Not Without Hope (film)

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Not Without Hope
Directed by Joe Carnahan
Screenplay by
  • E. Nicholas Mariani
  • Joe Carnahan
Based on
Not Without Hope
by
  • Nick Schuyler
  • Jeré Longman
Produced by
  • Joe Carnahan
  • Michael Jefferson
  • Adam Beasley
  • Cindy Bru
  • Kia Jam
  • Dean Altit
  • Rick French
  • David Lipper
  • Robert A. Daly Jr.
  • Alla Belaya
  • Vadim Fortunin
  • Jean-Pierre Magro
Starring
CinematographyJuan Miguel Azpiroz
Edited byKevin Hale
Music by Clinton Shorter
Production
companies
  • Volition Media
  • K. Jam Media
  • Altit Media Group
  • Prix Productions
  • Latigo Films
Distributed byHighland Film Group
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Not Without Hope is an upcoming American survival thriller film directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Zachary Levi as Nick Schuyler, the real-life sole survivor of a 2009 boating accident that took the lives of NFL football players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith. The screenplay was written by E. Nicholas Mariani and Joe Carnahan and is based on Schuyler and Jeré Longman's 2010 nonfiction book of the same title. [1] [2]

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Cast

Production

In June 2020, it was reported that Miles Teller was initially cast as Schuyler, with Rupert Wainwright directing and E. Nicholas Mariani writing the screenplay. [3] Filming was scheduled to begin in the Dominican Republic in August 2020. However, it was reported that month that Wainwright was no longer directing due to creative differences. [4] Teller left the project due to production delays that were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] At one point, Dwayne Johnson had also been attached to star in the film. [5]

In February 2023, it was announced that Levi was cast as Schuyler, with Carnahan directing. [1] In June 2023, it was announced that Duhamel, Williams, Plair, Terrell, Cook and Lima were also cast in the film. [2]

Filming occurred in Malta in June 2023. [2] [6] The film was shot entirely in Malta. [7]

Principal photography wrapped in Malta in June 2023, prior to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [8]

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