 Philippe Rousselot (qv) was hired as cinematographer by  Matthew Vaughn (qv), and initially stayed on when  Brett Ratner (qv) took over as director. Not long into shooting,  however, Rousselot quit the project (later saying that signing on to  shoot the film was the biggest blunder hed ever made).  Dante Spinotti (qv), the cinematographer on Ratners previous two  films, was available, and he took over for most of the remaining  filming. He had to leave about a week before the end of shooting as  he was committed to working on _Contract, The (2006/I)_ (qv), and so  J. Michael Muro (qv) was hired for the remainder of shooting.