The true story of the crashed flight of the 1972 Uruguayan rugby crew within the Andes will get a chilling new look from J.A. Bayona.
In 1993, Frank Marshall launched the movie, Alive, which was based mostly on the extraordinary true story of a Uruguayan rugby crew battling for survival after their aircraft had crashed within the Andes. The film starred Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, and Josh Hamilton. Now, J.A. Bayona, the director of The Inconceivable and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, brings us a brand new movie based mostly on the e book Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World’s Best Survival Story about the identical occasions.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“In 1972, Uruguayan Air Drive Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby crew to Chile, crashed within the coronary heart of the Andes. Solely 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident. Trapped in one of the hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, they must resort to excessive measures to remain alive.
Society of the Snow can have its World Premiere at Venice Movie Pageant because the closing evening movie on September 9, 2023 and observe within the Pearl’s part at San Sebastian Movie Pageant.“
The movie stars an ensemble forged that includes Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi, Diego Vegezzi, Fernando Contigiani García, Esteban Kukuriczka, Rafael Federman, Francisco Romero, Valentino Alonso, Tomás Wolf, Agustín Della Corte, Felipe Otaño, Andy Pruss, Blas Polidori, Felipe Ramusio, and Simón Hempe.
Society of the Snow‘s screenplay was penned by J.A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques, and Nicolás Casariego. It’s based mostly on the e book by Pablo Vierci. Pablo Vierci will even be on board as affiliate producer, whereas the producers embody Belén Atienza, Sandra Hermida, and J.A. Bayona. The rating might be offered by Michael Giacchino.
Bayona has lately spoken with Deadline concerning the movie. The director is touched by how deeply audiences have responded to it within the screenings they’ve had previous to its Venice debut, “What I really like concerning the screenings we’ve had up to now is that no one stood up as quickly because the story ended. Now we have a really lengthy credit score sequence — like, 13 minutes — and no one stood up. All of them had been in shock, which, by the way in which, is the form of expertise I hoped for. It’s a troublesome film, however, on the finish, it’s a most optimistic view of what human beings are at their core. It tells you, once we are taken away from all the things that we’ve, what arises and what surfaces.”
At present, in addition to the Venice Movie Pageant ceremony, the date of launch on Netflix has but to be introduced.
