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First Trailer for Joe Carnahan’s ‘Not Without Hope’ Boat Rescue Movie

by Alex Billington
October 20, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Hope is the strongest thing we have.” VVS Films has revealed the first official trailer for a survival movie called Not Without Hope, adapted from the book of the same name. This is set for release in theaters this December. Directed by Joe Carnahan, it’s one of two upcoming movies he has coming out back-to-back – he also has The RIP scheduled for January. Not Without Hope tells the true story of four friends stuck in the Gulf of Mexico when their fishing boat capsizes during a storm. The book description sums it up nicely: “an inspiring and unforgettable story of courage and strength, friendship and loss, and, most importantly, hope, in the vein of Touching the Void, Into Thin Air, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and Piers Paul Read’s classic survival tale, Alive.” This intense open water survival thriller stars Zachary Levi as Nick Schuyler, Quentin Plair as Marquis Cooper, Terrence Terrell as Corey Smith, Marshall Cook as Will Bleakley, with Josh Duhamel as the Coast Guard Captain and JoBeth Williams as Marcia. Of course this reminds me of The Perfect Storm, but it looks nowhere near as good as that movie. This doesn’t look that great at all.

Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Joe Carnahan’s film Not Without Hope, from YouTube:

Not Without Hope Poster

An extraordinary true story. Best friends Nick Schuyler (Zachary Levi) and Will Bleakley (Marshall Cook), and NFL players Marquis Cooper (Quentin Plair) and Corey Smith (Terrence Terrell), depart Clearwater, FL for a fishing trip 70 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. While attempting to free a trapped anchor before a storm hits, their boat capsizes, throwing the friends violently into the freezing water. US Coast Guard Cpt. Timothy Close (Josh Duhamel) and his crew, beaten back in their air rescue efforts, summon their largest ship to cut through the raging ocean as the group battles massive waves, dehydration, hypothermia, and even sharks, in their epic struggle to survive & return to their loved ones. Not Without Hope is directed by American action producer / filmmaker Joe Carnahan, director of the movies Blood Guts Bullets & Octane, Narc, Smokin’ Aces, The A-Team, The Grey, Stretch, Boss Level, Copshop, and Shadow Force previously. The screenplay is by E. Nicholas Mariani and Joe Carnahan. Based on the book of the same name by Nick Schuyler and Jere Longman. VVS Films will debut Joe Carnahan’s Not Without Hope in Canadian theaters starting December 5th, 2025; it also opens in the US on December 12th later this year. Look any good?

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The Fiery Furnaces have announced a special vinyl reissue of Blueberry Boat, their breakout album from 2004. It’s out October 10 via Everything Nice. The experimental art-rock band, started by Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger, has also shared a previously unreleased bonus track that was recorded in 2003. Check out that new song, “Far Away,” below.

Matthew Friedberger wrote “Far Away” at Eleanor’s request, according to a press release, for a November 2003 show at New York’s Mercury Lounge. “I liked the idea of writing a special song for each show, but that was the only time we ever did it,” explained Matthew. “In the end we decided to not put it on the album. I’d thought it would fit because it didn’t. It turned out it just didn’t. I told myself that the songs on Blueberry Boat are about working and not working, as opposed to loving and not loving.” Eventually, “Far Away” morphed into “Waiting to Know You,” which landed on 2006’s Bitter Tea.

The upcoming reissue of Blueberry Boat is limited to 500 hand-numbered vinyl copies. It features new cover artwork and comes in a gatefold tip-on jacket. The Fiery Furnaces will embark on a short tour to coincide with the reissue, beginning on October 10, in Kingston, New York. From there, the duo will perform at Pitchfork Festival London, Le Guess Who?, and elsewhere. Find the group’s full list of tour dates below.

Read about Blueberry Boat at No. 145 in “The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s.”

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The Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat Tour

The Fiery Furnaces:

10-10 Kingston, NY – O+ Festival
10-25 Brooklyn, NY – National Sawdust
11-06 London, England – Pitchfork Music Festival London
11-07 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
11-08 Utrecht, Netherlands – Le Guess Who?