Robert Redford may not make as many movies as he once did, but he’s pretty much getting the screen all to himself in the upcoming All Is Lost. Now a new poster for the movie has debuted, which you can see above.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man (Redford) wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner’s intuition and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face.’

It’s out in the US in October and November 29th in the UK.

Robert Redford doesn’t make that many movies, but it looks like when he does he wants to hog all the screentime, as he’s pretty much the only person is All Is Lost. It also looks like he doesn’t want to learn a lot of lines, as if this trailer is anything to go by, the film isn’t exactly dialogue heavy – there’s just one word spoken in this promo.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man (Redford) wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner’s intuition and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face.’

It’s out in the US in October and November 29th in the UK. [Read more…]

We haven’t seen Robert Redford on screen since Lions For Lambs in 2007, but it seems he’s keen to get back in front of the camera as he’s currently making The Company You Keep and now Deadline reports that he’s eyeing another acting project, teaming up with Margin Call helmer J.C. Chandor for All Is Lost.

While Margin Call was set in the financial sector during the recent economic meltdown, All Is Lost would see Redford swimming with more literal sharks. Described as a man vs. nature drama, it seems the movie takes place entirely on the water and would be largely just Redford on-screen. The movie is described as being somewhat similar to Sydney Pollack’s classic 70s western Jeremiah Johnson, which starred Redford as a man trying to live a quiet life in the middle of nowhere, who ends up fighting Grizzlies and becomes the subject of a vendetta with the Crow Nation.

The production is looking at Baja Film Studios in Mexico, which holds the giant water tank used by James Cameron for Titanic and Michael Bay for Pearl Harbour. Shooting is currently pencilled in for next May, and Chandor will be desperarely hoping he can get Redford to sign on, as he wrote the script specifically with the star in mind.

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