Everest: The Other Side, 2026.Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.SYNOPSIS:An intimate portrait of two people bound by love, ambition, and the pursuit of the impossible. Elite ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson fell deeply in love while reaching the pinnacle of their sport: Everest’s north face.Free Solo was a huge hit on […]
Movie Review – Nyad (2023)
Nyad, 2023.Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Starring Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans, Luke Cosgrove, Karly Rothenberg, Jeena Yi, Anna Harriette Pittman, Eric T. Miller, Garland Scott, Johnny Solo, Marcus Young, Erica Cho, Ethan Jones Romero, Lilo Grunwald, and Marcella Acuña Báez.SYNOPSIS:It tells the remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Rescue
The Rescue, 2021.Directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.SYNOPSIS:A frantic search and rescue mission begins when a boys’ soccer team becomes trapped deep inside a system of caves in Thailand.Oscar-winning Free Solo filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin could very well add more gold statues to their mantlepiece next year with this nerve-wracking-yet-crowd-pleasing […]
Jake Gyllenhaal teaming with Free Solo filmmakers for The Helicopter Heist
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, directors of the Oscar-winning documentary feature Free Solo, are set to direct Jake Gyllenhaal in an as-yet-untitled adaptation of Jonas Bonnier’s book The Helicopter Heist, Deadline has revealed.Scripted by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders), the film will tell “the true story of how four young men from the Swedish suburbs, […]
