▁choices ▁as ▁S ara ▁when ▁you ▁don ' t ▁quite ▁know ▁how ▁you ' re ▁going ▁to ▁play ▁it ▁as ▁Jess ▁yet . ▁You ▁haven ' t ▁got ▁the ▁other ▁actor ▁to ▁react ▁against . ▁You ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁bit ▁sch iz op hren ic ." ▁ ▁Kin ney ▁c ited ▁a ▁confl u ence ▁of ▁reasons ▁for ▁accepting ▁the ▁role : ▁the ▁story ▁and ▁its ▁location , ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁twe ak ▁his ▁character , ▁and ▁the ▁attachment ▁of ▁D orm er . ▁He ▁stated ▁he ▁was ▁looking ▁for ▁something ▁" more ▁c ere br al ▁than ▁g ory ▁slash er ▁films ", ▁in ▁the ▁ve in ▁of ▁The ▁Am ity ville ▁Hor ror , ▁Friday ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁and ▁Hall owe en , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Stephen ▁King ▁adapt ations ▁Cu jo , ▁Pet ▁S emat ary ▁and ▁The ▁Sh ining . ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁Princi pal ▁phot ography ▁began ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁in ▁Tokyo , ▁Japan . ▁As ▁film ing ▁in ▁the ▁A ok ig ah ara ▁forest ▁is ▁not ▁permitted ▁by ▁the ▁government , ▁the ▁film m akers ▁chose ▁a ▁forest ▁near ▁the ▁T ara ▁Mountain ▁in ▁Ser bia ▁to ▁double ▁as ▁the ▁Japanese ▁forest ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁film ▁is ▁set . ▁Po or ▁weather ▁pl ag ued ▁the ▁production ▁in ▁Ser bia , ▁and ▁many ▁scenes ▁were ▁shot ▁in ▁a ▁former ▁w are house . ▁ ▁Release ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 4 ,