''The Boys in the Boat'' is an upcoming American drama film directed by

George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by George Clooney, numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film A ...

, based on the 2013 non-fiction novel of the same name by

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, starring Callum Turner.

Plot

The non-fiction novel describes the University of Washington crew that represented the United States in the

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at the

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in Berlin, including the coaches, boatbuilder George Pocock, and the working class student athletes involved, especially rower Joe Rantz, who was effectively abandoned by his family and left to fend for himself at a young age.

Cast

* Callum Turner as Joe Rantz * Joel Edgerton as

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* Jack Mulhern * Sam Strike * Peter Guinness as George Yeomans Pocock * Luke Slattery * Sam Williamson * Thomas Elms *

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* Bruce Herbelin-Earle * Wil Coban * Sam Bishop * Ian Kramer * Luke Roberts * Ben Solomons * Joel Phillimore * Holly McGee * Hadley Robinson * Courtney Henggeler as Hazel Ulbrickson * James Wolk as Tom Bolles * Chris Diamantopoulos as Royal Brougham * Nick Tajan as German Coxswain * Jan Stratmann as German Oarsman * Chris Wilson Hermann Göring * George Crooks as Star Rower

Production

On March 3, 2011, The Weinstein Company acquired the film rights to the novel with Kenneth Branagh set to direct and Donna Gigliotti and Judy Hofflund producing. In October 2018, Lantern Entertainment (the successor of The Weinstein Company) contracted with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to distribute the film worldwide. In March 2020, it was announced that

would direct and produce with Grant Heslov and

Mark L. Smith Mark L. Smith is an American screenwriter. Career He wrote and directed the 2006 film ''Séance'', which won the Festival Prize at the Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival and the Horror Genre Award at ShockFest. Since then he has work ...

writing the script. On November 1, 2021, it was announced that Callum Turner would portray Joe Rantz. In February 2022, additional casting was announced, with Joel Edgerton and Hadley Robinson amongst the additions. Courtney Henggeler and James Wolk would join in March, and Chris Diamantopoulos would join in April. Filming began in March 2022, and was due to take place at Winnersh Film Studios in

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, as well as in Los Angeles and Berlin, nowhere near the still standing original shell house on the University of Washington campus.

References

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