Jack the Giant Slayer
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 Jack the Giant Slayer facts

• The film is directed by Bryan Singer with a screenplay written by Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie and Dan Studney and stars Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy, and Ewan McGregor
• The film tells the story of Jack, a young farmhand who must rescue a princess from a race of giants after inadvertently opening a gateway to their land in the sky
• Development of Jack the Giant Slayer began in 2005, when Lemke first pitched the idea
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• Caruso was hired to direct the film in January 2009, but in September of that year, Caruso was replaced by Singer, who hired McQuarrie and Studney to rework the script
• The main characters were cast between February and March 2011, and principal photography began in April 2011 in England with locations in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Norfolk
• Release of the film was moved back in post-production to allow more time for special effects and marketing
• Jack the Giant Slayer premiered on February 26, 2013 in Hollywood and was released theatrically in the United States on March 1, 2013 in 2D and 3D
• The film received mixed reviews from critics and is considered a box office failure, losing between $125 million and $140 million for Legendary Pictures