Universal recently moved Baltasar Kormákur‘s Everest from an early 2015 release to September 18, 2015 and only days later the cast has grown by two, those being Sam Worthington and Robin Wright.
The pair join a large ensemble that includes Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Jake Gyllenhaal, Martin Henderson, Emily Watson, Naoko Mori and Michael Kelly.
Based on a true story, the film follows two different expeditions as they attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind.
Worthington will play Guy Cotter, a climbing partner of Rob Hall (Clarke), who was guiding an Adventure Consultants team on neighboring Pumori, from where on the night of May 10 he was in radio contact with Hall, who was still high up on Everest. Wright will play Peach Weathers, wife to Buck Weathers (Brolin).
Frontline covered the events depicted in the film back in 1996 in a special called “Storm Over Everest” which you can watch below if you’re interested.
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