2005 Columbia Pictures, under Sony Pictures Entertainment, dropped the project due to a busy release calendar, and Warner Bros. picked up the project in Sony's vacancy. In February 2006, Camilla Belle and Steven Strait were announced to star in the film, with Strait as the mammoth hunter and Belle as his love. The script went through a second revision with Matthew Sand and a final revision with Robert Rodat. Production began in spring 2006 in South Africa and Namibia. Location filming also ...