Ron Howard is racing off the tracks of Rush with a new film (loosely) based on a true story. Adapted from Nathaniel Philbrick’s harrowing In The Heart of the Sea, the film of the same name is now set to be a Warner Brothers release for March 3, 2015.
The film, which is a follow-up for the filmmaker’s work on Rush, will be a fictional account of the horrors that befell the whaleship Essex encountered in 1820 when a sperm whale stalked and attacked the ship, leaving them adrift for 90 days. Ultimately, this resulted to cannibalism among the crew and the inspiration for Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.
The film, which will be co-produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, is set to star Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Benjamin Walker, Ben Whishaw, Tom Holland and Brendan Gleeson.
SOURCE: Deadline
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Score one for the whales!
sounds awesome, but queue PETA.