Not Without Hope (film)

Not Without Hope
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoe Carnahan
Screenplay by
  • E. Nicholas Mariani
  • Joe Carnahan
Based on
Not Without Hope
by 
  • Nick Schuyler
  • Jeré Longman
Produced by
  • Joe Carnahan
  • Michael Jefferson
  • Adam Beasley
  • Cindy Bru
  • Kia Jam
  • Dean Altit
  • Rick French
  • David Lipper
  • Robert A. Daly Jr.
  • Alla Belaya
  • Vadim Fortunin
  • Jean-Pierre Magro
Starring
CinematographyJuan Miguel Azpiroz
Edited byKevin Hale
Music byClinton Shorter
Production
companies
  • Volition Media
  • K. Jam Media
  • Altit Media Group
  • Prix Productions
  • Latigo Films
Distributed byInaugural Entertainment
Release dates
  • October 25, 2025 (2025-10-25) (Austin Film Festival)
  • December 12, 2025 (2025-12-12) (United States)
Running time
121 minutes[1]
CountriesUnited States
Malta[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million
Box office$231,571[3]

Not Without Hope is a 2025 survival thriller film directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Zachary Levi as Nick Schuyler, the real-life sole survivor of a 2009 boating accident that took the lives of NFL football players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith as well as Will Bleakley. The screenplay was written by E. Nicholas Mariani and Joe Carnahan and is based on Schuyler and Jeré Longman's 2010 nonfiction book of the same title.[4][5]

The film premiered at Austin Film Festival on October 25, 2025, and was released in theaters on December 12.[6]

Cast

Production

In November 2013, Dwayne Johnson was cast to star as Nick Schuyler in Not Without Hope, for Relativity Media.[7]. The film fell into development hell until June 2020 when Miles Teller was cast as Schuyler, with Rupert Wainwright directing and E. Nicholas Mariani writing the screenplay.[8] Filming was scheduled to begin in the Dominican Republic in August 2020 until Wainwright abruptly left the project due to creative differences.[9] Teller left the project due to production delays that were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

In February 2023, Zachary Levi signed on to replace Teller while Joe Carnahan would direct the film.[4] In June 2023, the rest of the cast was announced.[5]

Filming occurred in Malta in June 2023.[5][10] The film was shot entirely in Malta.[11]

Principal photography wrapped in Malta in June 2023, prior to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[12]

Release

Not Without Hope was released in the United States on December 12, 2025.[13]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 14 critics' reviews are positive.[14]

Richard Roeper of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three stars out of four.[15] Luna Guthrie of Collider gave the film a 7 out of 10.[16]

William Bibbiani of TheWrap gave the film a positive review and wrote that it “never completely comes together but when it works, it’s absorbing disaster filmmaking.”[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Not Without Hope [14A]". British Columbia Film Classification Office | Consumer Protection BC. December 3, 2025. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Not Without Hope". 2025 Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference. Archived from the original on October 10, 2025. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Not Without Hope". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Ritman, Alex (February 8, 2023). "Berlin: Zachary Levi to Star in Survival Thriller 'Not Without Hope' for 'The Grey' Director Joe Carnahan (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lang, Brent (June 15, 2023). "Josh Duhamel Joins Joe Carnahan's Survival Thriller 'Not Without Hope'(EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  6. ↑ Gajewski, Ryan (October 1, 2025). "Zachary Levi, Josh Duhamel Thriller 'Not Without Hope' Lands December Release (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
  7. ↑ Chris Pratt In Early Talks For ‘Jurassic World’; Dwayne Johnson & Relativity Set For ‘Not Without Hope’; Hannah Marks Joins ‘Anesthesia’; Harry Hamlin & Irina Bjorklund Spark ‘Erotic Fire’
  8. ↑ Ritman, Alex (June 12, 2020). "Miles Teller to Produce, Star in Survival Movie 'Not Without Hope'; Russell Wilson, Ciara Exec Producing (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  9. ↑ Lang, Brent (August 4, 2020). "Rupert Wainwright Out as Director of Miles Teller Survival Drama 'Not Without Hope' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  10. ↑ Rajput, Priyanca (June 19, 2023). "Joe Carnahan's survival thriller Not Without Hope filming in Malta". KFTV.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ "FNE Malta Focus 2023: American Film Not Without Hope Shot Entirely in Malta Using 78 Local Crew". Film New Europe Association. June 12, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  12. ↑ Galuppo, Mia (September 9, 2023). "Toronto First Look: Zachary Levi Stars in Survivor Thriller 'Not Without Hope'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Zachary Levi, Josh Duhamel Thriller 'Not Without Hope' Lands December Release". Highland Film Group. October 1, 2025. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Not Without Hope". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
  15. ↑ Roeper, Richard (December 12, 2025). "Not Without Hope". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  16. ↑ Guthrie, Luna (December 11, 2025). "'Not Without Hope' Review: Zachary Levi's Based-on-a-True-Story Survival Thriller Is Saved by Its Cast". Collider. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
  17. ↑ Bibbiani, William (December 12, 2025). "'Not Without Hope' Review: Zachary Levi Flounders in a Somewhat Absorbing True-Story Disaster Film". TheWrap. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
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