Lone Survivor opened in limited release in the United States on December 25, 2013, before opening across North America on January 10, 2014. Two companies, Industrial Light & Magic and Image Engine, created the visual effects. Luttrell and several other Navy SEAL veterans acted as technical advisors, while multiple branches of the United States Armed Forces aided the production. Filming took place on location in New Mexico, using digital cinematography.

Principal photography began in October 2012 and concluded in November, after 42 days. After directing Battleship (2012) for Universal, Berg resumed working on Lone Survivor. In re-enacting events, Berg drew much of his screenplay from Luttrell's eyewitness accounts in the book, as well as autopsy and incident reports related to the mission. Universal Pictures acquired the film rights in August 2007, after bidding against other major studios. Upon first learning of the book in 2007, Berg arranged several meetings with Luttrell to discuss adapting the book to film. The film was written and directed by Peter Berg and stars Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, and Eric Bana.

Set during the war in Afghanistan, it dramatizes the unsuccessful United States Navy SEALs counter-insurgent mission Operation Red Wings, during which a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team was given the task of tracking down the Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. Lone Survivor is a 2013 American biographical war film based on the 2007 nonfiction book of the same name by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson.

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