The majority of The Island was filmed in Los Angeles, California. Studio shots were filmed at Downey Studios in Downey. The car chase scene was filmed in Long Beach. The shoreline scenes were shot at Salton Sea. Other scenes were filmed at Union Station in Downtown L.A. and the Ambassador Hotel at 3400 Wilshire Boulevard. Scenes filmed outside of California include Detroit, Michigan and Rhyolite and Tonopah in Nevada.
The setting for the film is the year 2019, which is also the same year that the Dark Angel television series takes place.
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This is the sixth feature film directed by Michael Bay and his second science fiction film. He previously directed the 1998 disaster film Armageddon. Following The Island, Bay will go on to direct and producer the Transformers films series beginning with 2007's Transformers.
This is the second film written by Caspian Tredwell-Owen and his first sci-fi film. Tredwell-Owen also wrote the 2003 drama Beyond Borders, directed by Martin Campbell.
Screenwriter Roberto Orci's career mirrors that of Alex Kurtzman and they have worked on many of the same projects together. He has written episodes of the related fantasy programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. In sci-fi he has written episodes of Fringe as well as the screenplays for films such as Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Star Trek and Cowboys & Aliens.
