Development Walt Disney Pictures initially purchased rights to the series, excluding
Unforgiven. By mid-2013, Disney withdrew from the project, leaving all production to Lotus Entertainment.
Pre-production Pre-production began in September 2013, while filming began in February 2014 in
Budapest,
Hungary. Production was completed in April 2016, but the film was two years in pre-production. Origo Film Group studios in Budapest were chosen for the film's production, work on the "angels" flight scenes and the construction of exterior areas.
Casting On August 16, 2013, two main characters were announced by writer
Lauren Kate on their website.
Addison Timlin was cast as Lucinda "Luce" Price and
Jeremy Irvine would play Daniel Grigori. On September 25, 2013, it was officially announced that
Harrison Gilbertson would play Cameron "Cam" Briel, the third main character. On January 19, 2014, it was officially that
Sianoa Smit-McPhee would play "Molly", the antagonist.
Filming After the change of producers, the producers and the director
Scott Hicks settled upon
Hungary as the primary location for production.
Tura Castle, stood in for the main enclosure that would conform to Sword & Cross, together with the castle
Wenckheim-kastély (Szabadkígyós) also located in Hungary. Subsequent filming was set to commence in September, but was delayed until February 9, 2014, in
Budapest. There were five months of filming plus two extra weeks of voice recording between the end of July and August. ==Marketing and release==