In the Heart of the Sea - Official Teaser Trailer [HD]

Chris Hemsworth stars in Ron Howard's IN THE HEART OF THE SEA, in theaters March 13th.

Oscar winner Ron Howard (“A Beautiful Mind”) directs the action adventure “In the Heart of the Sea,” based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling book about the dramatic true journey of the Essex.

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story.

“In the Heart of the Sea” reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.

“In the Heart of the Sea” stars Chris Hemsworth (“The Avengers,” “Rush”) as the vessel’s veteran first mate Owen Chase; Benjamin Walker (“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”) as its inexperienced Captain, George Pollard; Cillian Murphy (“The Dark Knight Rises”) as second mate Matthew Joy; and Ben Whishaw (“Skyfall”) as novelist Herman Melville, whose inquiries into the event 30 years later helped bring the story to light.

Tom Holland (“The Impossible”) also stars as young seaman Tom Nickerson, and Brendan Gleeson (“Edge of Tomorrow”) as the same man, 30 years later. Spanish actor Jordi Mollà (“Riddick”) is the captain of another ship, the Archimedes, who tries to warn the Essex of what may lie ahead.

Howard directed from a screenplay by Charles Leavitt (“Blood Diamond”), story by Charles Leavitt and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), based on the book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick, winner of the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

The film is produced by Joe Roth (“Oz the Great and Powerful”), Paula Weinstein (“Blood Diamond,” “This is Where I Leave You”), Will Ward, Brian Grazer (“J. Edgar”) and Ron Howard. Serving as executive producers are Bruce Berman, Sarah Bradshaw, Palak Patel, Erica Huggins and David Bergstein, with William M. Connor as co-producer.

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes Oscar-winning director of photography Anthony Dod Mantle (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Rush”); production designer Mark Tildesley (“The Fifth Estate”); Oscar-winning editors Michael Hill (“Apollo 13,” “Rush”) and Dan Hanley (“Apollo 13”); costume designer Julian Day (“Rush”) and composer Roque Baños (“Evil Dead”).

“In the Heart of the Sea” is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a COTT Productions-Enelmar Productions, A.I.E. co-production, a Roth Films/Spring Creek/Imagine Entertainment Production, in Association with Kia Jam.

Opening on March 13, 2015 in theatres and IMAX, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.

[thehenry]

Thor should have called Aquaman. Problem solved.

[maryelferrero]

Tom Holland

2012: *drowning because of a tsunami*
2016: *drowning because of a whale*

[jlw]

I just realized that Chris Hemsworth would make a great Edward Kenway. Heath Ledger probably as well but seeing as he's dead Chris could definitely do it if it is ever adapted. 

[mariaj]

For the first time we could see Thor and Spidey appearing in the same screen!!!

[ILoveAnime]

For those who are probably wondering why I'm excited to see an albatross, let me explain. In the poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the main character is a sailor who's going on a long voyage. Along the way, an albatross starts to follow their ship, and they take it as a sign of divine approval. The mariner shoots the albatross and everything that could go wrong does go wrong. So, whenever you see albatross imagery or it's mentioned in a story about sailing, it's alluding to this poem. For example in the opening of Frankenstein (the book), the character Robert Walton is planning to chart the Arctic and in his letters to his sister back in London, he say, and I'm paraphrasing, "I won't shoot the albatross, so there's no need to worry." (For those wondering how this plays into the story, when Walton's ship get caught in an ice field, he meets a weary Victor Frankenstein who tells him the story of how he created a monster and has pursued that far north).

(it's a great poem, if you want to read it. it's kinda long - okay it's really long - but still, check it out)

[whatsmyename]

Thor & Spidey vs. Moby Dick: Dawn of the seas

[VictoriasChannel]

Looks stunning! Can not wait to see Thor fight Moby Dick in an epic battle to the death.

[kieralinn]

As much as I love Chris routing for the whale!

[zombieedrea]

YOU HAD ME AT THOR AND CILLIAN MURPHY FIGHTING A GIANT WHALE.

[Shamy_Cartoons]

Still my fave trailer of all time.

Chills everytime.

[Kasperloeye]

Gonna have to go team whale on this one..

[jeremypayne]

Beautiful cinematography. Just breathtaking.

[gtamediaproductions]

I'm surprised no one said "We're gonna need a bigger boat."

[UnfaithfulServant]

Thor and Scarecrow duking it out with Moby Dick? I'm sold.

[leananshae]

Every Ron Howard movie is a masterpiece. Can't wait!

[Benoski]

This looks great, but they're misleading a bit.

The Essex didn't encounter Moby Dick. The story is real, but it was just a normal sperm whale that sunk the ship. Moby Dick was actually inspired by this tragedy.

[dragonmcmx]

You know I was hoping for Chris Hemsworth starring as Edward Kenway in a possible Assassin's Creed 4 movie... now I get this. And it looks fifty times as awesome.

[Gaia_Seraphina]

I don't like stories where normal animals are demonized ... literally.

[jamescrabtree]

I didn't know whale tails sounded like jet engines. TIL 1:51.

[BluRayKing]

It actually looks really good. I'm one of those people who only has knows Moby Dick is a whale, I've never read the book or seen any movies, this will be my first time learning the story, and I gotta say it looks pretty damn epic.