1954: U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his partner, Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), go to the Ashecliff Hospital for the criminally insane on ShutterIsland. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.
1990
1990s: Lehane wrote and directed an independent film called Neighborhoods in the mid 1990s. - Dennis Lehane, Wikipedia.
2003
2003: Feature film rights to the 2003 novel ShutterIsland by Dennis Lehane were first optioned to Columbia Pictures in 2003, but the rights lapsed back to the author. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.
October, 2007: By October 2007, the project had developed into a co-production between the studios Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.
2008
February, 2008: The film Shutter Island started prepping February 2008 and started filming at Medfield State Hospital in March 2008 [8]. - Medfield, Massachusetts, Wikipedia.
March, 2008: Famed Hollywood director Martin Scorsese filmed a portion of the upcoming film Shutter Island on location at the Whittenton Mills Complex. - Taunton, Massachusetts, Wikipedia.
March, 2008: Production started in March 2008. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.
March 6, 2008: Production began on March 6, 2008. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.
2008: Martin Scorsese filmed the lighthouse scenes for Shutter Island (film) starring Leonardo DiCaprio here in the summer of 2008. - Nahant, Massachusetts, Wikipedia.
July 2, 2008: Filming ended on July 2, 2008. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.
2009
February 19, 2009: Paramount later announced it was going to push back the release date to February 19, 2010. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.
2009: Reports attribute the pushback to Paramount not having "the financing in 2009 to spend the $50 to $60 million necessary to market a big awards pic like this", to DiCaprio's unavailability to promote the film internationally, and to Paramount's hope that the economy might rebound enough by February 2010 that a film geared toward adult audiences would be more viable financially. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.
2009: The film was scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and Canada on October 2, 2009. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.
October 2, 2009: Shutter Island was originally slated to be released on October 2, 2009, but Paramount pushed the release date to February 19, 2010. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.
2010
February, 2010: A film adaptation was released in February 2010. - Shutter Island, Wikipedia.
March 16, 2010: As of March 16, 2010 (2010 -03-16), the film has grossed $108,809,206 in North America and $55,000,000 outside, for a total of $163,809,206 worldwide. - Shutter Island (film), Wikipedia.