Written by on May 4, 2012. Posted in Production News

Will Smith’s After Earth films on location in California's Humboldt Redwoods State Park

Will Smith’s new sci-fi thriller After Earth has filmed on location in northern California. The project spent about two weeks in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, a 53,000-acre region of the state that’s dominated by old-growth coast redwood trees.

Bennett Walsh is Executive Producer on the film and spoke to the Times-Standard: “I think the parks have been phenomenal because they're a character in the film. The director [and] Will - they love what they've been getting here.

Every place we're going to, we're going for the look. You also have to have the infrastructure. We soak up a lot of resources. We roll in like a storm.

Bennett Walsh, Executive Producer

“This is definitely one of the top locations. Every place we're going to, we're going for the look. You also have to have the infrastructure. We soak up a lot of resources. We roll in like a storm.”

After Earth is set a thousand years in the future and follows a father and son as they crash-land on a strange planet. Other filming locations on the shoot have included Costa Rica and Utah.