Ted Lasso star Juno Temple has signed on to portray Ruth Mallory, the wife of Ewan McGregor’s George Mallory, in Everest, an adventure thriller from director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow). The official synopsis for the film reads: 1921. Everest remains the very last great unconquered challenge on earth. Many have sacrificed their sanity and […]
Ewan McGregor, Mark Strong and Sam Heughan to climb Everest for Doug Liman
Doug Liman has made a film in lockdown, is currently prepping to go to space with Tom Cruise in October 2021, and has now decided to take Ewan McGregor to the highest point on terra firma for a thriller set on Mount Everest. According to Deadline Liman will take Ewan McGregor, Mark Strong, and Outlander’s […]
Hotel Transylvania 2 tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th October to Sunday 18th October 2015… The UK box office chart received a shakeup this past weekend with five new entries all cracking the top ten, the best of which was Hotel Transylvania 2, with the Sony animated sequel pulling in a […]
Ridley Scott’s The Martian retains top spot at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 9th October to Sunday 11th October 2015… Ridley Scott’s The Martian retained top spot at the UK box office in its second weekend, pulling in £3.85 million to push its haul to £13.21 million and counting. The best of the new entries […]
Everest struggles at the US box office with a $13 million opening weekend
After a stellar IMAX opening last week, it was expected that Universal’s Everest would go on to dominate the US box office this weekend. However, that didn’t quite go as planned. Opening to just $13 million domestically, Everest only managed to take fourth place against Hotel Transylvania 2 ($47 million), The Intern ($18 million) and […]
Everest climbs to the summit of the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 18th September to Sunday 20th September 2015… Director Baltasar Kormakur’s star-studded survival thriller Everest has topped the UK box office chart in its opening weekend, with the film pulling in £3,160,154 to dethrone the Tom Hardy-headlined gangster biopic Legend. Three other newcomers managed […]
Everest opens to an impressive $7.5 million on IMAX screens alone
While the battle at the top of the US box office was interesting for movies targeting different audiences, there was a more intriguing bit of box office news over the weekend with Universal deciding to launch their latest blockbuster Everest on IMAX screens alone prior to a full release next week. Well, it paid off. […]
Second Opinion – Everest (2015)
Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Michael Kelly, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington and Naoko Mori. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. The fascination with climbing Mt. Everest is one that has been marvelled at […]
Movie Review – Everest (2015)
Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, John Hawkes, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Clive Standen, Michael Kelly and Sam Worthington. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. Mother Nature is a bitch – words that consistently kept coming to mind […]
Director Baltasar Kormakur and veteran mountaineer turned filmmaker David Breashears explore the challenges of Everest
This week, the star-studded Everest is released in Cineworld cinemas across the UK. We talk to David Breashears, the 136th person to reach the summit of Everest, and director Baltasar Kormákur about bringing this true-life tale to the big screen. “It is always fascinating to have a true story to work with,” is the opening […]
