Reign of Fire (2002)


Reign of Fire
Release Date09 July 2002
Budget$95,000,000
US Box Office$43,000,000
TaglineFight Fire With Fire
GenreAction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
CountryUK
Ireland
USA
Filming LocationsArdmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCreature Film, Fantasy Adventure, Sci-Fi Action, Sci-Fi Disaster Film
MoodThrill Rides
ThemesPost-Apocalypse, Future Barbarians, Mythical Creatures, Haunted By the Past
TonesVisceral, Menacing, Grim, Rousing, Gloomy
TagsApocalypse, Army, Dragon, Firefighter, Hibernation, Paratrooper, Sword And Sorcery

Reign of Fire (2002) is an action fantasy film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerard Butler, and Izabella Scorupco. It takes place in the year 2020 in England, after dragons have reawakened. The film grossed about $82 million on a $60 million budget.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Quinn Abercromby

Denton Van Zan

Alex Jensen

Creedy

Scott Moutter
Jared Wilke

David Kennedy
Eddie Stax

Ned Dennehy
Barlow

Devon

Doug Cockle
Goosh

Randall Carlton
Burke

Chris Kelly
Mead

Ben Thornton
Young Quinn

Karen Abercromby

Malcolm Douglas
Stuart

Dessie Gallagher
Jess

Martin Linnane
Mole #1

Denis Conway
Mole #2

Duncan Keegan
Michael

Laura Pyper
Lin

Berts Folan
Construction Worker #1

Brian McGuinness
Construction Worker #2

Barry Barnes
Construction Worker #3

David Herlihy
Oliver

Gerry O'Brien
Jerry

Paddy Foy
Paddy

Anne Maria McAuley
Rose

Maree Duffy
Rachel

Alex Meacock
Alvarez

Jefferson

Andy Godbold
Piscatella

Sebastian Siegel
Jefferson

Director

Writer

Gregg Chabot
,

Kevin Peterka
,

Matt Greenberg

Producer

Gary Barber
producer

Roger Birnbaum
producer

Chris Chrisafis
co-producer

Ned Dowd
line producer

Derek Evans
co-producer

James Flynn
co-producer

Jonathan Glickman
executive producer

Bruce Moriarty
associate producer

Morgan O'Sullivan
co-producer

Douglas A. Raine
line producer

Rebekah Rudd
co-producer

Dean Zanuck
co-producer

producer

Original Music

Ed Shearmur
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Brad Wagner
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Cinematographer

Adrian Biddle
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Editor

Declan McGrath
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Thom Noble
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Casting Director

Priscilla John
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Marcia Ross
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Production Designer

Wolf Kroeger
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Art Director

Ian Bailie
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Jonathan McKinstry

Alan Tomkins
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Justin Warburton-Brown
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Set Decorator

Simon Wakefield
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Costume Designer

Joan Bergin
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Makeup Department

Martina Byrne
additional makeup artist

Dee Corcoran
chief hair stylist

Lynn Johnson
makeup artist

Clare Lambe
assistant makeup artist

Ailbhe Lemass
makeup designer

Kevin Murnane
special makeup effects artist

Robert Trenton
sculptor

Production Manager

Mary Alleguen
unit production manager

Stewart Bethune
production manager: Canada

Jane McNally
production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Keith Barry
trainee assistant director

Misha Bukowski
dgc trainee assistant director

Enda Doherty
trainee assistant director

Catherine Dunne
first assistant director: second unit

Nick Gillard
second unit director

Sean Griffin
trainee assistant director: dailies

Ray Kenny
daily assistant director

Raymond Kirk
assistant director

Owen Magee
trainee assistant director

Josh McLaglen
first assistant director: additional photography

Tara McNamee
assistant director

Bruce Moriarty
first assistant director

Brian 'Joker' Mulvey
third assistant director: second aerial unit

Hannah Quinn
second assistant director: additional shooting

Karen Richards
second assistant director

Nick Thomas
trainee assistant director

Jonathan Watson
first assistant director: second unit

Art Department

Graeme Bird
model maker

Julie Busher
assistant art director

Antonio Calvo-Dominguez
junior draughtsman

June Connon
props

Keith Cullen
props

Gabriel Hardman
storyboard artist

Alan Harvey
props

Darren Hayward
supervising carpenter

Michael Higgins
art department assistant

Jonathan Houlding
draftsman

Gavin Jones
model maker

Sinead Kavanagh
assistant art department coordinator

Darren Kearney
painter

Stuart Kearns
assistant art director

Rory Kelleher
graphic designer

Chan Kin
props

Dave Kinsella
dressing props

Rene Knol
dressing props

Jennifer N. MacLeod
art department coordinator: Los Angeles

Kate McColgan
art department coordinator

Iain McFadyen
draughtsman

Dave Midson
assistant property master

Philip Murphy
props

Dennis Murray
head plasterer

Tony Nicholson Jr.
chargehand dressing propsman

Edwin Ryan
sculptor

William Simpson
illustrator

Tom Still
set designer

Andy Thomson
assistant art director

Simon Wakefield
set designer

Trinita Waller
property master: Canada

Jacques Rey
storyboard artist

Sound Department

Darren Brisker
production sound mixer: Canada

Patrick Dodd
supervising sound editor

Caoimhe Doyle
foley artist

Andrew Felton
sound trainee

Kieran Horgan
sound mixer

Craig Irving
sound re-recording mixer

Steve Kohler
dubbing recordist

Jon Olive
sound effects editor

Noel Quinn
boom operator

Gerard Roche
adr mixer

Leslie Shatz
sound designer

Steve Single
sound re-recording mixer

Wendy Czajkowsky
adr mixer

Goro Koyama
foley artist

Andy Malcolm
foley artist

Ann Scibelli
sound designer

Don White
foley recording mixer

Special Effects

Caimin Bourne
special effects technician

Aidan Byrne
senior special effects technician

Brendan Byrne
pyrotechnician

Kevin Byrne
special effects coordinator

Paul Byrne
special effects technician

Eric Coon
miniatures

Jeffrey Cupernell
model maker

Karl Derrick
special effects

Gerry P. Farrell
special effects technician

Chris Fitzgerald
sculptor

Dan Frye
special effects mold maker: ART EM

David Gauthier
special effects supervisor

Mark Hawker
special effects technician: The Secret Lab

Boyd Lacosse
special effects supervisor: The Secret Lab, special effects foreman: The Secret Lab

Chris Martin
special effects

David McGeary
special effects technician

Jim McPherson
sculptor

Kevin Nolan
senior special effects technician

Jak Osmond
special effects foreman

Pat Redmond
special effects technician

W.A. Andrew Sculthorp
special effects foreman

Russell Shinkle
model fabrication: Film Illusions

Christopher A. Suarez
special effects technician

Patrick Taylor
special effects technician

Neil Toddy Todd
special effects technician

Mark Vanstone
special effects technician

Michael S. Vincent
special effects technician

Mark Yuricich
special effects foreman: The Secret Lab

Visual Effects

Frank Annunziata
associate production coordinator: The Secret Lab

Arthur Argote
digital compositor

Alec Bartsch
visual effects

Allen Battino
art director

Anders J.L. Beer
digital artist

James Colby Bette
visual effects

Allen Blaisdell
on-set matchmover

David Booth
film scanning and recording

Barbara A. Bordo
digital paint & roto artist

Marc Canas
scanning/recording

Camille Cellucci
visual effects producer

D. Wallace Colvard
digital artist

John Cornejo
digital compositor: Walt Disney Feature Animation

James Coulter
digital artist: Digital Dimension

Christine Cram
digital artist

Doug Cram
digital artist

Jason Crosby
digital artist: Digital Dimension

Paolo deGuzman
digital artist

Dan Deleeuw
co-visual effects supervisor

Lino DiSalvo
animator

Rob Dressel
creature supervisor

Hank Driskill
technical supervisor

David Eberle
technology support

Louis Flores
digital effects artist

Kevin Geiger
digital artist

Benoit Girard
visual effects supervisor: Digital Dimension

Lisa Goldberg
associate visual effects producer

Kyle J. Healey
art/previs: TSL

Richard R. Hoover
visual effects supervisor

Mark Hopper
visual effects

Sandy Houston
2D paint and roto supervisor

John Huikku
digital compositor: Disney's The Secret Lab

Sean Jenkins
effects animator

Blaine Kennison
compositing supervisor

Martin Allan Kloner
visual effects editor

Marta Knudsen
texture painter: The Secret Lab

Michael Kuehn
technical director

Ryan Leasher
lighting artist

Kevin Lee
visual effects animator

Li-Ming 'Lawrence' Lee
visual effects animator

Mark Lefitz
technical director

Dan Levitan
compositing supervisor

Adolph Lusinsky
CG supervisor

Alex Mark
character animator

Michael Martines
technical support

Victor James Martinez
digital set designer: miniatures/digital modeling/rapid prototyping

Rodney J. McFall
visual effects animator

Dara McGarry
technical support

Dennis McHugh
visual effects gaffer

Colman McMahon
physical production manager: TSL

Robert L. Miles
lighting artist

Michael Miller
digital compositor

Justin Mitchell
digital artist

Jerome Morin
visual effects producer: Digital Dimension

John Murrah
digital effects supervisor

Jimmie Nelson
render I/O administrator

Kim O'Donnell
digital artist

Jeff Olm
digital compositor

Sam Page
digital draftsperson

Alan A. Patel
render I/O

Amy Pawlowski
visual effects editor

Eric Pender
effects animator: The Secret Lab

Amy Pfaffinger
digital compositor

Jason Piccioni
visual effects supervisor: Cinesite

Winston Quitasol
digital compositor

Robert Rosenblum
digital effects artist

Chris Rosewarne
dragon prop maker

Penny Runge
visual effects plate coordinator, visual effects production manager

Merrick Rustia
lighter

John Damien Ryan
assistant visual effects editor

Atsushi Sato
lead animator

Wally Schaab
CG lighting artist

Scott Schneider
miniature crew chief

Marc Scott
lead compositor

Yuriko Senoo
animator

Mark Siegel
lighting and texture artist

Brad Smith
render I/O administrator

Marion Spates
digital effects artist: Digital Dimension

Kee Nam Suong
digital effects artist

Patrick Taylor
lead character rigger

Bryan Thombs
3D lead artist: title sequence

Katie Tucker-Fico
digital compositor

Erich Turner
visual effects

Renée Tymn
visual effects artist: Cinesite , digital compositor: Cinesite

Leandro Visconti
compositor: Digital Dimension

David Wainstain
digital artist: effects animator

Makul Wigert
digital efx producer

Paul Wood
character animator

Dean Wright
visual effects executive producer

Steve Yamamoto
previsualization artist/animator

Simon Yuen
digital effects animator

Edward Derian Boyke
render I/O administrator

Bryce Brecheisen
visual effects coordinator

Christian M. Elsensohn
render I/O administrator: Disney/TSL

Kama Moiha
digital compositor

Jeff Pyle
modelmaker

Tiffany Smith
visual effects associate producer

Tracy Takahashi
visual effects associate producer

Stunts

George Cottle
stunts

Kelly Dent
stunt double: Isabella Scorupco, stunts

Ben Dimmock
stunts

Neil Finnighan
stunts

stunt artist: Jefferson

Nick Gillard
stunt coordinator

Andy Godbold
stunt artist: Piscatella

Nic Goodey
stunts

Rowley Irlam
stunts

Morgan Johnson
stunts

Alex Meacock
stunt artist: Alvarez

Giedrius Nagys
stunt double

Robert O'Brien
stunts

Justin Pearson
stunts

Bean Peel
stunts

Dominic Preece
stunts

Gary Robinson
stunts

C.C. Smiff
stunts

Anna Stuart
stunts

Alan Walsh
stunts

stunt coordinator

Joss Gower
stunt double: Christian Bale

Rob Inch
stunt double: Christian Bale, stunts

Mark Norby
stunt double: Matthew McConaughey

Donal O'Farrell
assistant stunt coordinator, stunts

Philippe Zone
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

camera operator: "b" camera, Steadicam operator

Ciarán Barry
camera operator: second unit

Richard Brooks Burton
aerial first assistant camera

Alan Butler
assistant camera

Steve Casey
electrician

Hugh-Thomas Cavanagh
electrician: practicals

Gary Colkett
electrician

John Conroy
focus puller: "b" camera

Adam Dale
aerial director of photography

Kevin Day
gaffer

Russell Dereck
grip

Noel Donnellon
video operator

Des Doyle
assistant camera

Richie Egan
grip

Stephen Fell
supervising rigger

John Flemming
key grip

Sarah Francis
assistant camera

Addo Gallagher
electrician

David Grennan
focus puller: second unit

Robert Hamilton
video assist operator: second unit

Harvey Harrison
additional photographer

Jonathan Hession
still photographer

Patric Kickham
video assist operator: second unit

Davie Mayes
electrician

Philip McKeon
assistant camera

Stuart Meacock
free fall camera operator

Pat Miller
rigging gaffer

Philip Murphy
grip

Francis Taaffe
video assistant

Alf Tramontin
Steadicam operator

J. Glyn Williams
first assistant camera: aerial unit

Charlie Woodburn
first assistant camera: aerial unit

David Worley
camera operator

Vince McGahon
Steadicam operator

Animation Department

Darrin Butts
animator

Ramiro Camilo Gomez
technical director

Casting Department

Kate Lacey
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Jessica O'Leary
wardrobe supervisor

Leonie Pendergast
wardrobe trainee

Editorial Department

Audrey Evans
first assistant film editor

Dale E. Grahn
color timer

Adrian Kays
editor: prologue

Elana Joy Livneh
apprentice editor

Cynthia Ludwig
assistant editor: avid

Michele Mehaffey
post-production assistant

Aidan O'Brien
apprentice editor

Anna Maria O'Flanagan
second assistant editor

Rebecca Weigold
first assistant editor

Music Department

Andy Brown
music contractor

Robert Elhai
orchestrator

Chris Fogel
music scoring mixer

Daryl B. Kell
music editor

The London Metropolitan Orchestra
music performed by

Stephen McLaughlin
music recordist

Jeff Toyne
orchestrator

Transportation Department

Arthur Dunne
transportation coordinator

Paul Kelly
unit driver

Eamonn Murphy
driver: Jonathan Glickman, unit driver

Michael Phelan
driver: Lili Zanuck, unit driver

Other Crew

Sophie Addie
assistant to director

Mark Barry-Jackson
helicopter pilot

J.B. Benna
production assistant

Brenda Berrisford
assistant: Mr. Zanuck

Ron Blecker
technical advisor: military

Derek Blythe
parachute rigger

Jean Bourne
script supervisor

Yvonne Burke
assistant production coordinator

Kim Buttlar
executive coordinator: Mr. Barber

John C. Chaney
assistant: Mr. McConaughey

Jessica Chavez
assistant: Mr. Glickman

Jeffrey Chernov
production executive

Jill Christensen
production coordinator: re-shoots

Tom Clode
safety engineer

Gillian Cody
first assistant accountant, construction accountant

Kieran Cuddihy
location assistant

Adrian Devane
assistant: Ned Dowd, production assistant

Tony Double
horse master

Ilan Eshkeri
additional programmer

Michael M. Fukumoto
technical supporter

Nial Fulton
location consultant

parachute double

Ingrid Goodwin
second unit coordinator

Jennifer Griffin
first assistant accountant

Jeanine Gruber
assistant: Lili Zanuck

Rob Grundy
armorer

Iseult Harrington
production assistant

Lise Hayden
assistant: Mr. Bowman

Manus Hingerty
location researcher

Eoin Holohan
assistant location manager

Amindra Jayasinghe
technical supporter

Bobbie Johnson
financial controller

Ashley Kravitz
researcher, script clearance

Gerry Lundberg
unit publicist

Owen Magle
stand-in: "Christian"

John McHale
specialist film pilot

John McKenna
master armorer

Josh McLaglen
co-producer: additional photography

Ronald Milne
parachute double

Brian 'Joker' Mulvey
assistant armourer

David Murphy
production accountant

Frances O'Reilly
assistant: Lili Zanuck

John O'Sullivan
helicopter pilot

Tara O'Sullivan
travel and accommodation coordinator

Cathy Pearson
location manager

Seamus Porter
location scout

Benjamin R. Reder
production counsel

Stephan Rothman
post-production accountant

Neil Sadhu
assistant: Mr. Evans

Rachel Smith
production coordinator

David Spencer
drop zone controller

Julian Spencer
aerial coordinator

Susan Stanley
stand-in: "Izabella"

Stuart Sumida
consultant: animal anatomy

Michael Swan
location assistant

Miles Teves
conceptual designer: 3-D dragons

Marlena Thomas
executive coordinator: Mr. Birnbaum

Nick Thomas
stand-in: Matthew

Robyn Wiener
second assistant production coordinator: re-shoots

Garson Yu
title designer

Harrison Cheung
assistant: Christian Bale

Lisa Fisher
digital trainer

Michael J. Harker
completion bond company representative

Production Company

Spyglass Entertainment
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Touchstone Pictures
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Tripod Entertainment
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World 2000 Entertainment
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Zanuck Company, The
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Distributor

Buena Vista Pictures

Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI)

Buena Vista International

Buena Vista International

Falcon

Touchstone Home Video

Buena Vista International Italia

Buena Vista International

Toho-Towa

Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE)

Buena Vista Home Entertainment
,

Buena Vista Home Video

Gativideo
,

SBS6

Buena Vista Home Entertainment
,

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Special Effects

Artem

Gauthier Special Effects Ltd.
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Secret Lab, The (TSL)

Team Effects Ltd.
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Team FX
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Miscellaneous

Air Lyndhurst Studios
music recording studio

Custom Film Effects
opticals

Flying Pictures
aerial filming services provided by

Gearbox Sound and Vision
additional ProTools systems supplied by

Global Music Service
music copyist

Lee Lighting
lighting

London Metropolitan Orchestra
orchestra

Malde & Co.
production auditors

Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack

yU+Co.
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