Here is the first image from
director Baltasar Kormakur (2 Guns) survival drama Everest, starring Jason
Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Jake Gyllenhaal, Martin Henderson, Emily
Watson, Michael Kelly, and Thomas M. Wright.
The real life tale tells the
story of two different expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest that are hindered
by difficult obstacles and one of the fiercest snowstorms ever registered.
Everest opens in 3D and IMAX 3D on February 27th, 2015.
Press Release:
Universal City, CA &
London—February 12, 2014—Universal Pictures, Walden Media and Cross Creek
Pictures, announce the start of principal photography on the Working Title
Films production of EVEREST. Universal
Pictures will release EVEREST in North American theaters in 3D and IMAX 3D on
February 27, 2015.
Inspired by the incredible events
surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest
mountain, EVEREST documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different
expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms
ever encountered by mankind. Their
mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers
will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a
breathtaking struggle for survival.
The epic adventure stars Jason
Clarke (The Great Gatsby, Zero Dark Thirty), Josh Brolin (True Grit, No Country
for Old Men), John Hawkes (Lincoln, Martha Marcy May Marlene) and Jake
Gyllenhaal (Source Code, Brokeback Mountain).
They are joined by Martin Henderson (The Ring), Emily Watson (The Book
Thief), Michael Kelly (Netflix’sHouse of Cards) and Thomas M. Wright
(television’s The Bridge). EVEREST will
be directed by Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns, Contraband) and produced by Working
Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Cross Creek’s Brian Oliver and Tyler
Thompson, as well as Nicky Kentish Barnes (About Time).
EVEREST is adapted for the screen
by Mark Medoff (Children of a Lesser God) and Oscar® winner Simon Beaufoy
(Slumdog Millionaire). Kormákur’s
creative team includes director of photography Salvatore Totino (The Da Vinci
Code), production designer Gary Freeman (upcoming Maleficent), and costume
designer Guy Speranza (The World’s End).
EVEREST will shoot on location in
Nepal on the foothills of Everest, the Italian Alps and at Cinecittà Studios in
Rome and Pinewood Studios in the UK.
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