Skyline

Skyline (2010)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2010-11-11

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Rogue Pictures, Trimuse Entertainment Inc., IM Global, RAT Entertainment, Hydraulx, Transmission Pictures

Genre

Science Fiction, Adventure, Action, Thriller

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$66 821 036

Website

http://www.iamrogue.com/skyline

Director

Colin Strause, Greg Strause

Actors

Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas, Donald Faison, Brittany Daniel, Crystal Reed, Neil Hopkins, J. Paul Boehmer, Tanya Newbould, Pam Levin
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Joshua Cordes, Liam O'Donnell

Producer

Colin Strause, Greg Strause, Liam O'Donnell, Kristian James Andresen, Paul Barry, Brian Tyler, Brett Ratner, Ryan Kavanaugh, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones

Operator

Michael Watson

Composer

Matthew Margeson

Artist

Audition

Liz Dean

Editing

Nicholas Wayman-Harris, Colin Hudock
All team (102)

• Colin Straus and Greg Straus independently financed the film, without seeking funding from any studio.
• The appearance of many alien ships is indebted to various cloud formations – from stratocumulus to cumulus.
• Practically the entire film was shot in a building where one of the directors and producers, Greg Straus, resides, located in Venice, one of the districts of Los Angeles.
• The film utilized over 1000 special effects.
• The entire $10 million budget went towards computer graphics; approximately $500,000 was spent on filming the movie itself.
• Sony Pictures filed a lawsuit against Colin Straus, Greg Straus, and the owners of Hydraulix Films, who had previously been hired to produce special effects for the thematically similar film "Battle: Los Angeles" (2011). Sony claimed that Hydraulix had not informed them that the company was working on a competing project. The case was later dismissed.
• Colin Straus and Greg Straus secured the rights to use a song by 30 Seconds to Mars at a low cost due to their friendship with Jared Leto.
• Sony Pictures filed a lawsuit against Colin Straus, Greg Straus, and the owners of Hydraulix Films, who had previously been hired to produce special effects for the thematically similar film "Battle: Los Angeles" (2011). Sony stated that Hydraulix had not informed them that the company was working on a competing project. The case was later dismissed.