The original screenplay for '' Maggie , '' written by John Scott 3 , won the Thriller/Horror category Gold Prize in the 2010 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards competition , and as a result was brought to the attention of director Henry Hobson . The following year , the script landed on the Black List of " most liked scripts . " Chloë Grace Moretz was initially attached to the project but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts . ' The film is the directing debut of Henry Hobson , whose previous works were designing the title cards of other films such as '' Sherlock Holmes '' ( 2009 ) and '' Robin Hood '' ( 2010 ) and video games like '' The Last of Us '' ( 2013 ) , along with the title cards for the 86th and 87th Academy Awards , and commercials for Halo , Resistance3 , and Xcom . Hobson chose Schwarzenegger as a sort of " Shorthand " for a protective father , this allowed the film to avoid having to shoot scenes establishing him as such . Hobson also enjoyed the idea of casting the actor against type , explaining " when Arnold came up , it was a really intriguing idea ; he ’s been the hero in everything he ’s done , and to now use that against him and have him be a father who has failed to protect his family was a really intriguing idea — to use his strongest qualities as a kind of narrative aid " . Filming started on September 23 , 2013 in New Orleans , Louisiana , and ended on October 25 , 2013 . The film 's shooting schedule lasted 25 days . Hobson produced more than 200 pages of storyboards to guide his actors throughout the film
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Maggie (film)