Just Go with It

Movie Title:Just Go with It

More Title:
Esposa de Mentirinha     Brazil
Holiday in Hawaii     USA (working title)
Kellékfeleség     Hungary
Le Mytho     Belgium (imdb display title) (French title)
Le Mytho - Just Go with It     France
Meine erfundene Frau     Germany
Mia moglie per finta     Italy
Min låtsasfru     Sweden
Pretend Wife     USA (working title)
Sígueme el rollo     Spain

Country / Region: USA

Genre: Romance / Comedy

Language: Englishg

Rating:
MPAA:Rated PG-13 for frequent crude and sexual content, partial nudity, brief drug references and language.
Certification:USA:PG-13 (certificate #46464)

Filming Locations:
1000 Gayley Ave, Los Angeles, California, USA
Beverly Hills, California, USA
Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Maui, Hawaii, USA
Oak Park, California, USA

Release Date:
February 9,2011,Egypt
February 9,2011,Singapore
February 11,2011,Iceland
February 11,2011,UK
February 11,2011,USA
February 24,2011,Germany
February 25,2011,Spain
March 3,2011,Hungary
March 16,2011,France
March 18,2011,Norway
March 18,2011,Sweden
March 23,2011,Belgium
March 31,2011,Malaysia
April 1,2011,Italy
April 7,2011,Australia
April 14,2011,Netherlands

Plot:
A man enlists the help of a woman and her kids to land the woman of his dreams.

Taglines: Sometimes a guy's best wingman ... is a wingwoman.
Sometime you need a girl, to get the girl.

Trivia:
The film's release date is February 11, 2011, which is Jennifer Aniston's birthday.

This is the first collaboration between Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. The two of them have known each other for 20 years, before either of them became famous. They met through some mutual friends and shared meals together. She also used to watch him perform at the Improv, and she attended his wedding in 2003.

Just Go with It, originally titled Pretend Wife, is an upcoming romantic comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. Other stars include Nicole Kidman, fashion model Brooklyn Decker, and musician Dave Matthews. Allan Loeb and Timothy Dowling wrote the script and Dennis Dugan, who has collaborated with Sandler on most of his films such as Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, You Don't Mess with the Zohan and Grown Ups served as director.

The film is inspired by the 1969 film, Cactus Flower. The film will be produced under Sandler's production company Happy Madison and will be distributed by Columbia Pictures.

This is also the sixth film that Dugan has directed Sandler.

It was shot between Los Angeles and Hawaii on the islands of Maui and Kauai and filming took place between March 2, 2010 and May 25, 2010

Dennis Dugan

Directed by
Dennis Dugan        












Writing credits(WGA)
Allan Loeb         (screenplay) and
Timothy Dowling         (screenplay)
I.A.L. Diamond         (screenplay "Cactus Flower")
Abe Burrows         (stage play)
Pierre Barillet         (French play) and
Jean-Pierre Grédy         (French play)

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Brooklyn Decker

Adam Sandler

Nicole Kidman

Jennifer Aniston

Bailee Madison

Elena Satine

Nick Swardson

Heidi Montag

Rachel Specter

Kevin Nealon

Lori Heuring

Dave Matthews

Dana Goodman

Yvette Nelson

Todd Sherry

Branscombe Richmond

Natalina Maggio

Marisa Saks

    Brooklyn Decker    ...     Palmer
    Adam Sandler    ...     Danny Maccabee
    Nicole Kidman    ...     Devlin Adams
    Jennifer Aniston    ...     Katherine Murphy
    Bailee Madison    ...     Maggie Murphy
    Elena Satine    ...     Christine
    Nick Swardson       
    Heidi Montag       
    Rachel Specter    ...     Lisa Hammond
    Kevin Nealon    ...     Adon
    Lori Heuring       
    Dave Matthews    ...     Ian Maxtone-Jones
    Dana Goodman    ...     Bridesmaid
    Yvette Nelson    ...     Lip girl
    Todd Sherry    ...     Hotel Desk Clerk
    Branscombe Richmond    ...     Bartender
    Natalina Maggio    ...     Wedding Guest
    Marisa Saks    ...     Joelle
    Tenille Houston    ...     Bikini Model (as Tenille Repinski)
    Erin Pickett    ...     Rodeo Drive Shopper
    Elena Kolpachikova    ...     Katya
    Kent Avenido    ...     Guy at Dive Restaurant
    Jillian Nelson    ...     Hot College Girl
    Laura Hunter    ...     '91 Hot Bar Girl (as Laura Elizabeth Hunter)
    Jessica Andres    ...     Teenage Girl
    Olivia Dudley    ...     British Nurse
    Keith Middlebrook    ...     Rick North
    Julia Lea Wolov    ...     Bridesmaid (as Julia Wolov)
    Annabelle Amirav    ...     Model
    Colby Kline    ...     Bridesmaid
    Griffin Gluck    ...     Michael Murphy
    Morgan Lambert    ...     Girl at Airport
    Rakefet Abergel    ...     Rachel Maccabee
    Tommy Kijas    ...     Yuri
    Michelle Penick    ...     Forehead Woman
    Tyler Tuione    ...     Scary Hawaiian
    Sharon Ferguson    ...     Pregnant Mom
    Matt Drago    ...     '91 Hot Bar Guy
    Aaron Zachary Philips    ...     Fat Kid
    Gabriel Rydel-Jurgens       
    Brenda Nicole Walsh    ...     Flight Attendant
    Courtney Kato    ...     Sushi Bar Patron
    Michael Laskin    ...     Mr. Maccabee
    Brendon Eggertsen    ...     Ariel
    Julie Dixon Jackson    ...     Mrs. Harrington
    Nate Golon    ...     Flight Attendant
    Brittany LeAnn White        (as Brittany Whited)
    Darrin Lackey    ...     Waiter
    Gene Pompa    ...     Seymour
    Rory Tripp II    ...     Hawaiian Surfer
    Kamel Dickinson    ...     Jazzy Jeff Guy
    Claudia Adams    ...     Wedding Guest #1 (uncredited)
    Chuck Askerneese    ...     Wedding Singer (uncredited)
    Fileena Bahris    ...     Red-Haired Girl in Restaurant (uncredited)
    Joanne Bahris    ...     Hotel guest (uncredited)
    Natascha Berg    ...     Eddie's girl (uncredited)
    Elizabeth Dean    ...     Stroller Mom (uncredited)
    Ayesha DeRaville    ...     Flight Attendant (uncredited)
    Vanessa Eichholz    ...     Beverly Hills Patron (uncredited)
    Amanda Fields    ...     Adon's Party Guest (uncredited)
    Christina Gabrielle    ...     Schoolgirl (uncredited)
    Jacob Goodall    ...     Actor (uncredited)
    Lejla Hadzimuratovic    ...     Flight Attendant (uncredited)
    Andy Scott Harris    ...     Catholic Schoolboy (uncredited)
    Curtis Harris    ...     Additional voices (uncredited)
    Victor Harris    ...     Captain Tight Pants (uncredited)
    Lauren Holiday    ...     LAX Traveler (uncredited)
    Gladys Khan    ...     Indian Air Traveller (uncredited)
    Mobin Khan    ...     Indian Air Traveller (uncredited)
    Sonya Macari    ...     Bridesmaid (uncredited)
    Nikki Mata    ...     Rodeo Drive Girl (uncredited)
    Dawn Meyer    ...     Mom of twins (uncredited)
    Dean Mitchell    ...     Parent (uncredited)
    Arlene Newman-Van Asperen    ...     Elegant Hotel Guest with Children (uncredited)
    Antoinette Nikprelaj    ...     Salon girl (uncredited)
    Shawn Philips    ...     Large kid's mother (uncredited)
    David Pryor    ...     Airport Passenger (uncredited)
    Bryan Sato    ...     Sushi Customer (uncredited)
    Chas Scherer    ...     Airport Passenger (uncredited)
    Ashton Shane    ...     Eddie's Girl (uncredited)
    Carol Ann Susi    ...     Mrs. Maccabee (uncredited)
    Haref Topete    ...     Dive bar patron (uncredited)
    Vanessa Villalovos    ...     Saleswoman (uncredited)
    Charles Wesley    ...     Newspaper Guy (uncredited)

Produced by
Barry Bernardi    ....     executive producer
Allen Covert    ....     executive producer
Jack Giarraputo    ....     producer
Tim Herlihy    ....     executive producer
Steve Koren    ....     executive producer
Heather Parry    ....     producer
Adam Sandler    ....     producer

Original Music by
Rupert Gregson-Williams        

Cinematography by
Theo van de Sande        

Casting by
Roger Mussenden        
Jeremy Rich        

Production Design by
Perry Andelin Blake        

Art Direction by
Alan Au        

Set Decoration by
Claire Kaufman        

Makeup Department
Steven E. Anderson    ....     special makeup effects artist
Brian Steven Banks    ....     hair stylist
Gabriel De Cunto    ....     key special makeup effects artist
Corrina Duran    ....     key makeup artist
Mark Garbarino    ....     special makeup effects artist
Will Huff    ....     special makeup effects artist
Alexei O'Brien    ....     special makeup effects artist
Ann Pala    ....     makeup department head
Denise Paulson    ....     makeup artist
Thea Samuels    ....     assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Daryl Kass    ....     unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Conte Matal    ....     second assistant director
Daniel Silverberg    ....     first assistant director
Bryan Snodgrass    ....     second second assistant director
Kathryn Francis Tucker    ....     second second assistant director

Art Department
Chuck Askerneese    ....     assistant property master
John Berger    ....     set designer
Claudia Bonfe    ....     set decoration buyer
Matt Center    ....     set dresser
David B. Clark    ....     paint foreman
John Collins    ....     assistant art director
Jack Cornelius    ....     greens foreman
Brendon Cowsill    ....     set dresser
Tiffany Cowsill    ....     set dressing gang boss
Jeffrey DeBell    ....     greens coordinator
Erin Fite    ....     set decorating buyer
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt    ....     stand-by painter
Mark Kelly    ....     assistant property master
Lizzy Jane Klein    ....     art department assistant
David Ladish    ....     set dresser
Steven Ladish    ....     set dresser
John Hammer Maxwell    ....     on-set dresser
Isaia Robins    ....     greensman
Tim Scheu    ....     leadman
Andrew Settle    ....     set dresser
John Snow    ....     paint supervisor
Darrell Tachibana    ....     greensman
Cyndy Tarkington    ....     set dresser
Grant A. Taylor    ....     art department assistant
Lee Thomson    ....     set dresser
Timothy S. Wiles    ....     property master
Kat Wilson    ....     art department coordinator

Sound Department
Mark Agostino    ....     pro tools playback operator
Brian Calhoon    ....     adr recordist
Rickley W. Dumm    ....     sound effects editor
Russell Farmarco    ....     dialogue editor
Thomas Giordano    ....     second boom operator
Marc Glassman    ....     sound effects editor
Catherine Harper    ....     foley artist
Joe Iemola    ....     sound effects editor
Thomas Jones    ....     dialogue editor
Tateum Kohut    ....     sound re-recording mixer
Greg Orloff    ....     sound re-recording mixer
Anthony Ortiz    ....     boom operator
Fred Paragano    ....     adr mixer
Clayton Weber    ....     supervising foley editor
Elmo Weber    ....     sound designer
Elmo Weber    ....     supervising sound editor
David Williams    ....     dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Larz Anderson    ....     special effects supervisor
Scott Schutzki    ....     special effects technician: animatronic effects

Visual Effects by
Arin Finger    ....     visual effects producer
Niki Hillier    ....     visual effects coordinator
Rocco Passionino    ....     visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Brycen Counts    ....     Stunt Double(Nick Swardson )
Paul Eliopoulos    ....     stunt double: Adam Sandler
Jade Quon    ....     stunt double: Bailee Madison
Scott Rogers    ....     stunt coordinator
Tracey Ruggiero    ....     stunt double: Jennifer Aniston
Michael Trisler    ....     stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenneth Bender    ....     additional first assistant camera
Tracy Bennett    ....     still photographer
Jack Chouchanian    ....     key grip
Jason Cox    ....     set videographer
John Crimins    ....     lighting console programmer
Jimmy Culligan    ....     best boy grip
Brian Dennis    ....     rigging best boy electric
Henry Fordham    ....     rigging grip: Hawaii
Candide Franklyn    ....     camera operator: "a" camera
Candide Franklyn    ....     steadicam operator
Paul Hazard    ....     best boy electric
Chris Hill    ....     video playback
Robert Ikeda    ....     grip
Michael Jin    ....     grip: day player
David Katz    ....     digital video assist operator
Zachary Kim    ....     rigging electrician
Diego Mariscal    ....     grip
Summer Marsh    ....     digital loader
Jim McComas    ....     electrician
Markus Mentzer    ....     second assistant camera: "a" camera
Randy Mills    ....     digital video assistant
Jason Montague    ....     rigging electrician
Ryan Nelson    ....     grip
Kathie J. Pomposo    ....     camera production assistant
Raul Riveros    ....     digital imaging technician
John Savedra    ....     lighting technician
Paul Schmidt    ....     grip
Scott Yamano    ....     set videographer

Casting Department
Kristan Berona    ....     extras casting
Melissa Kostenbauder    ....     casting associate
Becky Silverman    ....     casting assistant
Rachel Sutton    ....     extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elizabeth Abate    ....     costumer
Rebecca M. Graves    ....     costumer
Mitzi Haralson    ....     set costumer
Lori Harris    ....     set costumer
Amelia McKinney    ....     costumer
Nora Phillips Pedersen    ....     costumer
Geoffrey Roiz    ....     assistant costume designer: Ms. Aniston
Debbie Travis    ....     costumes
Valerie Zielonka    ....     costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Kevin Burke    ....     post-production assistant
Jamie Keeney    ....     assistant editor
Sarah Lucky    ....     assistant editor
Stephen Shapiro    ....     first assistant editor
Jay Warren    ....     digital intermediate producer

Music Department
Ryeland Allison    ....     musician: drums
Brooks Arthur    ....     music supervisor
Tony Clarke    ....     composer: additional music
Tony Clarke    ....     musician: guitars
Christian Davis    ....     technical score engineer
Michael Dilbeck    ....     music supervisor
J.J. George    ....     music editor
Stuart Grusin    ....     music editor
Alastair King    ....     orchestrator
Bryon Rickerson    ....     music editor
Peter Rotter    ....     music contractor
Christopher Willis    ....     composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Neil Chisholm    ....     driver
Daniel Davis    ....     driver: Ms. Aniston's Trailer
Gary Edelman    ....     picture car coordinator
Tim Farrands    ....     driver
Anthony J. Mignano    ....     driver
John Siedenburg    ....     transportation

Other crew
Omar Adam    ....     adr loop group
Fileena Bahris    ....     stand-in
Leann Bankowski    ....     stand-in
Sara Bartkiewicz    ....     assistant production coordinator
Glenn Beadles    ....     location manager/scout: Hawaii
Scott Bigbee    ....     location scout
Tamara Camille    ....     digital technician
Brian Clark    ....     rigging medic
Carter Coulombe    ....     production assistant
Jessica Drake    ....     dialect coach
Estela Eagan    ....     personal assistant to actor
Nicole K.L.N. Ebeo    ....     production coordinator: Hawaii
Julianne Eggold    ....     assistant location manager
Saga Elmohtaseb    ....     assistant accountant
Eagan Estela    ....     production assistant
Louis Farah Jr.    ....     set medic
W. Harry Fortuna    ....     assistant location manager
Rob Frank    ....     location manager
Diane Galardi    ....     assistant: Mr. Dugan
Marc C. Geschwind    ....     extras coordinator
Steve Goldstein    ....     assistant payroll accountant
Grant Grabowski    ....     travel coordinator
Katie Groves    ....     stand-in: Jennifer Aniston
Jimmy Haas    ....     assistant: Ms. Parry
Rich Heichel    ....     assistant location manager
Ryce Hetherington    ....     assistant production coordinator
Nicholas Hiles    ....     production assistant
Teresa Jaime Drapkin    ....     payroll accountant
Tina Jones    ....     production secretary
June Jordan    ....     stand-in
Renee Kitterman    ....     second assistant accountant
Gary Kurashige    ....     on-set medic
Tom Lackey    ....     location scout
Ivette Ledon    ....     accounting assistant
Krystal MacKnight    ....     production assistant
Norman F. May    ....     production staff
Christopher McGuire    ....     production assistant
Frédéric North    ....     stunt camera helicopter pilot
Maureen O'Reilly    ....     payroll clerk
Brittany Pala    ....     production assistant
Robert Paulsen    ....     key assistant location manager
Aaron Pelman    ....     set production assistant
Shannon Pickett    ....     production assistant: Maui
Aurora Ann Quinones    ....     production assistant
Shane Ralston    ....     stand-in: Adam Sandler
Ronit Ravich-Boss    ....     script supervisor
Natalie Raynes    ....     stand-in: Bailee Madison
Nicole Real    ....     production assistant: first team
Bob Riley    ....     production assistant
Marci Rosenberg    ....     production coordinator
Rita Rosenfeld    ....     production secretary: Maui
Matthew D. Rutler    ....     production assistant
Jennifer Salada    ....     additional first assistant accountant
Roman Salcedo    ....     production assistant
Loriel Samaras    ....     set production assistant
Tammy Sandler    ....     unit publicist
Charles Scheinblum    ....     account clerk
Ethan Shapanka    ....     production assistant
Amira Soliman    ....     assistant production coordinator
Jeremy Tate    ....     assistant: Mr. Giarraputo
Alicia Vela-Bailey    ....     dance double: Nicole Kidman
Cassandra Waterman    ....     set production assistant
Victoria Wong    ....     second assistant accountant

Production Companies

    * Columbia Pictures (presents)
    * Happy Madison Productions (as Happy Madison)

Distributors

    * Columbia Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
    * Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
    * Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
    * Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)

Other Companies

    * Affinity Artists Agency  talent agency and representative (uncredited)
    * Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
    * Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
    * Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
    * Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
    * Klass Security and Investigations  anti-piracy security (uncredited)
    * Movie Movers  cast trailers
    * Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
    * Movie Movers  star trailers
    * Panavision Remote Systems  Supertechno Cranes
    * SLx - Rentals & Sales  cmotion lens control system

Offical Site:http://justgowithit-movie.com

Jumping the Broom

Movie Title: Jumping the Broom

Country / Region: USA

Genre: Comedy

Language: English

Filming Locations:Nova Scotia, Canada

Release Date:
USA     6 May 2011   
UK     10 June 2011   

Plot: Two very different African American families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.

Trivia:
What is "Jumping the Broom":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_broom

Salim Akil

Directed by
Salim Akil       










 




Writing credits(WGA)
Elizabeth Hunter         (screenplay) and
Arlene Gibbs         (screenplay)
Elizabeth Hunter         (story)

Cast

Julie Bowen

Paula Patton

Meagan Good

Mike Epps

Angela Bassett

Laz Alonso

Loretta Devine

Gary Dourdan

Tasha Smith

Pooch Hall

Lil' Romeo

DeRay Davis

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Valarie Pettiford

T.D. Jakes

Tenika Davis

    Julie Bowen      
    Paula Patton    ...     Sabrina Watson
    Meagan Good    ...     Blythe
    Mike Epps      
    Angela Bassett      
    Laz Alonso    ...     Jason Taylor
    Loretta Devine      
    Gary Dourdan    ...     Chef McKenna
    Tasha Smith    ...     Shonda
    Pooch Hall    ...     Ricky
    Lil' Romeo      
    DeRay Davis    ...     Malcolm
    Brian Stokes Mitchell    ...     Mr. Watson
    Valarie Pettiford    ...     Aunt Geneva
    T.D. Jakes    ...     Reverend James
    Tenika Davis    ...     Lauren
    Will Lemay      
    Marguerite McNeil    ...     Mrs. Cho
    Vera Cudjoe    ...     Mabel

Produced by
Tracey E. Edmonds    ....     producer
Elizabeth Hunter    ....     producer
T.D. Jakes    ....     producer
Michael Mahoney    ....     producer
Glendon Palmer    ....     producer
Curtis Wallace    ....     producer

Cinematography by
Anastas N. Michos       

Film Editing by
Terilyn A. Shropshire       

Casting by
Twinkie Byrd         (2011)

Production Design by
Doug McCullough       

Set Decoration by
Brian Enman       

Costume Design by
Martha Curry       

Makeup Department
Ryan Reed    ....     key hair
Sandra Wheatle    ....     makeup department head

Production Management
Valerie Halman    ....     unit production manager
Petra Hoebel    ....     unit production manager: New York
Bill Wohlken    ....     post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis Guerra    ....     first assistant director (new york shoot)
John Shurko    ....     second assistant director
Jane Chase Wells    ....     second assistant director

Art Department
Matt Likely    ....     assistant art director
Raymond MacDonald    ....     set dresser
Gerold Schmidt    ....     property master
Tim Zydel    ....     on-set dresser

Sound Department
Frank Kavanagh    ....     boom operator
Kevin Nanaumi    ....     assistant sound editor
Jay Nierenberg    ....     supervising sound editor
Mike O'Neill    ....     second boom operator
Egor Panchenko    ....     pro tools playback mixer
Alexander Rosborough    ....     production sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Joey Bonander    ....     visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Damian Achilles    ....     stunts
Randy Boliver    ....     stunt coordinator
Chris Colombo    ....     stunts
Paul Marini    ....     stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Begin    ....     first assistant camera
Sasha Burdett    ....     digital imaging technician: New York
Pat Holland    ....     grip
Mark Kenny    ....     grip
Matt Lynds    ....     grip
Christian Milligan    ....     second assistant camera
Kelsey Smith    ....     steadicam/b camera operator
Brooks Toran    ....     best boy electric: New York

Casting Department
John Buchan    ....     casting: Canada
Anna Jean    ....     casting assistant
Jason Knight    ....     casting: Canada
Natasha Ward    ....     casting associate

Editorial Department
Farnaz    ....     editorial coordinator
John Persichetti    ....     digital colorist
Eddie Quintana    ....     post-production assistant

Music Department
Bryan Carrigan    ....     digital score recordist
Kier Lehman    ....     music supervisor
Jaclyn Newman    ....     assistant music editor

Other crew
Brian T. Baker    ....     production assistant
Nick Doumlele    ....     office production assistant: New York
Trish Gray    ....     location scout
Kevin Hill    ....     production secretary: New York
Diane Hounsell    ....     script supervisor: New York

Production Companies

    * Our Stories Films
    * Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group
    * TDJ Enterprises / New Dimensions Entertainment

Distributors

    * Columbia Pictures (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)

Other Companies

    * Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
    * Dolby Laboratories  sound mix

Anonymous

Movie Title: Anonymous

Country / Region: UK / Germany

Genre: Drama

Language: English

Filming Locations:
Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Release Date:
2011, Germany
April, 29, Taiwan
September 30,2011, UK
September 30,2011, USA

Plot:
A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare - Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford - set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.

Trivia:
The first major full-length motion picture to be shot with the Arri ALEXA high-definition digital-video camera.

Rafe Spall's father Timothy Spall appeared in Hamlet (1996).

Screenwriter John Orloff (Band of Brothers, A Mighty Heart) penned the script back in the late 1990s, but it was shelved after Shakespeare in Love came out in 1998.It was almost greenlit as "The Soul of the Age" for a 2005 release, with a budget of $30 to $35 million. However, the financing proved to be "a risky undertaking," Emmerich advised Screen Daily at the time. "It's very hard to make get a movie like this made, and I want to make it in a certain way. I've actually had this project for 8 years. It's always supposed to be my next movie, but this time I'm really going to do it because I'm already set to shoot on March 22 [2010]."

A press conference on the set at Studio Babelsberg — the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, where such classic German films as Josef von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis were made — was held on April 29, 2010. Emmerich noted at the conference that the success of his more commercial films made it possible for him to do this one, and that he got the cast he wanted without the pressure to come up with at least two A-list American actors.

Elizabethan London is recreated for the film with more than 70 painstakingly hand-built sets at Studio Babelsberg. These include a full-scale replica of London’s imposing The Rose theatre. The remainder of the Elizabethan setting will be created and enhanced via CGI.

The film is said to be the first major motion picture to be shot with Arriflex's new Alexa camera, a competitor to the RED One.

In response to the inception of the film, James Shapiro, Columbia University English professor and author of Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?, wrote an April 11, 2010 op-ed article in the Los Angeles Times titled "Alas, Poor Shakespeare." He acknowledged recent substantial worldwide support for Oxfordian theory, including three Supreme Court Justices quoted in a 2009 Wall Street Journal article.Shapiro said that 25 years ago, support for Oxfordian theory was not strong, and that in a celebrated moot court in 1987, Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens, Harry Blackmun and William Brennan had "ruled unanimously in favor of Shakespeare and against the Earl of Oxford." Shapiro asserted that "Emmerich's film is one more sign that conspiracy theories about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays have gone mainstream," and also against Anonymous in an April 2010 Wall Street Journal interview.

Screenwriter John Orloff's published response in the same newspaper noted that "Shapiro has, at best, oversimplified the facts," and quoted U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens as saying in 1987: "'I have lingering concerns.... You can’t help but have these gnawing doubts that this great author may perhaps have been someone else.... I would tend to draw the inference that the author of these plays was a nobleman.... There is a high probability that it was Edward de Vere [the Earl of Oxford].'"

On the other hand, Orloff can be accused of deceitful editing. For example, he claims Justice Stevens said, "There is a high probability it was Edward de Vere." Orloff's quote strongly implies that Stevens thought that de Vere was the actual author of Shakespeare's works. However, in the full quote, Stevens actually said, "And I would say, also--perhaps departing from my colleagues--that I am persuaded that, if the author was not the man from Stratford, then there is a high probability that it was Edward de Vere."

In a June 2010 post-filming interview with the Washington Post, Derek Jacobi, who plays the Narrator of Anonymous, noted that he is not neutral in the Shakespeare authorship debate. "I'm on the side of those who do not believe that the man from Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the plays. I think the name was a pseudonym, certainly. [Anonymous] puts the authorship question firmly and squarely on the big screen. It's a very risky thing to do, and obviously the orthodox Stratfordians are going to be apoplectic with rage."

Roland Emmerich

Directed by
Roland Emmerich       












 
Writing credits(WGA)
John Orloff         (written by)

Cast

Rhys Ifan

Vanessa Redgrave

Derek Jacobi

Joely Richardson

David Thewlis

Jamie Campbell Bower

Xavier Samuel

Mark Rylance

Edward Hogg

Tom Wlaschiha

Tony Way

Sebastian Reid

Michael S. Ruscheinsky

Anna Altmann

Joachim Paul Assböck

    Rhys Ifans    ...     Edward de Vere
    Vanessa Redgrave    ...     Queen Elizabeth I
    Derek Jacobi    ...     Prologue
    Joely Richardson    ...     Princess Elizabeth Tudor
    David Thewlis    ...     William Cecil
    Jamie Campbell Bower    ...     Young Oxford
    Xavier Samuel    ...     Southhampton
    Rafe Spall    ...     William Shakespeare
    Mark Rylance    ...     Gloucester
    Edward Hogg    ...     Robert Cecil
    Sebastian Armesto    ...     Ben Jonson
    Henry Lloyd-Hughes    ...     Bear Baiter
    Tom Wlaschiha    ...     Captain of the Guard
    Julian Bleach    ...     Sir Richard Pole
    John Keogh    ...     Philip Henslowe
    Ned Dennehy    ...     Interrogator
    Tony Way    ...     Thomas Nashe
    Paula Schramm    ...     Bridget de Vere
    Alex Hassell    ...     Spencer
    Sebastian Reid    ...     Essex
    Amy Kwolek    ...     Young Anne de Vere
    Robert Emms    ...     Thomas Dekker
    Vicky Krieps    ...     Bessie
    Alexander Yassin    ...     Javanese Nobleman
    Isaiah Michalski    ...     Robert Cecil
    Trystan Gravelle    ...     Christopher Marlow
    Patrick Diemling    ...     Oxford's Apprentice
    Martina Ysker    ...     Young Lady in Waiting
    Michael S. Ruscheinsky    ...     Elizabeth's Personal Guard
    Mike Maas    ...     Betting Man
    Luke Thomas Taylor    ...     Boy Oxford
    Ulrike Brandt    ...     Robert Cecil's Wife
    Anna Altmann    ...     Lady Cecil
    Carsten Berger    ...     Lord of Court
    Elisabeth Milarch    ...     Dancing Lady
    Andreas Frakowiak    ...     Nobleman with feathered Hat
    Claudia Funke    ...     Young Lady in Waiting
    Antje Thiele    ...     Lady de Vere
    Joachim Paul Assböck    ...     Prison Guard (uncredited)
    Oliver Kube    ...     Stage Player (uncredited)
    Hendrik Maaß    ...     Young Lord Of Court (uncredited)
    Gesche Picolin    ...     Lady-in-waiting (uncredited)

Produced by
Roland Emmerich    ....     producer
Volker Engel    ....     executive producer
Christoph Fisser    ....     co-producer
Larry J. Franco    ....     producer
Robert Leger    ....     producer
Marcus Loges    ....     line producer
John Orloff    ....     executive producer
Marc Weigert    ....     executive producer
Kirstin Winkler    ....     co-producer
Charlie Woebcken    ....     co-producer

Original Music by
Thomas Wanker       

Cinematography by
Anna Foerster       

Film Editing by
Peter R. Adam       

Production Design by
Sebastian T. Krawinkel       

Art Direction by
Stephan O. Gessler         (supervising art director)
Stefan Speth       
Bryce Tibbey       

Set Decoration by
Simon-Julien Boucherie       

Costume Design by
Lisy Christl       

Makeup Department
Heike Merker    ....     makeup department head
Björn Rehbein    ....     makeup department head
Daniela Skala    ....     make-up/hair artist

Production Management
Christopher Berg    ....     post-production supervisor
Miki Emmrich    ....     production manager
Suza Kohlstedt    ....     assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tobias Asam    ....     additional assistant director: crowd
Christopher Doll    ....     first assistant director
Lisa Hauss    ....     crowd second assistant director
Janina Huettenrauch    ....     third assistant director
Ellie Kemps    ....     assistant director: theatre scenes
Tommy Kreiselmaier    ....     additional assistant director: crowd
Corinne Le Hong    ....     second assistant director: crowd
Rickie-Lee Roberts    ....     trainee assistant director
Ronny Schröder    ....     crowd second second assistant director
Sibylle Schuster    ....     trainee assistant director
Mara Fiedler    ....     additional assistant director: crowd (uncredited)

Art Department
Robert Blasi    ....     art department coordinator
Katharina Boehm    ....     art department assistant
Katharina Boehm    ....     theatre prop maker
James Cowley    ....     theatre prop maker
Klaus Eckmann    ....     set dresser
Axel Eichhorst    ....     conceptual artist
Axel Eichhorst    ....     storyboard artist
Enzo Enzel    ....     standby painter
Gizem Ersavas    ....     art department assistant
Michael Fechner    ....     property master
Kim Frederiksen    ....     digital art director
Dierk Grahlow    ....     construction manager
Matthias Haase    ....     property master
Sebastian Hanusch    ....     stand-by props assistant
Brita Hofmann    ....     supervising plasterer
Jan Jericho    ....     graphic artist
Jennie Konrad    ....     art department assistant
Oliver Kuhlmann    ....     property master: on-set
Oliver Kujas    ....     assistant art department coordinator
Christoph Lanksch    ....     leadman
Alexander Liebenthron    ....     property buyer
Robert Makolies    ....     head of department sculptor
Angel Pedro Martinez    ....     theater sets and props
Nadin Meyer    ....     construction secretary
Tarnia Nicol    ....     draftsperson
Benjamin Palmer    ....     prop maker
Stephanie Rass    ....     draftsperson/modelmaker
Cindy Schnitter    ....     art department assistant
Tobias Schroeter    ....     theatre sculptor
Julia Smola    ....     paint intern
Sascha Strutz    ....     set dec buyer
Ilona Vovchyk    ....     theater sets and props

Sound Department
Manfred Banach    ....     sound recordist
Rodney Berling    ....     adr editor
Simon Diggins    ....     adr recordist
Robert Edwards    ....     adr mixer
Pit Kuhlmann    ....     dialogue editor
Simon Price    ....     supervising adr editor
Philipp Sellier    ....     sound effects editor
Andy Stallabrass    ....     adr recordist
Philip Young    ....     adr recordist

Special Effects by
Nils Bleeck    ....     special effects senior technician: daily
Gerd Feuchter    ....     special effects supervisor
Rolf Hanke    ....     special effects project manager
Till Hertrich    ....     special effects set foreman
Wolfgang Higler    ....     special effects foreman
Gonzalo Outeda Giménez    ....     special effects senior technician
Monty Ploch    ....     special effects technician
Claudius Rauch    ....     special effects senior technician
Marcus Schmidt    ....     pyrotechnician

Visual Effects by
Sandra Balej    ....     digital compositor
Martin Bohm    ....     visual effects artist
Jon R. Brown    ....     plate coordinator
Gregory Chalenko    ....     assistant compositing technical director
Gregory Chalenko    ....     digital compositor
Timm Dapper    ....     massive technical director
Ante Dekovic    ....     digital compositor
Ante Dekovic    ....     on-set assistant
Volker Engel    ....     visual effects supervisor
Brian Fisher    ....     digital compositor
Robert Freitag    ....     lighting td
Jack Shahram Ghoulian    ....     senior IT manager
Philip Hartmann    ....     visual effects artist
Katharina Koepke    ....     visual effects project manager
Wing Kwok    ....     digital compositor
Thomas Lautenbach    ....     digital compositor
Knuth Möde    ....     senior texture artist
Christine Neumann    ....     digital modeling and texturing artist
Hannes Poser    ....     lighting technical director
Sebastian Schütt    ....     digital compositor
Julia Smola    ....     compositing intern
Ryan T. Smolarek    ....     lead compositor
Greg Strasz    ....     visual effects art director
Caroline Weidenhiller    ....     digital compositor
Marc Weigert    ....     visual effects supervisor
Stacey Weigert    ....     vfx production manager/controller
Patrick Wolf    ....     lead pipeline developer: pre-production
Robert Zeltsch    ....     compositing technical director

Stunts
Menyhért René Balog-Dutombé    ....     stunts
Sandor Czirjak    ....     horse master
Balázs Farkas    ....     stunt double
Kinga Gavalda    ....     riding double: Joely Richardson
István Kiss    ....     stunt double
László Kósa    ....     stunts
Akos Lenkei    ....     stunt performer
Zsolt Viktor Magyari    ....     stunts
Ferenc Novinecz    ....     stunts
Armin Sauer    ....     assistant stunt coordinator
Levente Tamási    ....     stunt double
László Ujvári    ....     stunt double
György Ulrik    ....     stunts
Rainer Werner    ....     stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Isabelle Arnold    ....     camera operator: additional
Reiner Bajo    ....     still photographer
Yoshua Berkowitz    ....     camera technical support
Birgit Dierken    ....     first assistant camera
James Eggleton    ....     digital lab supervisor
Johnny Feurer    ....     first assistant camera: "b" camera
Christoph Hoffsten    ....     alexa support and techinical supervision
Martin Mecko    ....     hd video assist operator
Sebastian Meuschel    ....     camera operator
Philip Peschlow    ....     camera operator: c-camera
Christian Scheibe    ....     a cam dolly grip
David Sinfield    ....     gaffer: UK
Jonathan Smiles    ....     red camera supervisor
Martin Smith    ....     gaffer: re-shoots
Vladimir Subotic    ....     camera operator
Vladimir Subotic    ....     director of photography: second unit
Thomas Thiele    ....     rigging electrician
Alexander von Wasielewski    ....     first assistant camera
Alex Zeihn    ....     electrician

Casting Department
Sebastian Alten    ....     extras casting assistant
Abigail Barbier    ....     adr voice casting
Salvadore Brandt    ....     extras casting assistant
Jessika Eisenkolb    ....     casting: children
Louis Elman    ....     adr voice casting
Anton Ludwig    ....     extras casting assistant
Johanna Ragwitz    ....     extras casting director
Johanna Ragwitz    ....     extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daniela Backes    ....     key costumer
Dietke Brandt    ....     set costumer
Simon Brindle    ....     principal costume armours
Urs Dierker    ....     additional costumer
Lisa Spengler    ....     wardrobe daily

Editorial Department
Christoph Strothjohann    ....     first assistant editor

Music Department
Tilo M. Heinrich    ....     music preparation
Steve Parr    ....     music recording engineer

Transportation Department
Marcel Ahrens    ....     driver
Florian Haeger    ....     transportation captain
Martin Kuschan    ....     transportation coordinator
Tim Lemke    ....     property driver

Other crew
Alex Boden    ....     researcher: UK
Gero Brugmann    ....     legal counsel: for Studio Babelsberg
Kathryn Donovan    ....     unit publicist
Gabriela Dumitrescu    ....     choreographer
Piers Dunn    ....     location consultant: UK
Giles Edleston    ....     location manager
Gisela Emberger    ....     stage manager
Susanne Fischer    ....     production coordinator
Anne C. Ford    ....     production controller
Sabina Friedland    ....     assistant: Larry Franco
Gabriella Gobber    ....     script supervisor
Brendan Gunn    ....     dialogue coach
Ayuko Koresawa    ....     script supervisor: splinter unit
Tobias Lauterberg    ....     accounts services: German payroll
Paul Meyer-Gerlt    ....     production accountant
Nick Oliver    ....     assistant location manager: uk
Paul Pawlowski    ....     post-production accountant
Johannes Schwerdt    ....     assistant controller
Marco Shepherd    ....     assistant: Mr. Emmerich
Eva Von Malotky    ....     assistant: Roland Emmerich
Eike Wolf    ....     production publicist
Christian Wöltche    ....     first assistant production accountant
Sonja B. Zimmer    ....     production executive

Production Companies

    * Entertainment Film Distributors (2011) (UK) (theatrical)
    * Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures

Distributors

    * Audio Visual Enterprises (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
    * Columbia Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)

Special Effects

    * Chris Creatures (plant props)

Other Companies

    * Arnold & Richter Cine Technik (ARRI)  camera equipment provided by (Captured by Alexa)
    * Chris Creatures  prop makers (rosa damascena)
    * Codex Digital  digital recording equipment
    * De Lane Lea  ADR recording
    * Digilab Services  digital film workflow
    * Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
    * Mecon Media Concept  extras payroll
    * Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg  funding
    * Studio Babelsberg  sound stages
    * Translux  facilities