From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
The film stars Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn and Emily Watson and opens in St. Louis on December 5th.
Based on the novel by MAGGIE O’FARRELL, and produced by Liza Marshall, p.g.a., Pippa Harris, p.g.a., Nicolas Gonda, p.g.a., Sam Mendes, p.g.a., and Steven Spielberg, p.g.a., HAMNET won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the St. Louis International Film Festival.
(L-R) Willem Dafoe and Finn Wolfhard, in THE LEGEND OF OCHI. Credit: Courtesy of A24
Willem Dafoe and Emily Watson join Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”) and Helena Zengel (NEWS OF THE WORLD) in a fantasy tale that has one foot in myth and fairy tale and the other in the real world of the breathtaking, remote Carpathian Mountains and a human story of longing, loneliness and family, in director Isaiah Saxon’s THE LEGEND OF OCHI. The when and where of this fantasy tale is murky but the human feelings and the beauty of the natural world they move through is crystal clear.
In the rugged Carpathian Mountains, a teen girl named Yuri (German actress Helena Zengel from NEWS OF THE WORLD) lives in a remote, rural cabin with her father Maxim (Willem Dafoe), who has raised her alone since an early age. We first meet both father and daughter as Maxim, dressed in military gear that suggests WWI yet is vaguely medieval and armed with guns and knives, prepares to lead a group of men and boys into the dark forest to hunt dangerous, elusive creatures called Ochi. But the creatures they hunt do not look like the wolves and bears of the forest nor scary monsters, but more like a type of tree-dwelling snub-nosed monkey. The monkey-like little creatures are not what one expects to find in a central-eastern Europe forest, and what danger they pose is unclear although there is a touch of the GREMLINS (in the harmless version) to their appearance. But the girl’s father insists they are deadly and must be eliminated.
Yuri’s father is obsessed with the Ochi and his life revolves around hunting them. He spends his days in military-style training of a group of teen boys, including his adopted son Petro (Finn Wolfhard of “Stranger Things”), whom he leads on these hunts. Maxim is a loving father but exerts tight control on his daughter, smothering her with excessive protection. Yuri is starting to rebel, talking back to her father and slamming the door to her room, which is filled with heavy metal band posters. Out into the woods to escape her overbearing father, she comes across a wounded baby Ochi. Touched by the helpless, frightened creature, she helps it, and the discovery leads her to a quest to return the baby creature to it’s family.
THE LEGEND OF OCHI takes the form of a classic quest, as Yuri journeys to return the baby Ochi to its family, with her father Maxim, now donning armor that suggests a knight on his own quest, in pursuit, aided by Petro and the band of boys. That quest takes them through a Carpathian Mountain landscape that looks like something out of myth but is very real, as well as majestic, wild and beautiful.
THE LEGEND OF OCHI is an oddball film, with one foot in the real and one in myth, and packed with symbolism but grounded in human feelings and relationships. It is visually stunning, due to location shooting in Romania, and it is impressively inventive with its use of puppetry and practical effects rather than heavy reliance on CGI. It also features an outstanding cast led by Willem Dafoe, with the young German star of NEWS OF THE WORLD, Helena Zengel, as his and daughter, Finn Wolfhard of “Stranger Things” and the always excellent Emily Watson, as a mysterious figure in an isolated cabin, in supporting roles. At the same time, they drive old cars that suggest the Soviet Union era through that wild, natural landscape, and Maxim’s armor has the look of a mix of costume shop and hand-made, so it is not all fairy tale, but rather fairy tale played out in a real world.
The visual aspect is stunning. Shooting on location in Romania and using puppetry and practical effects instead of relying mostly on CGI gives THE LEGEND OF OCHI much of its appealing beauty and magic, aided by its strong cast. The story itself mixes fantasy and human realities, just as director Isaiah Saxon, in his first feature film, blends location shooting in Romania, puppetry and practical effects with some CGI in the latter part of the film. The light touch of CGI and more reliance on real objects and locations gives the film much of its appeal and strength. The first two-thirds of the film is shot this gorgeous natural world, before moving to a more CGI-created world of the Ochi.
Music plays a role too. The stunning mountain location photography is aided by a strange yet sometimes haunting score and the singing language that little creatures speak.
This is all catnip for children of a certain age and imagination. The tale of a quest, leaving home, of discovery and cross-species friendship, is perfect for ages 8-11 but some adult language and some weird dark humor might cause some parents to pause. On the other hand, this is no action film nor is it horror aimed at adults or older children. The story is framed in myth and symbolism but it is also something thoughtful about human connections, friendship, and longing, with a message about trying to understand what seems strange and “other” to us, whether it is another species or other people.
THE LEGEND OCHI is a film that is hard to categorize, and audiences will react to it’s unconventional nature in differing ways. It certainly deserves credit for being something different, not a sequel, a remake or simple formulaic entertainment. However, it does follow the path of the classic hero’s quest, so familiar to adult audiences but still magical for the young.
Whether you find this fantasy enchanting or disappointing might depend on what you expect. Action and adventure are in shorter supply than the sweep of nature and towering mountains, and a daughter trying to make her own discoveries as the father who has protected her struggles with his new role, but all that wrapped in a weird fantasy that is part grim reality. Late in the film, the father has followed his daughter and the baby Ochi to a river and a cave, still clad in his strange armor, but her defiance and willingness to go into the unknown where he can’t protect her leaves him in a quandary. At the water’s edge, he sheds his armor – literally. Yes, that kind of film.
THE LEGEND OF OCHI opens Friday, Apr. 25, in theaters.
This week during the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront presentation, Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content, unveiled a first look teaser of the Max Original drama series DUNE: PROPHECY. The six-episode season debuts this fall on Max.
From the expansive universe of “Dune,” created by acclaimed author Frank Herbert, and 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, DUNE: PROPHECY follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. DUNE: PROPHECY is inspired by the novel SISTERHOOD OF DUNE, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
The cast includes Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Mark Strong, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Josh Heuston, Chloe Lea, Jade Anouka, Faoileann Cunningham, Edward Davis, Aoife Hinds, Chris Mason, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Jihae, Tabu, Charithra Chandran, Jessica Barden, Emma Canning, and Yerin Ha.
Alison Schapker serves as showrunner and executive producer. Diane Ademu-John co-developed the series and serves as executive producer. Anna Foerster executive produced and directed multiple episodes including the first. Jordan Goldberg, Mark Tobey, John Cameron, Matthew King, Scott Z. Burns, and Jon Spaihts executive produce with New York Times bestselling author Brian Herbert, along with Byron Merritt and Kim Herbert as executive producers for the Frank Herbert estate. New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson serves as co-producer.
The series is co-produced by Max and Legendary Television with Legendary also producing the film franchise that has released award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s two installments to critical acclaim, the first, DUNE, garnered six Oscars. https://www.max.com/movies/dune/e7dc7b3a-a494-4ef1-8107-f4308aa6bbf7
THE HAPPY PRINCE is not a happy story, neither the children’s tale by Oscar Wilde nor this biopic about Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was one of the world’s literary greats, the author of “The Importance of Being Ernest” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” among others, and also a figure famous for his flamboyant clothing, his sharp wit and sparkling conversation, which made him a favorite of London society in the late 19th century Wilde was a figure who had a glorious rise to fame and fortune followed by one of the most tragic ends. However, THE HAPPY PRINCE gives us only the tragic end, presenting Wilde’s glory days in a few too-short flashbacks.
What led to Oscar Wilde’s downfall was being gay, which was illegal in England at the time. After years of delighting audiences with his witty plays and being the toast of London society, Wilde foolishly became involved in a court case with the Marquess of Queensberry (the one who wrote the rules of boxing). The Marquess’ son, Alfred “Bosie” Douglas, who was Wilde’s lover, had encouraged Wilde to bring the court case against his father but it disastrously backfired, and ended up with Wilde himself being put on trial for being homosexual. Wilde was convicted and sent to prison for two years, after which he fled to France with plans to re-start his career.
Wilde was never able to recover from the blow, an especially tragic fate for an author whose work had made so many laugh. Wilde’s rise and fall life seems perfect material for a great film but THE HAPPY PRINCE only gives us the fall, the time after the trial when Wilde tried and failed to re-start his life and career in France. The film picks up Wilde’s story after he is already in exile in France but jumps around in time as we witness his sad decline.
Rupert Everett both directs and stars as Oscar Wilde in exile, in this lush, literate, admiring period drama. Everett does not particularly look like Wilde but he delivers a moving performance, particularly in scenes where he speaks passages from the author’s works. In exile, Wilde still has supporters, notably his loyal friends Reggie Turner (Colin Firth) and Robbie Ross (Edwin Thomas). Colin Morgan plays the handsome and spoiled Bosie, who despite the opposition of his friends joins the forgiving Wilde in exile, where he causes more trouble and heart-ache. Emily Watson plays Wilde’s wife Constance, of whom the author is still fond despite his attraction to men. This sterling cast is also joined be a few other notable British actors in small roles, particularly Tom Wilkinson.
THE HAPPY PRINCE begins Oscar Wilde’s story with the author in Paris some years after his release from prison, when the nearly penniless Wilde is drowning his sorrows in absinthe. From that point, the drama jumps back and forth in time, illustrating both hope and despair in the author’s post-trial exile. There are moments of defiance and flashes of wit and artistic flare, although the overall trajectory is downward.
Before things get underway, the film opens with a prelude of Wilde reciting his children’s story “The Happy Prince” to his own two young sons> the story is a magical but sad fairy tale, in which a sparrow left behind by his flock meets the statue of a now-dead prince who had never known sadness in life. The sparrow shows the prince the suffering of the poor, and the jeweled and gold-clad statue is so touched, he begins to give pieces of himself to the poor with the help of the sparrow. The film uses the telling of Wilde’s children’s story as a running theme, returning to it periodically, with Wilde recounting the tale either to his sons before his conviction or two French orphans he befriends in his exile in France.
The film is clearly a labor of love for all involved, and there are very talented people involved. The subject is admirable, and the production itself is lavish, the locations breathtaking, and the acting nicely done. Besides the excepts from the children’s story told throughout, there are other snippets of Oscar Wilde, which are the most magical moments in film.
The film has its glowing moments for the true fan. THE HAPPY PRINCE is a visually gorgeous film, filled with period locations and costumes in beautifully photographed shots composed with painterly loveliness. Even shots of poor streets of Paris in snow have a quiet beauty. Besides the children’s story, the film has other snippets of Wilde’s works, which provide some of its best moments. From time to time, the drama seems to pause and linger in a golden moment, generally as Everett is reciting some of Wilde’s works against a breath-taking romantic or scenic backdrop. The visual bounty in gorgeous sets, costumes and locations, along with fine acting and loving period detail, are major assets in the film.
Still, the film can be heavy going for any but the most ardent Wilde devotees, making one wish for a little absinthe oneself to make it through all the author’s heartbreaking decline. The drama focuses on only the saddest parts of Wilde’s life, which makes it feel unbalanced, and the film is also a bit unfocused and rambling at times. We get too little of the wit and humor for which Wilde was famous, although the film does have moments of magical delight.
THE HAPPY PRINCE only covers the fall portion of Wilde’s rise-and-fall story, making it a rather heavy, sad film albeit a well-acted and beautifully photographed one. The drama is more suited to serious Oscar Wilde devotees who know his story well, than a less knowledgeable general audience, where a bit more of Wilde’s wit could have brought into sharper focus how great the loss of this literary figure was for the world.
THE HAPPY PRINCE opens Friday, October 19, at Plaza Frontenac Cinema.
“A shift or a strengthening of the wind brought them the sound of wavelets breaking on the shore below, like a distant shattering of glasses. The mist was lifting to reveal dense trees and foliage curving away above the shoreline to the east. They could see a luminous gray smoothness between the boughs and leaves which might have been the silky surface of the sea itself, or the lagoon, or the sky—it was difficult to tell. The altered breeze carried through the parted French windows an enticement, a salty scent of oxygen and open space that seemed at odds with the starched table linen, the corn-flour-stiffened gravy, and the heavy polished silver they were taking in their hands. The wedding lunch had been huge and prolonged. They were not hungry.” – On Chesil Beach.
Here’s a first look at the Ian McEwan (Atonement) adaptation of ON CHESIL BEACH, directed by Dominic Cooke and starring Billy Howle (The Sense Of An Ending, The Seagull) and Academy Award-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn, The Lovely Bones).
It is July 1962. Their marriage, they believe, will bring them happiness, the confidence and the freedom to fulfill their true destinies. The glowing promise of the future, however, cannot totally mask their worries about the wedding night. Edward, who has had little experience with women, frets about his sexual prowess. Florence’s anxieties run deeper: she is overcome by conflicting emotions and a fear of the moment she will surrender herself.
Rocket Science is handling international sales at the Berlin EFM. The movie also stars Anne-Marie Duff, Emily Watson, and Samuel West.
Read an excerpt published in The New Yorker magazine December 2006 HERE. The novel was selected for the 2007 Booker Prize shortlist. In 2008, The Times featured McEwan on their list of “The 50 greatest British writers since 1945”, and also in 2008 The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 in their list of the “100 most powerful people in British culture”.
For more on McEwan’s amazing book, check out the reading guide here.
Unbridled ambition, a ferocious storm, and the limits of human endurance collide at the top of the world in the white-knuckle adventure Everest, coming to Digital HD on December 22, 2015, and 3D Blu-ray™, Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on January 19, 2016, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Following a pair of expeditions to the highest point – and most dangerous place – on Earth, Everest captures the brutal majesty of the deadly peak, and the boundless courage required to conquer it, with breathtaking cinematography and spectacular storytelling. Exclusive extras make Everesta can’t-miss, must-own event, bringing viewers behind-the-scenes for a look at the making of the film, as well as astonishing insights about the real-life 1996 summit attempt that inspired it.
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Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an 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 elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival. Critics call Everest “… exciting, thrilling, moving, and completely engaging.” – Scott Mendelson, Forbes
Jake Gyllenhaal (Southpaw, Brokeback Mountain), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game, Pirates of the Caribbean), Jason Clarke(Zero Dark Thirty, The Great Gatsby), Josh Brolin (Sicario, No Country for Old Men), John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone, The Sessions),Robin Wright (“House of Cards,” Forrest Gump), Michael Kelly (“House of Cards,” Viral), Sam Worthington (Avatar, Clash of the Titans) and Emily Watson (The Theory of Everything, Breaking the Waves) star in a thrilling and harrowing battle against the overwhelming power of nature.
BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO Blu-rayTM:
LEARNING TO CLIMB: THE ACTOR’S JOURNEY – Cast members and the two film consultants who helped them prepare for the shoot discuss getting ready for the arduous production.
A MOUNTAIN OF WORK: RECREATING EVEREST – Bringing Everest to life required the filmmakers to recreate the mountain through state-of-the-art studio work and visual effects. The teams involved talk about how they made the seemingly impossible possible.
BLU-RAYTM and DVD BONUS FEATURES:
RACE TO THE SUMMIT: THE MAKING OF EVEREST – The trials and tribulations of cast and crew as they journey to the foothills of Everest and beyond, battling the elements and forming deep bonds along the way.
ASPIRING TO AUTHENTICITY: THE REAL STORY – Recollections of the tragic events of May 10, 1996, from those who were there, as the cast and filmmakers discuss bringing this harrowing tale to life with authenticity and respect.
FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR BALTASAR KORMAKUR
FILMMAKERS: Cast:Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Emily Watson Directed By: Baltasar Kormakur Written By:William Nicholson, Simon Beaufoy Produced By:Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Baltasar Kormakur, Nicky Kentish Barnes, Brain Oliver, Tyler Thompson Executive Produced By:Angela Morrison, Liza Chasin, Evan Hayes, Randall Emmett, Peter Mallovk, Lauren Selig Director of Photography:Salvatore Totino Production Designer:Gary Freeman Edited By:Mick Audsley Costume Designer:Guy Speranza
TECHNICAL INFORMATION 3D BLU-RAY™: Street Date:January 19, 2016 Copyright: 2016 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Selection Number: 61168903 (US) / 61168906 (CDN) Layers: BD-50 Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1 Rating: PG-13 for intense peril and disturbing images Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French Subtitles Sound: English Atmos Dolby True HD/Dolby Digital 2.0, DVS DD 2.0; Spanish and French Dolby Digital 5.1 Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
TECHNICAL INFORMATION BLU-RAY™: Street Date:January 19, 2016 Copyright: 2016 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Selection Number: 61132204 (US) / 61153051 (CDN) Layers: BD-50 Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1 Rating: PG-13 for intense peril and disturbing images Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French Subtitles Sound: English Atmos Dolby True HD/Dolby Digital 2.0, DVS DD 2.0; Spanish and French Dolby Digital 5.1 Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
TECHNICAL INFORMATION DVD: Street Date:January 19, 2016 Copyright: 2016 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Selection Number: 61132205 (US) / 61153046 (CDN) Layers: Dual Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 Rating: PG-13 for intense peril and disturbing images Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French Subtitles Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby Digital 2.0, DVS DD 2.0; Spanish and French Dolby Digital 5.1 Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
Every girl deserves a “girls night out” – even the future Queen of England.
A ROYAL NIGHT OUT is a charming, Cinderella in reverse type film that follows one evening in the lives of princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Windsor on V-E Night, May 8th, 1945, respectively played by Sarah Gadon (Maps to the Stars, Dracula Untold, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) and Bel Powley (Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch 2015, The Diary of a Teenage Girl).
Premiering at the 2015 Hamptons International Film Festival, A ROYAL NIGHT OUT will open in New York City and Los Angeles on December 4th, 2015 and additional cities throughout December.
As the whole of London is on the streets to celebrate the official end of World War II in Europe, it is known that the young princesses, aged 19 and 14, slipped out of the palace to join the communal euphoria, returning to Buckingham Palace just after midnight.
Directed by UK director Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane, Brideshead Revisited), A ROYAL NIGHT OUT is an affectionate ‘what-if’ story about the adventures Elizabeth and Margaret had on the night that brought the whole of London together.
The film also stars two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Rupert Everett (My Best Friend’s Wedding), two-time Academy Award nominee Emily Watson (War Horse, The Theory of Everything, The Book Thief) and Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Delivery Man).
How do you take an audience on an intense, mind-blowing journey to the highest point on Earth? By keeping it real. That’s the sentiment repeatedly expressed at the EVEREST press conference a few weeks ago in Beverly Hills.
Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur’s film follows two teams of mountain climbers and their extraordinary ordeal when a violent blizzard hit them soon after they reached the summit in May of 1996. Realism is definitely what they achieved by taking a nuanced approach to tell a story that explores both the beauty and danger of extreme mountain climbing.
The acting performances by the cast in attendance, including Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Emily Watson, John Hawkes and Michael Kelly all find a great balance between the physical and the emotional demands of the story.
Kormákur may be known for directing action films with Mark Wahlberg like Contraband and 2 Guns but he wanted to tell a real and personal story with huge scope. After turning down Fast & Furious 7, he said there was no question about wanting to direct EVEREST, saying “For me, it was a no-brainer.” He wanted a visceral feeling for the 99.99% of people who will never experience the mountain and was pleased when he noticed the presentation in IMAX made the acting and the “little moments” so powerful.
Considering the lofty goals that Kormákur and his producers set for those who would be cast in EVEREST, they knew there was no better way to achieve them than to take the actors on that journey themselves.
Josh Brolin knew the story and the initial pitch he heard stressed that “It’s not going to be any of that Hollywood bullshit, it’s going to be real.” He met Kormákur and knew they could make something both powerful and sensitive. Brolin got laughs when he shared his feelings about the difficult, painful times during production that helped his performance: “Okay I am feeling an irritation that I hope will look good on film. Because it’s there. For sure. For you.”
Jake Gyllenhaal was moved by the idea of a massive, entertaining movie that deals with characters walking the precipice of life and death in an honest way. In playing the team leader Scott Fisher whose story has created some controversy about the teams’ cooperation and competition, Gyllenhaal said he wanted to avoid caricature and imitation.
For Jason Clarke, portraying real people means “you do your homework” and “fight to maintain the integrity of the person you’ve gotten to know and understand.”
Despite having many details work with, Emily Watson felt “one of the principals factors was chaos” and the director used that to work with the actors, announcing on the first day “We’re going to create the scenes from chaos…I didn’t want to stage this movie, I wanted to find it.”
John Hawkes believes that the director’s background makes him uniquely qualified to bring Everest to the screen. “He’s from Iceland, and he likes a challenge,” the performer sums. “We always joked that he’s a Viking. He’s formidable. He was tough and tireless through the very difficult process of filmmaking in extreme conditions.”
EVEREST opens exclusively on IMAX 3D and premium-large format 3D screens on Friday, September 18th.
It will be released wide—including standard 2D and 3D—on Friday, September 25.
Get ready to travel to the summit the highest point—and most dangerous place—on Earth: Mount Everest.
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an 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 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, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson and Jake Gyllenhaal.
EVEREST is directed by Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns, Contraband).
Experience EVEREST first in IMAX 3D and on premium large-format 3D screens, as well as in standard 2D and 3D on September 18; everywhere Sept. 25.
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One of 2015’s IMAX must-see events, watch the new trailer for EVEREST.
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an 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 elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
The movie stars Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson and Jake Gyllenhaal.
EVEREST is directed by Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns, Contraband) and produced by Working Title Films’ Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Cross Creek Pictures’ Brian Oliver and Tyler Thompson, as well as Nicky Kentish Barnes and Kormákur.
Universal Pictures and Cross Creek Pictures’ presentation of EVEREST – in association with Walden Media – is adapted for the screen by William Nicholson (Gladiator) and Oscar winner Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire).
The film was shot on location in Nepal on the foothills of Everest, the Italian Alps and at Cinecittà Studios in Rome and Pinewood Studios in the U.K.
Experience EVEREST in IMAX 3D first on September 18; see it everywhere September 25.
