Ron Howard's 'In the Heart of the Sea' Moved to December

By Dave McNary

Warner Bros. has moved back Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea by nine months from March 13 to  Dec. 11.

Chris Hemsworth stars as the first mate of the besieged New England whaling ship Essex in the film about the 1819 attack on the Essex by a mammoth whale that inspired Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.

Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, Tom Holland, Brendan Gleeson and Jordi Molla also star. The movie is based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex.

Village Roadshow co-produced and co-financed In the Heart of the Sea, which is the only title on the Dec. 13 date. Producers are Joe Roth, Paula Weinstein, Will Ward, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.

Warner Bros. has also moved Liam Neeson actioner Run All Night forward a month into the March 13 slot from April 17.

Neeson stars as an aging hitman forced to take on his former boss to protect his family. Jaume Collet-Serra directs from Brad Ingelsby’s script.

Currently slotted for March 13 are Disney’s Cinderella and Paramount’s Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.

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