On Wednesday, Warner Bros. unveiled a new trailer and teaser poster for director Ron Howard’s upcoming film IN THE HEART OF THE SEA – and now the prolific director himself discusses the trailer in the new featurette below.
Ron Howard’s 23rd feature film, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA, based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling maritime novel, “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex,” chronicles the lesser known, yet horrifying true events that unfolded on the ill-fated whaling vessel in the winter of 1820 — 31 years before Herman Melville published his American classic, MOBY DICK.
The now infamous bull Sperm Whale, which notoriously ravaged the ship with its sheer size and thirst for merciless vengeance, is seen going head-to-head with Chris Hemsworth and his arsenal of sea men as they battle for their survival, sanity, and dominion over nature on the open seas. Tom Holland (and future SPIDER-MAN leading man) also lends his hand in taking down the seafaring monster, with Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson and Ben Whishaw in supporting combat roles.Â
It is certainly a highly-anticipated movie and you can watch Ron Howard discuss the trailer with Empire Online below:
IN THE HEART OF THE SEAÂ will be released in UK cinemas on December 26th, 2015.
