<Li> Giancarlo Caltabiano as Leonard </Li> <Li> Garth Gilker as Sigurbjörn Ásgeirsson </Li> <P> On September 22, 2001, Walden Media announced that Eric Brevig was hired and set to direct Journey to the Center of the Earth based on the book of the same name by Jules Verne . Michael D. Weiss, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett wrote the script for the film . Beau Flynn and Charlotte Huggins produced the film with the budget of $60 million for release in 2008 . On April 16, 2003, it was announced that Brendan Fraser, Anita Briem, Josh Hutcherson, Seth Meyers, Jean - Michel Paré, Jane Wheeler, Giancarlo Caltabiano and Garth Gilker joined the film . On 9 December 2005, it was announced that Andrew Lockington would compose the music for the film . On March 2006, development and filming of the film was completed in Canada and Iceland . On April 20, 2006, principal photography and production began . On January 2, 2007, New Line Cinema acquired distribution rights to the film . Journey to the Center of the Earth was filmed in 2006 . The film transposes the novel into the present day and is mostly live action, with only the landscape and creatures supplied by computer - generated graphics . The film is projected using Real D Cinema and Dolby 3D . </P> <P> Josh Hutcherson's character, Sean, is named after the professor and conservation biologist Dr. Sean Anderson . </P>

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