“Shazam” and “Chuck” star Zachary Levi is set to take the lead in “The Grey” and “Smokin Aces” writer/director Joe Carnahan’s new survival thriller “Not Without Hope”.
Based on a true story, it follows best friends Schuyler (Levi) and Will Bleakley, along with NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, as they depart Florida for a day trip at their favorite fishing spot 70 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico.
A severe storm heads their way and a trapped anchor causes their boat to capsize, throwing the four friends violently into the freezing water.
With the U.S. Coast Guard’s air and sea rescue mission thwarted by the ferocity of the storm, the group must fight to survive in the ultimate test of teamwork and endurance. Production on the film is set to start in April in Louisiana.
Carnahan says in a statement: “Nick Schuyler’s grueling trial at sea and his ultimate survival is a deeply inspiring tale of determination and perseverance but we have a much greater responsibility with this movie as it will hopefully serve as a lasting memorial to the men who lost their lives alongside him during that terrible ordeal. We have to honor their final sacrifice and never lose sight of the larger moral obligation we have as filmmakers with Not Without Hope.”
The project is being adapted from Nick Schuyler and Jere Longman’s best-selling novel with Carnahan, Kia Jam, Dean Altit, Rick French, Michael Jefferson, Adam Beasley and Cindy Bru producing.
Source: THR
