- IN THE HEART OF THE SEA
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| Chris Hemsworth |
Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Avengers, Snow White and the
Huntsman) has signed on for In the Heart of the Sea, a Joe Roth-produced true
story of the 19th century whaling vessel Essex, Deadline reports. The incident,
which served as the basis for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," was the
subject of a 2001 Nathaniel Philbrick nonfiction book, upon which the film will
be based. It is officially described as follows:
“The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in
the nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth.
In 1819, the Essex left Nantucket for the South Pacific with
twenty crewmembers aboard. In the middle of the South Pacific the ship was
rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale.
The crew drifted for
more than ninety days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger,
disease, and ultimately turning to drastic measures in the fight for survival.
Nathaniel Philbrick uses little–known documents-including a long–lost account
written by the ship’s cabin boy-and penetrating details about whaling and the
Nantucket community to reveal the chilling events surrounding this epic
maritime disaster.
An intense and mesmerizing read, In the Heart of the Sea is
a monumental work of history forever placing the Essex tragedy in the American
historical canon.”
Blood Diamond scribe Charles Leavitt has adapted the script
and, while no studio is officially announced, the trade suggests that
DreamWorks is interested.
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