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Jack the Giant Slayer (Original title)Jack the Giant Killer (Working title)
Dates: 2013 (Copyright), 01 March 2013 (Release)

Country: USA

Director: Bryan Singer

Synopsis: Fantasy/Action. Jack is given a handful of beans that grow into a beanstalk that leads into a land populated by giants. Unwittingly Jack reignites an ancient war when the giants come down to earth for the first time in centuries and attempt to reclaim land they once lost.

Genres:
Fantasy, Action and Adventure
Releases
Date: 01 March 2013Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Date: 01 March 2013Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Date: 22 March 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 113 mins 58 secs - Length: 10257 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros Distributors (UK)
Date: 22 March 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 113 mins 58 secs - Length: 10257 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros Distributors (UK)
Date: 22 March 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 115 mins 4 secs - Length: 165696 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros Distributors (UK)

Credits (69)
©: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., ©: Legendary Pictures Funding LLC, Production Company: Original Film, Production Company: Big Kid Pictures, Production Company: Bad Hat Harry, Presents: New Line Cinema, [Presented] in association with: Legendary Pictures, Executive Producer: Thomas Tull, Executive Producer: Jon Jashni, Executive Producer: Alex Garcia, Executive Producer: Toby Emmerich, Executive Producer: Richard Brener, Executive Producer: Michael Disco, Executive Producer: John Rickard, Produced by: Neal H. Moritz, Produced by: David Dobkin, Produced by: Ori Marmur, Produced by: Bryan Singer, Produced by: Patrick McCormick, Unit Production Manager: Patrick McCormick, Unit Production Manager: Marianne Jenkins, Location Manager: Finlay Pile, Location Manager: Christopher Moore, Location Manager: James Grant, Location Manager: Timothy Davies, Post-production Supervisor: Charlene Olson, Post-production Supervisor: Paul Lamori, 2nd Unit Director: Peter MacDonald, 1st Assistant Director: Jamie Christopher, Script Supervisor: Julie Brown, Casting by: Nina Gold, Casting by: Roger Mussenden, Jeremy Rich, Screenplay by: Darren Lemke, Screenplay by: Christopher McQuarrie, Screenplay by: Dan Studney, Story by: Darren Lemke, Story by: David Dobkin, Director of Photography: Newton Thomas Sigel, [2nd Unit] Director of Photography: Mike Brewster, Camera Operator: Cary Lalonde, Steadicam Operator: Vincent McGahon, Visual Effects Supervisor: Hoyt H. Yeatman Jr, Visual Effects by: Digital Domain, Visual Effects by: MPC, Visual Effects by: Soho VFX, Visual Effects by: Rodeo FX, Visual Effects by: Tata Elxi Ltd (VCL), Visual Effects by: Hatch FX, Gener8, Special Effects Supervisor: Dominic Tuohy, Editor: John Ottman, Editor: Bob Ducsay, Production Designer: Gavin Bocquet, Supervising Art Director: Peter Russell, Costume Designer: Joanna Johnston, Make-up & Hair Designer: Sarah Monzani, End Titles by: Scarlet Letters, Prologue Animation Sequence/Main Titles by: Prologue, Prints by: Technicolor, Music by: John Ottman, Score Conducted by: Jeffrey Schindler, Production Sound Mixer: Peter Lindsay, Re-recording Mixer: Tim LeBlanc, Re-recording Mixer: Gregg Landaker, Re-recording Mixer: Rick Kline, Sound Design/Supervision: Mark Mangini, Stunt Co-ordinator: Steve Dent
Cast (45)
Nicholas Hoult (Jack), Eleanor Tomlinson (Princess Isabelle), Ewan McGregor (Elmont), Stanley Tucci (Roderick), Eddie Marsan (Crawe), Ewen Bremner (Wicke), Ian McShane (King Brahmwell), Christopher Fairbank (uncle), Simon Lowe (Monk), Mingus Johnston (Bald), Ralph Brown (General Entin), Bill Nighy (General Fallon), Joy McBrinn (old maid), Chris Brailsford (blacksmith), Warwick Davis (old Hamm), Craig Salisbury (panto Erik the Great), Peter Bonner (panto monk), Lee Boardman (Badger), Lee Whitlock (small drunk), Jody Halse (fat drunk), Richard Dixon (king's artiste), Christopher Drake (young guardian), John Kassir (Genral Fallon's small head), Cornell S. John (Fee), Andrew Brooke (Fye), Angus Barnett (Foe), Ben Daniels (Fumm), Philip Philmar (cook giant), Peter Elliott (sentry/burglar giant), Don McCorkindale (tongue giant), Tayler Marshall (1st child), Amber Vertannes (2nd child), Alex Macqueen (tour guide), Joseph Salazar (Roddy), Hattie Gotobed (little girl), Steve Williams (master of secrets), John Lebar (panto giant 1), Phill Martin (panto giant 2), Steve Haze (panto musician), Michael Self (young Jack), Tim Foley (Jack's father), Sydney Rawson (young Isabelle), Tandi Wright (queen), Byron Coll, Aaron Jackson (soldier)