(L to R) Zachary Levi, Terrence Terrell, Quentin Plair and Marshall Prepare dinner in ‘Not With out Hope’. Picture: Inaugural Leisure.
Opening in theaters on December twelfth is the brand new survival thriller ‘Not With out Hope’, which is directed by Joe Carnahan (‘Shadow Drive’) and primarily based on an unimaginable true story.
Launch Date: Dec 12, 2025
Finances: $18,000,000
The movie stars Zachary Levi (‘Shazam!’), Josh Duhamel (‘London Calling’), Quentin Plair (‘Soiled Grandpa’), Terrence Terrell (‘Batwoman’), Marshall Prepare dinner (‘Copshop’), and JoBeth Williams (‘Poltergeist’).
Moviefone lately had the pleasure of talking with Zachary Levi, Quentin Plair, Terrence Terrell and Marshall Prepare dinner about their work on ‘Not With out Hope’, their first response to the true story it’s primarily based on, their analysis, creating the friendship between the characters, filming within the water, survivor’s guilt, and dealing with director Joe Carnahan.
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Zachary Levi in ‘Not With out Hope’. Picture: Inaugural Leisure.
MF: To start with, Zachary, had been you conscious of the true story that the movie is predicated on and what was your first response to the screenplay?
Zachary Levi: So, I used to be aware of the story in that I bear in mind it being on the information in 2009, type of within the background. It was one of many mini tales that is on the information and I used to be considering to myself, “Wow, that’s so unhappy that these guys went out for a fishing journey and three of the 4 did not come again.” I did not know any of the small print. I do not even know that the small print had been out there at the moment. Then the script got here throughout my desk, and I learn it. I imply, actually, the very first thing that hits me, and it hits me watching the film, is that each one these lives had been so insanely impacted and misplaced. Three of those gentleman’s lives misplaced throughout an anchor. As I am studying the script, I am like, “Simply lower it. Simply lower it.” As if one way or the other, I may convey them again into existence, if I may change what had already occurred. However that, additionally, I feel, results in investing you within the story and seeing the way it in the end performs out, and the way they’re in a position to survive. In the end, Nick is rescued on the final second, I imagine that the Coast Guard mentioned he was 45 minutes away from dying himself. However that final shred of hope, that in opposition to all odds, I’ll maintain on, I’ll imagine that one thing will change on this course of occasions, and it did. I am grateful that he lived to put in writing the guide, and for us to go make this film, for us to honor Marquis, Corey and Will as a result of they don’t seem to be right here. So, I feel all of that affected me as I used to be studying the script and, in the end, wished me to signal on.
(L to R) Quentin Plair, errence Terrell, Zachary Levi and Marshall Prepare dinner in ‘Not With out Hope’. Picture: Inaugural Leisure.
MF: Quentin, are you able to speak concerning the friendship that these 4 males had collectively and what it was like for you creating that on display along with your fellow actors?
Quentin Plair: Properly, Marshall and I dwell very shut to one another. So, we had been in the identical fitness center and this man simply walks as much as me and he is like, “Hey, are you Quentin Plair?” I am like, “Yeah, who’re you?” He is like, “Hey, I should not say this, however I simply obtained this ‘Not With out Hope’ and I do know you bought it as properly.” I used to be like, “Oh man, that is superior.” So, in the course of the prep course of, I feel that was in all probability perhaps two months or so earlier than we had been going to movie. The 2 of us exchanged info, and we pushed one another as a result of we had been swimming and understanding in preparation for it. Then we get on the market and the best way that we did the taking pictures, we did the water stuff earlier than we did the out of the water stuff. So, all of us had been simply going by way of this factor collectively. To be a survival film, it is an intimate take a look at it. It is a up shut and private take a look at it. You type of really feel such as you’re on the market with us. There have been so many occasions, the place Zach needed to actually pull me onto the boat, pull me by way of the water, carry me up himself, maintain me, and cradle me in his arms. I am useless weight at that time as a result of I am being overtaken by hypothermia. What I name my final current moments are simply his eyes trying down at me, my eyes trying again at him, and simply having this intense, natural, real connection by way of all these robust exterior issues, the water, the wind machines, the rain, the chilly of the water, the waves, and simply the relentless night time after night time of those night time shoots. Then we get on land and it is type of like, we simply get to have enjoyable. We simply get to have this connection. We get to joke round, and we get to chuckle. That felt like such a aid that like, “Oh, no, we do not have to undergo this ache”. We’re on an everyday sleep cycle. We’re on all these items, and we had constructed such a bond by way of going by way of that, that when we obtained to these scenes, I feel it was simply palpable. People who watched it, I feel, noticed that and I noticed it myself and it simply actually all labored out.
(L to R) Zachary Levi and Marshall Prepare dinner in ‘Not With out Hope’. Picture: Inaugural Leisure.
MF: Marshall, are you able to speak concerning the challenges of taking pictures in water and performing in these harsh circumstances?
Marshall Prepare dinner: Properly, there’s two other ways of taking a look at it. I imply, the one problem is, clearly, you may’t actually plan something since you’re simply continually off stability. I imply, it was laborious to simply keep on the boat. There’s quite a bit that you do not count on that Joe is doing behind the scenes. He is queuing water cannons to go off if you’re not anticipating them and there is simply quite a lot of chaos. So, there is not any actual rhythm and you could do extra reacting, which is the opposite method of taking a look at it’s that you may simply type of be, and it requires much less performing typically. So, I feel not overthinking it and simply saying, “Am I this particular person on this state of affairs? Is that convincing to the viewers?” You possibly can simply type of let go, and there is sure beats and issues you could do in a scene, however you get away from overthinking or pre-planning. I imply, to me, I feel it was a present. I feel the largest problem was simply navigating the chilly.
Director Joe Carnahan on the set of ‘Shadow Drive’. Picture: Courtesy of Lionsgate.
MF: Terrence, what was your expertise like working with director Joe Carnahan on this challenge?
Terrence Terrell: Joe has a lot vitality and so many surprises. He’ll say the tank’s going to go off simply twice, and it went off 15 occasions simply to get you. Then the opposite cool factor about it was freezing in that water. I bear in mind a few occasions; Joe went within the water with us. So, he was on the aspect with no wetsuit on or something, with the digicam and within the water with us. So, that was cool to tell us that not solely was he directing us on this chaos, however he additionally didn’t thoughts leaping within the chaos with us. So, I like Joe. He is so cool.
Zachary Levi in ‘Not With out Hope’. Picture: Inaugural Leisure.
MF: Lastly, Zachary, are you able to speak concerning the analysis you probably did for this function and the way it helped inform your efficiency? Additionally, did Nick have “survivor’s guilt” and the way did he overcome that?
ZL: I imply, I talked to Nick fairly a couple of occasions simply attempting to get into his head and perceive his journey by way of all of this. As you may think about, it was fairly a traumatic expertise. With trauma, quite a lot of reminiscence can get repressed. However I do know that Nick is a powerful man, and he continues to dwell his life. It’s like when Tom Hanks seems to be at Matt Damon in ‘Saving Personal Ryan’. He says, “Earn it.” As a result of all these guys, this complete platoon, principally, misplaced their lives so that you can go and be with your loved ones and dwell a life past this. I feel that Nick actually does step as much as dwell his life to be an honorable man and to honor these buddies of his that had been misplaced. Survivor’s guilt is actual. We nod at that ultimately of the movie. Nick’s nonetheless having these photographs of his buddies and their expertise collectively. I feel we attempt to layer as a lot of that in there with out being too heavy-handed. I imply, there’s a lot that you possibly can unpack in all of it psychologically. However I feel Joe did a extremely good job of telling the story that wanted to be instructed, honoring the gents in that story, and that is what we have. That is what’s on the display.
‘Not With out Hope’ opens in theaters on December twelfth.
What’s the plot of ‘Not With out Hope’?
A bunch of buddies’ fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico they usually’re left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
Who’s within the solid of ‘Not With out Hope’?
- Zachary Levi as Nick Schuyler
- Josh Duhamel as Timothy Shut
- JoBeth Williams as Marcia
- Quentin Plair as Marquis Cooper
- Terrence Terrell as Corey Smith
- Marshall Prepare dinner as Will Bleakley
- Floriana Lima as Paula
- Jessica Blackmore as Rebekah Cooper
- Priya Jain as Lieutenant
Zachary Levi in ‘Not With out Hope’. Picture: Inaugural Leisure.