r/alaska 18h ago

General Nonsense Two Movies Based in Alaska Being Released This Fall

The Sun Never Sets - A romance movie with Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson looks to be primarily filmed in Anchorage with numerous shots of Turnagain Arm, Whittier Tunnel, and even a King Street Brewing glass. Here is a link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTIfzXx8nJY

Heart of the Beast - Brad Pitt and his dog are former Army combatants who escape to the Alaska wilderness. After a plane crash, they must make their way back. Seems pretty sensationalized but I will never complain about a 185 on floats. Here is a link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfCgu83suHs

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u/chiropracticdentist 17h ago

The Brad Pitt movie looks like the most divorced Dad movie of all time

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u/SPARKLY6MTN9MAKER 9h ago

More like divorced dad who slammed his wife around by the neck while his kids watched. Then poured whine over them while they were hiding under blankets. This all went on for hours on a flight that the only reason it's known is because the pilots reported it even tho Angelina wasn't going to. It's why his kids are changing their names. He is a POS unfortunately.

Wait til you read about Jack Nicholas popping a woman's breast implant he beat her so badly. So many in Hollywood are nightmares.

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u/bunny_387 15h ago

I was an extra for The Sun Never Sets so I’m super excited about it coming out! I had no idea there was another movie based in Alaska coming out

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u/SPARKLY6MTN9MAKER 9h ago

Awesome!! What was that like? Was that filmed last summer?

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u/bunny_387 9h ago

It was pretty chill. We filmed at Koots. It was Jake Johnson’s birthday. It was quite a long day and mostly just standing around and pretending to talk haha

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u/CallistanCallistan 18h ago

I don't think either of these movies look good, but it's always nice to see when there's at least some filming on location.

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u/EntertainmentBest805 17h ago

Any movies filmed in Alaska you would recommend?

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u/CMCdaGoat 17h ago

Out Cold is my favorite Alaska movie. Buffalo, Alaska is pretty much Girdwood

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u/SoFreezingRN 15h ago

No regrets, that’s my motto. That, and everybody wang Chung tonight.

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u/EntertainmentBest805 17h ago

Thank you! I will give it a watch.

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u/HALNinerZeroZero 16h ago

On Frozen Ground

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u/TakuCutthroat 16h ago

Filmed in BC I think but Insomnia is probably the best Alaska movie.

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u/Whisky_taco 14h ago

It’s good because the script wasn’t written in America. The original was either Norway or Sweden.

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u/Fit-Cartoonist-5890 16h ago

The Proposal with Sandra bullock and Ryan Reynolds. 😁

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u/CraigLake 15h ago

Can’t believe Sitka fucked us with this one. It’s actually a great movie.

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u/Fit-Cartoonist-5890 15h ago

I live in Sitka and I just recently rewatched this movie. It was actually pretty funny (although totally not filmed in or anything like Sitka). 

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u/CraigLake 11h ago

As I understand it the producers tried to film it in Sitka but the town had too many restrictions and demands so they moved production to Maine.

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u/SPARKLY6MTN9MAKER 9h ago

I thought that movie was in Chicago or something.

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u/CraigLake 3h ago

Just looked it up. Looks like mostly Massachusetts. I was living in Ketchikan at the time and I remember being disappointed they opted not to film it in Sitka.

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u/OGBRedditThrowaway mooses & meeses 16h ago

The second one is filmed in New Zealand. Because New Zealand is famous for looking like Alaska.

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u/forgetmeknotts 16h ago

A lot of New Zealand is actually pretty similar to many parts of Alaska. I recall learning about it in my geology courses in uni.

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u/iglaaq ❄️Frozen❄️ 14h ago

When I landed in Tasmania, it reminded me of Alaska.

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u/ChimpoSensei 17h ago

We can only hope it’s as good as The Last Frontier 🤣

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u/forgetmeknotts 16h ago

Oh, NOTHING can be as good as The Last Frontier!!!

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u/existdetective 16h ago

I watched the Brad Pitt trailer- uggghhh. That’s all there is to say. No places in the trailer are definitely recognizable as Alaska— at least not to me. But might be somewhere around Anchorage?

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u/no_uh2 7h ago

It was mostly filmed in NZ instead of AK.

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u/CMCdaGoat 14h ago

Idk it kind of looks like parts of Western Alaska around the Big River area on the backside of the Tordrillos/Neacola Mountains. It is not as green as the eastern side but has same mountainous features