Reign of Fire
They're extremely intelligent. Highly evolved. And they don't like sharing the planet.
Country
Production
Budget
$60 000 000
Box office
$82 150 183
Director
Actors
Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Alexander Siddig, Scott Moutter, David Kennedy, Ned Dennehy, Rory Keenan, Terence Maynard
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Gregg Chabot
Producer
Richard D. Zanuck, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Lili Fini Zanuck, Jonathan Glickman
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Wolf Kroeger, Julie Busher
Audition
Priscilla John, Marcia Ross
Editing
Thom Noble, Declan McGrath
Whole Team (167)
Whole Team (167)
Short description
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.
What's left behind the scenes
- The method by which the dragons breathe fire was borrowed from two animals: the spitting cobra and the bombardier beetle.
- Filming period: February 19 – July 2001.
- A significant portion of the film was shot in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, near Dublin. Since this area is part of a national park and is popular with tourists, the filmmakers were allowed to work under strict conditions, ensuring that everything would be cleaned up and returned to its original state without any damage to the natural landscape after filming.
- Initially, Christian Bale intended to lose weight for the role of Quinn, believing that thinness and exhaustion would be logical and natural for a post-apocalyptic world where sustenance was scarce. However, on set, he noticed Matthew McConaughey's (who played Van Zan) strong physique, changed his mind about losing weight, and instead began actively working out at the gym. Considering the upcoming filming of a fight scene with McConaughey, the actor decided that the fight would look more realistic if the physiques of the participants were more or less the same.
- The first outbreak in almost 40 years of enteroviral vesicular stomatitis (an acute infectious disease) in Ireland in 2001 meant that filmmakers needed to obtain special permission to shoot in some counties. During that period, local residents were only allowed to go outside for a short time and only in cases of extreme necessity. It was recommended to refrain from traveling even within the country.
- Some of the blows that Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey delivered to each other in the fight scene were genuine (such as the headbutt that McConaughey delivered to Bale).
- The film’s broadcast, scheduled for July 7, 2005, on British television channel ABC, was canceled due to the terrorist attacks that took place in London on that day. Channel management believed that the spectacle of London ravaged by dragons would remind viewers of the tragedy that had occurred, and replaced "Reign of Fire" in the schedule with the family comedy "Big Fat Liar" (2002).
- The method by which the dragons breathe fire was borrowed from two animals: the venom-spitting cobra and the bombardier beetle.
- The film's broadcast, scheduled for July 7, 2005, on the British channel ABC, was canceled due to the terrorist attacks in London that occurred on that day. The channel's management felt that the sight of a London devastated by dragons would remind viewers of the tragedy, and replaced 'Reign of Fire' in the schedule with the family comedy 'Big Fat Liar' (2002).
- Initially, Christian Bale intended to lose weight for the role of Quinn, believing that thinness and exhaustion were logical and natural for a post-apocalyptic world where food is scarce. However, on set, he noticed Matthew McConaughey's (who played Van Zan) sturdy build, changed his mind about losing weight, and instead began training actively in the gym. Considering the upcoming scenes of the fight with McConaughey's character, the actor decided that the struggle would look more realistic if the physiques of the participants were more or less similar.
- Some of the blows that Christian Bale's and Matthew McConaughey's characters dealt each other in the fight scene were real (such as the headbutt McConaughey delivered to Bale).
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