After Earth

After Earth is a 2013 American action adventure science fiction movie that M. Night Shyamalan made with Will Smith. Columbia Pictures produced it.

After Earth
Directed by	M. Night Shyamalan
Screenplay by	Stephen Gaghan M. Night Shyamalan Michael Soccio Gary Whitta[1]
Story by	Gary Whitta
Produced by	James Lassiter Caleeb Pinkett Will Smith
Starring	Jaden Smith Will Smith Isabelle Fuhrman Zoë Kravitz Kristofer Hivju Sophie Okonedo
Cinematography	Peter Suschitzky
Edited by	Andrew Rosenblum
Music by	James Newton Howard
Production companies	Overbrook Entertainment Blinding Edge Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 31, 2013 (2013-05-31)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

1,000 years in the future, astronauts from another planet (played by Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith) go back to Earth for some reason. Their space ship wrecks and Will Smith gets hurt, so Jaden Smith then has to go signal for help. There are also really mean aliens that are trying to kill Jaden Smith. Will and Jaden hope to eventually escape and go back to their alien planet.^[2]

Cast

• Will Smith as Cypher Raige
• Jaden Smith as Kitai Raige
• Isabelle Fuhrman as Rayna
• Kristofer Hivju as Security Chief
• Gabriel Caste as Ranger
• Zoe Kravitz as Senshi Raige
• Sophie Okonedo as Faia Raige
• David Denman as McQuarrie
• Lincoln Lewis as Bo

Production

M. Night Shyamalan started filming After Earth in February 2012. Before that, Gary Whitta wrote the first script, then M. Night Shyamalan rewrote it, then Stephen Gaghan improved M. Night Shyamalan's script at the end of 2011.^[1] M. Night Shyamalan filmed most of the movie in Costa Rica, California, and Pennsylvania.