The film features live-action scenes directed by Mark Osborne in Santa Monica, California. The ship used during the 30-second opening featuring the pirates singing the theme song was the "Bounty", a -long, enlarged reconstruction of the 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship HMS "Bounty" built for "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962). The ship appeared in a number of other films, including "Treasure Island" (1999), ' (2006), and ' (2007). In film trailers, live-action scenes were taken from "Das Boot" (1981), "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), and "U-571" (2000).