Despite a delay in its release, things are very much still full speed ahead for Ron Howard’s new true-life seagoing thriller In The Heart Of The Sea, as demonstrated by the new trailer putting in at the web’s port.
Adapted from Nathaniel Philbrick’s Moby Dick origin story of the same name by Charles Leavitt, Howard’s sea movie relays the misadventures of a whaling expedition aboard the Essex led by Captain George Pollard, Jr. (Benjamin Walker) and first mate Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth) after it comes out second best in an encounter with an angry sperm whale mid-ocean.
Being adrift in small boats in the Pacific has been explored before – memorable recently Unbroken and Kon-Tiki also capture that terrifying moment when the wind drops and you’re suddenly 4000 miles from land with only a flying fish to gnaw on – but this one takes us to new and terrifying places. The South American landmass is still some distance when the food starts to run out...
This new promo treads similar territory to the last trailer, but ups the ante on the scene where the massive whale decides that the only way is for the Essex to go down hard. And it doesn’t leave them alone even when the ship is little more than a debris-strewn memory. Bet Hemsworth wishes he had Mjolnir handy.
Howard’s cast also boasts Michelle Fairley, Charlotte Riley, Jordi Molla, Tom Holland, Sam Keeley and Cillian Murphy among those who either set sail or must deal with the aftermath.** In The Heart Of The Sea **drops anchor on December 26. Happy Chris-mas!