The harrowing 2019 documentary “Final Breath” is now getting its fictionalized therapy, with filmmaker Alex Parkinson returning to helm the star-studded adaptation.
“Final Breath,” which is directed by Parkinson and co-written by Parkinson, David Brooks, and Mitchell LaFortune, stars Woody Harrelson as a deep-sea diver who’s tasked with saving his crewmate (Simu Liu) after he turns into untethered with solely 5 minutes of oxygen left.
Finn Cole and Cliff Curtis additionally star.
The official synopsis reads: “‘Final Breath’ is a heart-pounding movie that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging parts to rescue their crewmate trapped lots of of ft under the ocean’s floor. Primarily based on a real story, ‘Final Breath’ is an electrifying story about teamwork, resilience, and a race in opposition to time to do the unimaginable.”
Parkinson co-directed the unique documentary with Richard da Costa. Parkinson instructed Deadline when the undertaking was introduced in 2022 that each movies “contact on numerous concepts; the energy of the human spirit, and the flexibility to hold on as effectively, this poor chap who’s on the backside of the ocean mattress, making an attempt to cling on for so long as attainable. It turns into this superb race in opposition to time, which can play out in actual time within the movie. It’s nonetheless a kind of issues, the place folks don’t know the way he survived.”
Parkinson continued, “He was aware, with 5 minutes of oxygen, when that umbilical wire is severed. All of the sudden he’s in freezing water, and that’s the sort of factor you’ll really feel instantly, and with out electrical energy it’s completely pitch black. It’s horrifying, however he managed to do the whole lot proper that he may to place himself ready to be rescued. He’s 100 meters down, he’s received 5 minutes of gasoline; it’s all concerning the group of individuals he works with, coming collectively as a collective, overcoming insurmountable odds to finish an unimaginable rescue.”
“Final Breath” is produced by David Brooks, Paul Brooks, Hal Sadoff, Norman Golightly, Jeremy Plager, Stewart le Maréchal, Al Morrow, and Anna Mohr-Pietsch.
“Final Breath” premieres February 28 in theaters from Focus Options. Try the trailer under.