Production is now underway in the UK on the action adventure \u201cHeart of the Sea.\u201d Oscar\u00ae winner Ron Howard (\u201cA Beautiful Mind\u201d) directs from a script by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (\u201cRise of the Planet of the Apes\u201d) and Charles Leavitt (\u201cBlood Diamond\u201d), based on Nathaniel Philbrick\u2019s best-selling book about the dramatic true journey of the whaling ship Essex. The film is a co-production between COTT Productions and Enelmar Productions, A.I.E. for Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. <\/p>\n
\u201cHeart of the Sea\u201d stars Chris Hemsworth (Marvel\u2019s \u201cThe Avengers,\u201d upcoming \u201cRush\u201d) as the vessel\u2019s veteran first mate Owen Chase; Benjamin Walker (\u201cAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter\u201d) as its inexperienced Captain, George Pollard; Cillian Murphy (\u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d) as second mate Matthew Joy; and Ben Whishaw (\u201cSkyfall\u201d) as novelist Herman Melville, whose inquiries into the event 30 years later helped bring the story to light. <\/p>\n
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Melville\u2019s Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. \u201cHeart of the Sea\u201d reveals the encounter\u2019s harrowing aftermath, as the ship\u2019s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down. <\/p>\n
The film also stars Tom Holland (\u201cThe Impossible\u201d) as young seaman Tom Nickerson, and Brendan Gleeson (\u201cHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1\u201d) as the same man, 30 years later. Spanish actor Jordi Moll\u00e0 (\u201cRiddick\u201d) is the captain of another ship, the Archimedes, who tries to warn the Essex of what may lie ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cHeart of the Sea\u201d is produced by Paula Weinstein (\u201cBlood Diamond\u201d), Joe Roth (\u201cOz the Great and Powerful\u201d), William Ward, Brian Grazer (\u201cJ. Edgar\u201d) and Ron Howard. Serving as executive producers are Sarah Bradshaw, Palak Patel and Bruce Berman. William M. Connor is co-producer. The film is based on the book In the Heart of the Sea, by Nathaniel Philbrick.<\/p>\n
Production, which began September 10th, will shoot at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in Herfordshire, UK, and on location in the Canary Islands. <\/p>\n
\u201cHeart of the Sea\u201d is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a COTT Productions-Enelmar Productions, A.I.E. co-production, a Roth Films\/Spring Creek\/Imagine Entertainment Production. The film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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