In a presentation to buyers delivered at the start of the Pre-Cannes Screenings on Monday, director Doug Liman described his new movie “Everest,” set to star Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong, as the “ultimate adventure film.” HanWay Films is selling international rights at the virtual market, while UTA Independent Film Group handles U.S.
“‘Everest is about the first attempt to climb Mount Everest in 1921,” Liman explained. “It resulted in the first 11 deaths on Everest.” The film charts the intense rivalry between and driving obsession of English mountaineer George Mallory (McGregor) and the eccentric Aussie climber George Finch (Heughan). Strong plays the arrogant Arthur Hinks of the Royal Geographic Society, who selects Mallory to scale the mountain.
“;The Bourne Identity’ sort of changed how we shot car chases. My intention here with ‘Everest’ is to give the audience the experience, through Mallory and Finch, of what it’s actually like to climb Everest.
“‘Everest is about the first attempt to climb Mount Everest in 1921,” Liman explained. “It resulted in the first 11 deaths on Everest.” The film charts the intense rivalry between and driving obsession of English mountaineer George Mallory (McGregor) and the eccentric Aussie climber George Finch (Heughan). Strong plays the arrogant Arthur Hinks of the Royal Geographic Society, who selects Mallory to scale the mountain.
“;The Bourne Identity’ sort of changed how we shot car chases. My intention here with ‘Everest’ is to give the audience the experience, through Mallory and Finch, of what it’s actually like to climb Everest.
- 6/21/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong have all joined the cast of Doug Liman’s upcoming project ‘Everest.’
The film, based on George Mallory’s attempts to summit the mountain, is set in 1921, just after the first World War, George Mallory (McGregor) is tasked with the challenge to scale Mount Everest. Mallory finds himself going up against his rival, George Finch, in a test to see who is going to reach the summit first.
Strong will take on the role of Arthur Hinks while Heughan will play George Finch.
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HanWay Films’ Gabrielle Stewart stated, “Liman and McGregor are passionate adventurers both in life and filmmaking, and this film asks one of the great unresolved questions of the Everest story: was Mallory the first to make it to the top 30 years before Hillary? It would not...
The film, based on George Mallory’s attempts to summit the mountain, is set in 1921, just after the first World War, George Mallory (McGregor) is tasked with the challenge to scale Mount Everest. Mallory finds himself going up against his rival, George Finch, in a test to see who is going to reach the summit first.
Strong will take on the role of Arthur Hinks while Heughan will play George Finch.
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HanWay Films’ Gabrielle Stewart stated, “Liman and McGregor are passionate adventurers both in life and filmmaking, and this film asks one of the great unresolved questions of the Everest story: was Mallory the first to make it to the top 30 years before Hillary? It would not...
- 6/17/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Hanway Films to handle international sales and distribution.
Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong are to star in Doug Liman’s adventure thriller Everest, which will begin shooting in the UK and Italy from January 2022.
Hanway Films is handling international sales and distribution of the feature, and will begin sales at the Cannes Pre-Screenings next week. UTA Independent Film Group will oversee the US sale.
The screenplay has been written by Sheldon Turner, whose credits include Up In The Air, and is inspired by Jeffrey Archer novel Paths Of Glory. The feature has been a passion project of Liman...
Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong are to star in Doug Liman’s adventure thriller Everest, which will begin shooting in the UK and Italy from January 2022.
Hanway Films is handling international sales and distribution of the feature, and will begin sales at the Cannes Pre-Screenings next week. UTA Independent Film Group will oversee the US sale.
The screenplay has been written by Sheldon Turner, whose credits include Up In The Air, and is inspired by Jeffrey Archer novel Paths Of Glory. The feature has been a passion project of Liman...
- 6/16/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Having recently tackled the world of haute couture in “Halston,” Ewan McGregor is going to break out his climbing gear to scale the heights in “Everest.”
The high-altitude adventure comes courtesy of Doug Liman, the exacting action auteur behind “The Bourne Identity” and “Edge of Tomorrow,” and will star McGregor as George Mallory, an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest. This is, of course, not to be confused with 2015’s “Everest,” a re-telling of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died while attempting to descend from the summit.
Here’s the official logline: “1921. Everest remains the very last great unconquered challenge on earth. Many have sacrificed their sanity and often their lives in the attempt to reach its fabled summit. George Mallory (McGregor) is picked by the arrogant Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the impossible.
The high-altitude adventure comes courtesy of Doug Liman, the exacting action auteur behind “The Bourne Identity” and “Edge of Tomorrow,” and will star McGregor as George Mallory, an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest. This is, of course, not to be confused with 2015’s “Everest,” a re-telling of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died while attempting to descend from the summit.
Here’s the official logline: “1921. Everest remains the very last great unconquered challenge on earth. Many have sacrificed their sanity and often their lives in the attempt to reach its fabled summit. George Mallory (McGregor) is picked by the arrogant Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the impossible.
- 6/16/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ewan McGregor, Outlander‘s Sam Heughan and Mark Strong have been set to star in Everest, an adventure thriller to be directed by Doug Liman from a script from Oscar-nominated Up in the Air scribe Sheldon Turner. The just announced pic is set to start shooting in the UK and Italy in January 22. HanWay Films will rep international sales and distribution beginning at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market. UTA Independent Film Group will handle the U.S. sale.
Inspired by Jeffrey Archer’s novel Paths of Glory, the story is set in 1921 and centers on the real-life George Mallory (McGregor) who is picked by Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the previously unconquerable Mt Everest. Following World War I, the fading British empire is desperate for a victory, but for Mallory and his rival, the eccentric Aussie George Finch (Heughan), the challenge has nothing to do with patriotism,...
Inspired by Jeffrey Archer’s novel Paths of Glory, the story is set in 1921 and centers on the real-life George Mallory (McGregor) who is picked by Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the previously unconquerable Mt Everest. Following World War I, the fading British empire is desperate for a victory, but for Mallory and his rival, the eccentric Aussie George Finch (Heughan), the challenge has nothing to do with patriotism,...
- 6/16/2021
- by Patrick Hipes and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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