In the Heart of the Sea (2015) D: Howard; S: Hemsworth, Murphy, Whishaw
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In the Heart of the Sea (2015) D: Howard; S: Hemsworth, Murphy, Whishaw
From Variety:
Director Edward Zwick has hooked a whale of a tale for his likely next film.
New Regency has set the helmer to direct "In the Heart of the Sea," the fact-based tale of Nantucket whaling ship the Essex, which was stalked and ultimately destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820. Stranded thousands of miles from home, the crew struggled to survive; they were lost at sea for 90 days. Eight were rescued.
The script was written by Charles Leavitt ("Blood Diamond") and rewritten by Ed Zwick and Bedford Falls partner Marshall Herskovitz. They will produce with Paula Weinstein, with Palak Patel exec producing.
New Regency is honing the scriptand has begun planning this logistically ambitious period tale on the open water. The hope is to begin production late this year, with Fox distributing.
Pic is based on the National Book Award-winning title by Nathaniel Philbrick. The sinking of the whaleship Essex was the inspiration for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick."
New Regency has set the helmer to direct "In the Heart of the Sea," the fact-based tale of Nantucket whaling ship the Essex, which was stalked and ultimately destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820. Stranded thousands of miles from home, the crew struggled to survive; they were lost at sea for 90 days. Eight were rescued.
The script was written by Charles Leavitt ("Blood Diamond") and rewritten by Ed Zwick and Bedford Falls partner Marshall Herskovitz. They will produce with Paula Weinstein, with Palak Patel exec producing.
New Regency is honing the scriptand has begun planning this logistically ambitious period tale on the open water. The hope is to begin production late this year, with Fox distributing.
Pic is based on the National Book Award-winning title by Nathaniel Philbrick. The sinking of the whaleship Essex was the inspiration for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick."
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Ron Howard is doing this now. Chris Hemsworth & Cillian Murphy are set to star.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1390411/
Full day of prod & design meetings Rehearsals begin next week
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1390411/
Full day of prod & design meetings Rehearsals begin next week
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Warner Bros. released a new trailer for the Ron Howard-directed action thriller, In the Heart of the Sea, which is based on the 2000 biographical book of the same name by Nathaniel Philbrick, and follows the real-life sinking of the whaleship Essex, in the Pacific Ocean in 1820.
Hemsworth plays first mate Owen Chase alongside Benjamin Walker, who plays Captain George Pollard Jr. Cillian Murphy also joins in on the whale mayhem as second mate Matthew Joy, while Tom Holland plays cabin boy Thomas Nickerson.
In the Heart of the Sea is slated for release on March 15, 2015.
Warner Bros. released a new trailer for the Ron Howard-directed action thriller, In the Heart of the Sea, which is based on the 2000 biographical book of the same name by Nathaniel Philbrick, and follows the real-life sinking of the whaleship Essex, in the Pacific Ocean in 1820.
Hemsworth plays first mate Owen Chase alongside Benjamin Walker, who plays Captain George Pollard Jr. Cillian Murphy also joins in on the whale mayhem as second mate Matthew Joy, while Tom Holland plays cabin boy Thomas Nickerson.
In the Heart of the Sea is slated for release on March 15, 2015.
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Looks interesting. I will be there on release.
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Didn't these guys travel miles in a lifeboat and ended up
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Sure hope not, because if it is, then you kind of just gave it away. Thanks!
How hard is it, whenever discussing the ending of something, no matter how old the material, to assume that at least someone isn't familiar with it and put some spoiler tags on?
How hard is it, whenever discussing the ending of something, no matter how old the material, to assume that at least someone isn't familiar with it and put some spoiler tags on?
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Looks really good. I saw the trailer before and was a little confused about the Moby Dick aspect.
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Spoiler:
Edit: Did some research to refresh my memory:
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Pushed back to Dec. 11, during awards season: http://deadline.com/2015/01/in-the-h...er-1201350331/
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Damn, I was looking forward to this. That's a big move ! Judging from Rush digital has really gotten Ron Howard his mojo back, it's seems like movies with a historical backbone (Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon) with a big Hollywood gloss are when he's at his best. Going up against Star Wars doesn't sound like an enviable task for ANY film, but maybe they're hoping it'll be a little counter programming. Probably shooting for awards season too. Hopefully Anthony Dod Mantle will get a cinematography nod this time. IMO, he got robbed, he should've at least been nominated for Rush. Some of the camera work in that was electrifying. Plus, as an English lit major, anything connected to Moby Dick is of natural interest to me .
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I am guessing this must mean the movie is pretty good and they want to release it at a time where it won't be forgotten by awards season.
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The better answer is that Chris Hemsworth is box office poison in a non-Thor lead role and the studio would rather release this after Avengers 2, cross their fingers, and coast on whatever residual appreciation he has after that. Releasing this in March, just a couple months after the disastrous opening of Blackhat (it's looking like a pitiful $4M opening weekend, and this is with the publicity he got after being chosen as People's Sexiest Man Alive) would have just resulted in another bomb.
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^ I hope it works. I actually saw a new trailer today and it still had March as its release date. I feel kind of sorry for Hemsworth. The man is a fine actor and it's frustrating that nobody wants to see him if he's not playing a superhero.
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Don't feel too sorry for the guy who looks like a god, has a smokin' hot wife, and millions in the bank. He'll be fine.
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I never took Hemsworth really serious till Rush. Though I did like him a lot when he was unknown to me as Kirk's dad. That was a good scene.
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US trailer:
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I wanna see this... damnit end of the year though. lol
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I kind of hope it goes that way. Mainstream cinema seemed to forget that not all good tales end happily. Rush was fucking awesome. I hope Howard and Hemsworth have a success w/ this one too.