot.

[edit] Cast

Principal Cast and Characters
Hayden Christensen	as David Rice
Jamie Bell	as Griffin
Rachel Bilson	as Millie
Samuel L. Jackson	as Agent Cox
AnnaSophia Robb	as young Millie
Max Thieriot	as young David
Katie Boland	as Sue Kimmell
Tom Hulce	as Mr. Bowker
Michael Rooker	as William Rice
Meredith Henderson	as Fiona

This is the third movie that Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson have appeared in together the first two being Star Wars Episode Two: Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.