Skyline (2010)

Popularity:

Down 1% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Directors:

Colin Strause
Greg Strause

Writers:

Joshua Cordes (written by) &
Liam O'Donnell (written by)

Release Date:

23 December 2010 (Germany)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Don't look up.

Plot:

Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.

Plot Keywords:

Light | Group Of Friends | Blue Light | Drawing | Apartment

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Eric Balfour	...	Jarrod
Scottie Thompson	...	Elaine
Brittany Daniel	...	Candice
Crystal Reed	...	Denise
Neil Hopkins	...	Ray
David Zayas	...	Oliver
Donald Faison	...	Terry
Robin Gammell	...	Walt
Tanya Newbould	...	Jen
J. Paul Boehmer	...	Colin
Phet Mahathongdy	...	Airplane Mom / Bartender (as Phet Mahathongdy O'Donnell)
Byron McIntyre	...	Limo Driver
Jackie Marin	...	Girl in Pool
Tony Black	...	Guy at Party
Eliza Till	...	Girl at Party
James Huang	...	Soldier #1
Erik Rondell	...	Soldier #2
Johnny DeBeer	...	Rocket Soldier
Lauren Marin	...	Abducted Girl
Matt Frels	...	Abducted Guy
Pam Levin	...	Pregnant Abductee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andreea Florescu	...	Socialite (uncredited)
Leon 'Lee' Fuller	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm	...	Terry's friend (uncredited)
Gladys Khan	...	Indian Diplomat Air Passenger (uncredited)
Mobin Khan	...	Indian Diplomat Air Passenger (uncredited)
Elena Kolpachikova	...	Bohemian (uncredited)
Waymond Lee	...	Airport Traveler (uncredited)
Justin Reed	...	Airport Security Guard (uncredited)
Aneliese Roettger	...	Model (uncredited)
Vanessa Ross	...	Stewardess (uncredited)
Evan Shafran	...	Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Abu Baker Siddiq	...	Airport Limo Driver (uncredited)

Directed by
Colin Strause		(as The Brothers Strause)
Greg Strause		(as The Brothers Strause)

Writing credits
Joshua Cordes		(written by) &
Liam O'Donnell		(written by)

Produced by
Kristian James Andresen	....	producer
Paul Barry	....	co-producer
Liz Dean	....	associate producer
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones	....	executive producer (as Brian Kavanaugh Jones)
Tracey Landon	....	line producer
Liam O'Donnell	....	producer
Brett Ratner	....	executive producer
Colin Strause	....	producer (as The Brothers Strause)
Greg Strause	....	producer (as The Brothers Strause)
Brian Tyler	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Matthew Margeson		(music composed by)

Cinematography by
Michael Watson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Nicholas Wayman-Harris

Casting by
Liz Dean

Production Design by
Drew Dalton

Costume Design by
Bobbie Mannix

Makeup Department
Shyama Gero	....	makeup department head
Carleigh Herbert	....	additional hair stylist: additional photography
Carleigh Herbert	....	additional makeup artist: additional photography
AnnaRose Kern	....	additional hair stylist (as Anna Rose Kern)
AnnaRose Kern	....	additional makeup artist (as Anna Rose Kern)
Regan Livingstone	....	assistant hair stylist
Regan Livingstone	....	makeup artist
Hannah Lux Davis	....	additional hair stylist (as Hannah Davis)
Hannah Lux Davis	....	additional makeup artist (as Hannah Davis)

Production Management
Ed Chapman	....	post-production supervisor
Colin Hudock	....	production supervisor
Christopher Kulikowski	....	post-production supervisor
Tracey Landon	....	unit production manager
Pascal Vaguelsy	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joshua Cordes	....	second unit director
Kristofer Kolpek	....	second second assistant director: additional photography
M. Ryan Traylor	....	second assistant director
Mike Tsucalas	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Chad Bell	....	brain fabrication
Scott Kinsey	....	credits designer
Kino Scialabba	....	alien and ship designs

Sound Department
Bobbi Banks	....	supervising adr editor
Elliott Barker	....	boom operator
Charlie Campagna	....	sound effects editor
Harry Cohen	....	sound effects editor
William R. Dean	....	sound effects editor
Carlton Diggs	....	boom operator
Michael J. Fraumeni	....	co-sound designer
Houston Guy	....	boom operator
Paul Hackner	....	sound effects editor
Greg Hedgepath	....	supervising sound editor
Nicholas James	....	adr editor
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Krause	....	supervising sound editor
Nickolas Meade	....	additional sound
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Reza Moosavi	....	production sound mixer
Barry Neely	....	production sound mixer
Tom Ozanich	....	sound effects editor
David Rawlinson	....	supervising adr editor
Herbert Rawlinson	....	sound editor
Stephen P. Robinson	....	sound designer
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
Sean Rowe	....	foley artist
John Sisti	....	co-sound designer
John Sisti	....	sound effects editor
Hermann Thumann	....	additional audio
Bob Tiwana	....	additional sound
David F. Van Slyke	....	co-sound designer
Pedro Jimenez	....	trailer re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Daniel R. Kerr	....	sound effects recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Michael Broom	....	illustrator: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Alec Gillis	....	creature designer
Tom Woodruff Jr.	....	creature designer

Visual Effects by
Holli Alvarado	....	matte painter/roto artist
Spencer Armajo	....	flame artist
Oliver Arnold	....	senior technical director: lighting
Jeff Atherton	....	vfx producer: Hydraulx
Nicholas Avallone	....	animator
Jarrod Avalos	....	layout & matchmove lead
Scott Balkcom	....	lead compositor
Dan Bartolucci	....	flame artist: Lola VFX
Vincent Blin	....	roto and paint artist
Bruce Bolden	....	visual effects artist
Adam Briggs	....	visual effects artist
Jeremy F. Butler	....	character rigging supervisor
Andrew Byrne	....	fx artist: Hydraulx
Kevin Cahill	....	visual effects coordinator
Marco Capparelli	....	visual effects artist
Oscar G. Castillo	....	senior fx artist
Ed Chapman	....	cleaner
Trent Claus	....	Flame artist
Andrew M. Collins	....	animator
Brian Conlon	....	digital compositor
Mauro Contaldi	....	charater td
Joshua Cordes	....	animation supervisor
Andy Davis	....	lead senior compositor
Hector de la Torre	....	modeling: Hydraulx
Fefo Desouza	....	compositor
Eric Ebling	....	visual effects artist
Tamer Eldib	....	modeler
Josh Elmore	....	model/texture artist
Nicholas Elwell	....	senior visual effects coordinator: Hydraulx
Marq Faulkner	....	roto/paint artist: Hydraulx
Patrick Flannery	....	visual effects stills photographer
Philip Fraschetti	....	flame artist: Hydraulx
Miles Friedman	....	visual effects coordinator
Joshua Galbincea	....	roto/paint artist
Demitre Garza	....	visual effects artist
Don Greenberg	....	compositor: Hydraulx
Joshua Grow	....	3d coordinator: Hydraulx
Miguel A. Guerrero	....	modeling/creature supervisor: Hydraulx
Brian Hajek	....	digital compositor
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor: Hydraulx
Chris Haney	....	pipeline supervisor
Tulio Hernandez	....	lighting technical director
Paul Hopkins	....	matchmove/layout
Robert Hubbard	....	visual effects
Nathan Hurlburt	....	digital compositor
Atsushi Imamura	....	senior modeler: Hydraulx
J.D. Imhof	....	lighting technical director: Hydraulx
Chris Ingersoll	....	visual effects artist
Pasha Ivanov	....	visual effects
Brian Janelli	....	model/texture artist
Daniel Jauregui	....	visual effects artist
Zack Judson	....	digital effects supervisor
Nathan Koga	....	roto and paint artist
Eric A. Kohler	....	visual effects coordinator: Hydraulx
Daniel Kruse	....	digital lighter: [Hy*drau"lx]
Bill Kunin	....	visual effects artist
Billy-Vu Lam	....	character animator
Kim LeBrane	....	cg coordinator: Hydraulx
Sun Lee	....	senior matte painter: Hydraulx
Max Leonard	....	visual effects coordinator
Dave Levine	....	flame artist
Randy Little	....	flame artist
Jose Lopez	....	modeler: Hydraulx
Alberto Ludeña	....	paint artist
Alberto Ludeña	....	rotoscope artist
Mark Matta	....	tracking artist
Scott McLain	....	compositing and effects
Michael Meagher	....	visual effects executive producer
David Michaels	....	character technical director
Scott Michelson	....	visual effects executive producer
Steven Miller	....	Flame artist: Hydraulx
Young Joon Mok	....	digital compositor
Chun Seong Ng	....	senior modeler
Brian Nugent	....	Flame artist
Chris Olivas	....	paint artist
Van Ouk	....	modeler: Hydraulx
Roto and Paint	....	visual effects
Eugene Paluso	....	tracking and layout
Bruno Parenti	....	flame artist
Jale Parsons	....	roto/paint artist
Chris Payne	....	digital cleanup supervisor
John Polyson	....	visual effects editor: Hydraulx
Juan Carlos Quintana	....	paint/rotoscope artist
Chris Radcliffe	....	senior modeler/texture artist
Scott Rader	....	senior inferno artist: Hydraulx
Pablovsky Ramos-Nieves	....	tracking and layout: Hydraulx
Ben Record	....	visual effects: elements
Gizmo Rivera	....	compositor
Karl Rogovin	....	dynamics effects animator: Hydraulx
Krystal Sae Eua	....	senior modeler: [Hy*drau"lx]
Kino Scialabba	....	concept designer
Kino Scialabba	....	matte painter: Hydraulx
Joel Sevilla	....	character setup lead
Joel Sevilla	....	supervising animator
Laura Sevilla	....	digital compositor
Tim Simon	....	modeler: Hydraulx
Matt Siner	....	visual effects editor
Nick Sinnott	....	tracking artist: Hydraulx
Skyline	....	visual effects executive producer
John C. Sparks	....	visual effects: hydraulx
Colin Strause	....	visual effects supervisor
Greg Strause	....	visual effects supervisor
Frederick George Stuhrberg	....	3D scanning
Caitlin Thornton	....	visual effects coordinator
Alexander Tirasongkran	....	matchmove artist
Jon Tojek	....	visual effects artist
Shigeharu Tomotoshi	....	digital artist
Greg Tse	....	tracking / layout artist: Hydraulx
Yuki Uehara	....	roto/paint artist
Chris Wells	....	visual effects: Hydraulx
Bob Wiatr	....	compositor
C. Jerome Williams	....	digital compositor
Derek Winslow	....	matte painter
Andrew Winters	....	visual effects artist
Yoshiya Yamada	....	creature supervisor: Hydraulx
Roy Yang	....	visual effects (as Jianru Yang)
Michael Zavala	....	2D production manager: hy*drau"lx vfx

Stunts
Joey Anaya	....	stunt double: Adrien Brody/Eric Balfor
Brandon Beckman	....	stunt rigger
Cornell Brandon	....	utility stunts
Darrell Davis	....	stunts (as Craig Davis)
Arturo Dickey	....	aerial stunt rigger
Arturo Dickey	....	utility stunts
Brian Duffy	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunt double: Elaine
Diana R. Lupo	....	stunt double
Mark Norby	....	stunt coordinator
Dana Reed	....	stunt double: Elaine
Erik Rondell	....	utility stunts
Kyle Weishaar	....	stunt double
Omar Ayala	....	stunts (uncredited)
Omar Ayala	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin Akers	....	second assistant camera
Steve Albovias	....	key grip: additional photgraphy
Brandon Alperin	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Federico Aragon	....	video operator
Eli Berg	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Jeremy Braben	....	aerial director of photography
Jake Capistron	....	eclipse technician
Nathan Carballo	....	lamp operator
Matthew Castalito	....	electrician
Joshua Cordes	....	camera operator
Cameron Dershem	....	electrician
Noah Dille	....	steadicam operator
Eric Dvorsky	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Isaiah Fortajada	....	additional second assistant camera
Tyler Harrison	....	second assistant camera
Robby Hart	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Douglas S. Holgate	....	aerial director of photography
Alex Jenkins	....	grip
Steve Koster	....	aerial director of photography
Shaun Mayor	....	director of photography: second unit
Shaun Mayor	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Gregory Pickard	....	car rigging grip
Rob Pittman	....	additional first assistant camera
Johnny Segal	....	grip
Ian S. Takahashi	....	first assistant camera
John Trapman	....	aerial director of photography
Marcus Ubungen	....	second assistant camera
Eric Ulbrich	....	chief lighting technician
Eric Ulrich	....	gaffer
Pat Wallner	....	best boy grip
Tim Wallner	....	key grip
Tom Whitehead	....	grip
Arthur Zajac	....	second assistant camera: vfx elements unit

Animation Department
T.J. Burke	....	animator
Jeremy F. Butler	....	supervising animator
Robert Diaz	....	animator
A.J. Gillespie	....	animator
Bradley McLaughlin	....	character animator
Scott Slater	....	animator

Casting Department
Alden Wallace	....	extras casting
Leslie Woo	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Emi Akimoto	....	key set costumer

Editorial Department
Paul Buhl	....	assistant editor
Mohsen Eletreby	....	additional editor
Mohsen Eletreby	....	first assistant editor
Danny Elhaj	....	post-production assistant
Jon Grinberg	....	first assistant editor
Marcus Land	....	visual effects editor
Mark Reaser	....	hd mastering
Michael Smollin	....	digital intermediate colorist
Aidan Stanford	....	color timer
Jordan VanDina	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jeffrey Biggers	....	score mixer
Robert Elhai	....	orchestrator
Todd Haberman	....	additional music arranger
Pakk Hui	....	orchestrator
Eric Kalver	....	orchestrator
Season Kent	....	executive in charge of music
Bryan Lawson	....	music editor
Dana Niu	....	supervising orchestrator
Martin Roller	....	score recording engineer
Paul Talkington	....	orchestral contractor
Allan Wilson	....	conductor: score

Other crew
Asher Blumberg	....	office production assistant
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot: New York
Angie Conners	....	international marketing
Dave Conway	....	location manager
Matt Cross	....	location assistant
Evan Cunningham	....	vtr assistant
John 'Duke' Duquesnay	....	production systems engineer and design
Ian Evans	....	helicopter pilot: London
Rebecca Flinn	....	adr loop group
Tara Gerow	....	assistant: The Brothers Strause
Pablo Leda	....	production staff
Oliver Lewis	....	production assistant
Thomas Loftus	....	senior vice president of business and legal affairs
Mark Maccora	....	production assistant
Skylar Mathey	....	production assistant
Andrew McArthur	....	helicopter pilot: Hong Kong
Kasia Nabialczyk	....	assistant: Brett Ratner
Allison Paul	....	production assistant
Debbie Pearl	....	animal trainer
Eva Quiroz	....	vice president of operations
Mahesh Ramanathan	....	south asia distribution: reliance entertainment
Irwin M. Rappaport	....	production attorney
John Sennet	....	life guard
Wyatt Shaw	....	production assistant
Judith Smith	....	production accountant
Ariel Suarez	....	production assistant
Josh Sutherland	....	production assistant
John Tamburro	....	helicopter pilot: Los Angeles
Michael J Tamburro	....	helicopter crew
Spencer Wider	....	production assistant
Ryan Witherspoon	....	assistant post-production accountant
Jen Woldrich	....	set production assistant
David T. Woodruff	....	office production assistant
Arthur Zajac	....	office production assistant
Jeff Maynard	....	consultant (uncredited)

Thanks
Guy Botham	....	special thanks
Sara Bottfeld	....	special thanks
Brie Childers	....	special thanks
Royce Da 59	....	special thanks (as Royce da 5'9')
Patty Kern	....	very special thanks
Kelly Kinsey	....	special thanks
Jared Leto	....	special thanks
Barry Littman	....	special thanks
Glenn Rigberg	....	special thanks
Gretchen Rush	....	special thanks (as Gretchen Bruggeman Rush)

Production Companies

• Rogue Pictures (presents) (as Rogue) (A Brothers Strause Film)
• Hydraulx (as Hydraulx Entertainment)
• Transmission Pictures (as Transmission)
• Relativity Media (as A Relativity Media Production)
• Rat Entertainment (in association with)

Distributors

• Alliance Films (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• BestFilm.eu (2010) (Estonia) (theatrical)
• CP Media (2010) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Eagle (2010) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Hopscotch Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Incognito Films (2010) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Incognito Films (2011) (Latvia) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Inter-Film (2010) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• MVP Entertainment (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2010) (Finland) (theatrical)
• PlayArte Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Saigon Movies Media (2010) (Vietnam) (theatrical)
• Shochiku Company (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2010) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Aurum Producciones (2010) (Spain) (all media)
• CP Media (2010) (Russia) (all media)
• CatchPlay (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• E Stars Films (2011) (China) (all media)
• EcoFilmes (2010) (Portugal) (all media)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Intercontinental Video (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Korea Screen (2010) (South Korea) (all media)
• Mongkol Major Film (2010) (Thailand) (all media)
• Nordisk Film (2011) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2011) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• RTL Entertainment (2013) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• RTL2 (2013) (Germany) (TV)
• SND Films (2010) (France) (all media)
• Splendid Film (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Vision Film Distribution (2011) (Poland) (all media)

Special Effects

• Hydraulx (visual effects) (as [hy*drau'lx])

Other Companies

• Benchmark Sound Services  trailer post-production sound services
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA)  package by
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Fintage CAM  Collection Account Management
• Industry Entertainment  package by
• Legion Entertainment  post-production facilities (loan-out creative)
• Pictorvision  Eclipse aerial camera system
• RH Factor  post-production sound services
• Slovak National Symphony Orchestra  music performed by
• Soundelux  post-production sound services
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, some language, and brief sexual content

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | France:U (with warning) | Germany:16 | Ireland:15A (theatrical rating) | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Japan:PG12 | Malaysia:PG-13 (censored version) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (edited version) | South Korea:12 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #46437)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Rogue Pictures

Trivia:

The film was completely financed by Greg Strause and Colin Strause without the assistance of any major studio.

Goofs:

Continuity: After a nuclear explosion downs the alien ship, moments later we see the overhead view of two choppers over the city, and not a single sight of damage over what should be rubble and not a city.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Elaine:[a bright blue light shines through the blinds and the bed shakes] Oh, how's it morning already?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in End of the World (2013) (TV)

Soundtrack:

New Money

Fun sci-fi/monster action. Not as bad as some people say it is!

The movie is an entertaining ride for the most part as long as you go into the movie prepared for something that will have no unique characters or a decent script. - I saw the movie fully expecting a bad script, characters I wouldn't like, no artful directing, and a plot that fails to do anything new or interesting. But I allowed myself to be entertained by it as a simple piece of sci-fi/monster action! This is what you must do if you go to see it!!

I was mostly inspired to do this review because I think the film doesn't deserve some of the really nasty 2/10 reviews I have seen.

Basically the aliens and each confrontation against them are generally exciting and save the film. Considering the film was made on quite a small budget they did a great job with the effects. I think fans of video games like the RESISTANCE series or HALF LIFE should be able to enjoy it a bit more than most.

A lot of people have been to harsh on this film, it is clear from the trailer this is just another alien invasion movie. Anyone who watches it expecting a modern sci-fi classic like District 9 will be disappointed - so don't do that.

Basically if you are unsure about seeing the film but enjoy sci-fi/monster movies for nothing but quick entertainment you should get something out of it.