The Revenant (2015)
Directed by
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Produced by
Arnon Milchan
Steve Golin
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Mary Parent
James W. Skotchdopole
Keith Redmon
Screenplay by
Mark L. Smith
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Based on
The Revenant
by
Michael Punke
Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tom Hardy
Will Poulter
Domhnall Gleeson
Music by
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Alva Noto
Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Edited by
Stephen Mirrione
Production companies
Regency Enterprises
New Regency Pictures
Anonymous Content
M Productions
Appian Way
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release dates
December 25, 2015 (United States)
Running time
151 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$135 million
Story
The Revenant is an upcoming American biographical Western thriller film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. The screenplay by Mark L. Smith and Iñárritu is based on Michael Punke's 2002 novel of the same name. It is inspired by the life of frontiersman Hugh Glass. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, and Domhnall Gleeson.
Development of the film began in August 2001 when Akiva Goldsman purchased Punke's manuscript with the intent of producing the film. The film was originally set to be directed by Park Chan-wook with Samuel L. Jackson in mind to star, and later by John Hillcoat with Christian Bale in negotiations to star. Both directors left the project, and Iñárritu signed on to direct in August 2011. In April 2014, after several delays in production due to other projects, Iñárritu confirmed that he was beginning work on The Revenant and that DiCaprio would play the lead role. Principal photography began in October 2014 and ended in August 2015.
The film will have a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 25, 2015, followed by a wide release on January 8, 2016.
The year is 1823, and the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Trapping beaver, they contend daily with the threat of Indian tribes turned warlike over the white men's encroachment on their land, and other prairie foes―like the unforgiving landscape and its creatures. Hugh Glass is among the Company's finest men, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker. But when a scouting mission puts him face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously mauled and not expected to survive
