Not Without Hope (film)

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Not Without Hope
Not Without Hope poster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
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 byInaugural Entertainment
Release dates
  • October 25, 2025 (2025-10-25)(Austin Film Festival)
  • December 12, 2025 (2025-12-12)(United States)
Running time
121 minutes [1]
CountriesUnited States
Malta [2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million
Box office$105,984 [3]

Not Without Hope is a 2025 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. [4] [5]

Contents

The film premiered at Austin Film Festival on October 25, 2025, and was released in theaters on December 12. [6]

Plot

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. [7] 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. [8] Teller left the project due to production delays that were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] At one point, Dwayne Johnson had also been attached to star in the film. [9]

In February 2023, it was announced that Levi was cast as Schuyler, with Carnahan directing. [4] In June 2023, it was announced that Duhamel, Williams, Plair, Terrell, Cook, Blackmore and Lima were also cast in the film. [5]

Filming occurred in Malta in June 2023. [5] [10] The film was shot entirely in Malta. [11]

Principal photography wrapped in Malta in June 2023, prior to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [12]

Release

Not Without Hope was released in the United States on December 12, 2025. [13]

Reception

Richard Roeper of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three stars out of four. [14] Luna Guthrie of Collider gave the film a 7 out of 10. [15]

William Bibbiani of TheWrap gave the film a positive review and wrote that it “never completely comes together but when it works, it’s absorbing disaster filmmaking.” [16]

References

  1. ↑ "Not Without Hope[14A]". British Columbia Film Classification Office | Consumer Protection BC. December 3, 2025. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Not Without Hope". 2025 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Not Without Hope". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Ritman, Alex (February 8, 2023). "Berlin: Zachary Levi to Star in Survival Thriller 'Not Without Hope' for 'The Grey' Director Joe Carnahan (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lang, Brent (June 15, 2023). "Josh Duhamel Joins Joe Carnahan's Survival Thriller 'Not Without Hope'(EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  6. ↑ Gajewski, Ryan (October 1, 2025). "Zachary Levi, Josh Duhamel Thriller 'Not Without Hope' Lands December Release (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 1, 2025.
  7. ↑ Ritman, Alex (June 12, 2020). "Miles Teller to Produce, Star in Survival Movie 'Not Without Hope'; Russell Wilson, Ciara Exec Producing (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  8. ↑ Lang, Brent (August 4, 2020). "Rupert Wainwright Out as Director of Miles Teller Survival Drama 'Not Without Hope' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  9. ↑ Galuppo, Mia (September 22, 2020). "Survival Memoir 'Not Without Hope' Set for Doc Treatment From Dany Garcia, Dwayne Johnson". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 15, 2024. Johnson has long been a champion of the Not Without Hope, at one point attached to star in a narrative adaptation of the story.
  10. ↑ Rajput, Priyanca (June 19, 2023). "Joe Carnahan's survival thriller Not Without Hope filming in Malta". KFTV.com . Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ "FNE Malta Focus 2023: American Film Not Without Hope Shot Entirely in Malta Using 78 Local Crew". Film New Europe Association . June 12, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  12. ↑ Galuppo, Mia (September 9, 2023). "Toronto First Look: Zachary Levi Stars in Survivor Thriller 'Not Without Hope'". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Zachary Levi, Josh Duhamel Thriller 'Not Without Hope' Lands December Release". Highland Film Group. October 1, 2025. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  14. ↑ Roeper, Richard (December 12, 2025). "Not Without Hope". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  15. ↑ Guthrie, Luna (December 11, 2025). "'Not Without Hope' Review: Zachary Levi's Based-on-a-True-Story Survival Thriller Is Saved by Its Cast". Collider. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  16. ↑ Bibbiani, William (December 12, 2025). "'Not Without Hope' Review: Zachary Levi Flounders in a Somewhat Absorbing True-Story Disaster Film". TheWrap. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
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