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title: Season of the Witch (2011 film) text: reunited Sena and Cage, who had previously worked together on "Gone in 60 Seconds". Development on the film began in 2000 when the spec script by screenwriter Bragi F. Schut was purchased by MGM. The project moved from MGM to Columbia Pictures to Relativity Media, where the film was finally produced by Charles Roven and Alex Gartner. Filming took place primarily in Austria, Hungary, and Croatia. "Season of the Witch" was released on January 7, 2011, in the United States, Canada, and several other territories. In Villach in the 13th century, three women are accused of witchcraft by a priest. title: Season of the Witch (2011 film) text: location shooting. Cage eventually became available in 2008 and was cast in the role. He explained his interest, "I wanted to make movies that celebrated actors like Christopher Lee and Vincent Price, and the great Roger Corman classics that are unafraid to explore the paranormal and the supernatural." The crew began production immediately after Cage finished "" (2009). The film had a budget of approximately US$40 million, and much of the budget was covered by Relativity with pre-sales to distributors outside the United States. Filming took place in Austria, Hungary and Croatia. Most of the principal photography took place in title: Season of the Witch (2011 film) text: The producers worked with director Dominic Sena to perform location shooting throughout Europe. They sought a 14th-century castle to use as a setting for the story; castles visited in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic could not fit the period. With the film yet to be produced, the project eventually moved to Relativity Media, and Sena was officially attached to direct. Business and creative discussions led to avoiding too much violence or gore in the film so a broader audience could see it. Actor Nicolas Cage was considered for the starring role but was unavailable during the time of the title: Season of the Witch (1973 film) text: witch. She smiles wryly when people around her refer to as "Mrs. Mitchell", or simply "Jack's wife". The film originally began production under the title of "Jack's Wife". Romero got the idea for the film after reading about witchcraft for a different project. While working with public television in Pittsburgh, Romero became aware of the Feminist movement, which also influenced his script. The film was shot with a small crew in 1972 on 16mm film in the North Hills suburbs and Pittsburgh. It suffered from production problems when the original budget of $250,000 was lowered to $100,000. Romero was pressured title: Season of the Witch (2011 film) text: practical locations, with several days committed to filming on greenscreen. Principal photography was completed by April 2009, but the cast and crew re-gathered a few months later to film additional battle sequences, filming on greenscreen to save on travel. Cage stars as Behman of Bleibruck, a Teutonic knight who returns from the Crusades to discover the devastation caused by the Black Plague. The actor had worked with director Dominic Sena on "Gone in 60 Seconds" (2000) and with producer Charles Roven on "City of Angels" (1998). Cage was interested in the film's fantastical subject matter, also having recently starred in