Continuing his recent trend of looking unrecognisable from one film to the next, this new still from Everest reveals a more hirsute Jake Gyllenhaal than we're used to. Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke and John Hawkes also star in the moutaineering disaster drama, directed by Baltasar Kormákur (Contraband, 2 Guns).
The story is of the 1996 events, made famous by Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air (already filmed as a TV movie with Christopher McDonald as Krakauer), in which three separate Everest expeditions ran into tragic difficulty in a sudden storm. Eight climbers died. This version of what happened is drawn from more sources than just Krakauer however, including other books and new interviews with the survivors. The screenplay is by William Nicholson (Gladiator, Les Misérables) and newcomer Justin Isbell.{Everest First Look}
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title are producers, and Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Clive Standen, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington also number among the impressive cast. Shooting took place in Italy and Nepal earlier this year, and Everest will be in UK cinemas on October 2, 2015.