Everest (2015 film)

Everest is an upcoming American 3D adventure thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by Justin Isbell and William Nicholson, based on the book Into Thin Air written by Jon Krakauer.^[2] The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke and John Hawkes.

The film is set for a February 27, 2015 release date.^[3]

Plot

A story based on the real events of 1996 Mount Everest disaster and also based on the book Into Thin Air written by Jon Krakauer. Several climbers died in that disaster in 1996.

Cast

• Jake Gyllenhaal as Scott Fischer, an expedition group leader^[4]
• Josh Brolin as Beck Weathers, a doctor^[4]
• Jason Clarke as Rob Hall, a New Zealander expedition group leader^[4]
• John Hawkes as Doug Hansen, a slow climber^[4]
• Vanessa Kirby as Sandy Hill
• Clive Standen^[5]
• Tom Goodman-Hill as Neal Beidleman
• Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Anatoli Boukreev

Production

Director Baltasar Kormákur is set to direct the film scripted by Justin Isbell and William Nicholson and produced by Working Title Films, based on the book Into Thin Air written by Jon Krakauer.^[2] Universal Pictures will distribute the film in US.^[6] The film about the 1996 disastrous expedition to scale Mount Everest will be producing by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, set to start shoot in November 2013.^[7] In September Emmett/Furla Films was first about to co-finance the film^[8] but later in October they exited as co-financier, but the director is still looking out to start production in November.^[9]

After the film production start date November 6 has passed,^[10] Cross Creek Pictures and Walden Media have joined the film on November 12, 2013 to finance the film with $65 million.^[1] The film is set to start production on January 13, 2014 in Dolomites mountains in Italy and then move to Nepal and Iceland.^[1][11] On December 11, 2013, The Hollywood Reporter posted that South Tyrol's regional film board has funded the film production by $1 million.^[12]

On January 30, 2014, Universal set February 27, 2015 a release date for the film.^[3]

Casting

On February 19, 2013 Christian Bale was in talks to join the cast of the disaster film to play Rob Hall, the leader of a New Zealander group who ran Adventure Consultants.^[6] On July 17, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke and John Hawkes joined the lead cast of the film, Bale dropped out of the film.^[7] Gyllenhaal will play Scott Fischer, an expedition leader, Brolin will play Beck Weathers, a doctor, Clarke will now play the role of Rob Hall, also an expedition leader and Hawkes will play Doug Hansen, a slow climber who causes his team to be late setting out on their journey up the peak.^[4]

On February 4, 2014 Clive Standen also joined the cast of the film while the shooting is underway.^[5]

Filming

In November 2013, the film was set for a January 13, 2014 production start date in Italy, co-financier Brian Oliver told Variety that they will shoot in Dolomites mountains in Italy for six weeks, a month in Iceland and then move to Nepal for another month shoot.^[11] In early January 2014, actors Gyllenhaal and Brolin were practicing for climbing mountains in the Santa Monica Mountains to film their upcoming film.^[13]

The 44-member crews arrived on January 12, 2014 in Nepal and stayed in Kathmandu, they had a permission for filming from January 9 to 23.^[14][15] Later filming on Everest commenced on January 13, 2014.^[16] On January 14, Brolin and Hawkes were spotted filming some shots at local terminal of Tribhuvan International Airport, and then they will be filming at Lukla Airport on January 15, then to Namche Bazaar and later at the Everest Base Camp, news confirmed.^[14] After shooting completed in Nepal, the crews will move to Italy and then in early March to UK to film at Pinewood Studios.^[16]

Other Mt. Everest film

Around the same time Sony Pictures was also working on a Everest film, but focused on Mallory and set in the 1920s.^[17] By the time the Krakauer-based Everest started filming in 2014, Sony's film was called The Summit.^[17] (Not to be confused with a 2013 documentary about K2, The Summit)

See also

• List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
• List of media related to Mount Everest

References

External links

• Everest at the Internet Movie Database

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