New Movie "The Sound" Starring Climbers in Production

https://deadline.com/2023/07/the-sound-william-fichtner-alex-honnold-climbing-horror-movie-1235433193/

EXCLUSIVE: William Fichtner (Hypnotic) has been set to star opposite Free Solo‘s Alex Honnold and his fellow climbing legends Brette Harrington (The Alpinist) and Adrian Ballinger (Edge of the Earth) in The Sound, an indie horror pic set in the adrenaline-filled world of big wall rock climbing. 

   Written and directed by Brendan Devane (The Canyonlands), the film currently in production in Nevada follows a group of climbers as they embark on the formidable challenge of conquering the Forbidden Wall, a perilous climb that has remained off-limits for years. What initially begins as an audacious expedition swiftly transforms into a harrowing battle for survival against a malevolent force that toys with their minds and tests their resilience.    

   Intel on the climbers’ roles hasn’t been disclosed, but Fichtner portrays Conner, a father who is faced with losing his son in the same way he lost his father at a young age. Devane and his Sadieland Productions banner are producing, with Sports Emmy-winning producer Mike Negri (The Alpinist, Reel Rock) and second-unit DP Brett Lowell (The Climb) on board to help coordinate stunt sequences. James Iha of Grammy-winning rock Band Smashing Pumpkins is composing the score.

Hard to imagine climbers staring being a movie subject....

Bigwall climbing is "adrenaline-filled"? Since when? It's mostly a slow-ish, very controlled, upward slog.

This sounds so dumb and I'm so excited to watch it.

Old lady H wrote:

Hard to imagine climbers staring being a movie subject....

 

Ok. I’ll fix the spelling. Sheesh!

Wow this is disappointing and hilarious. Can't wait. 

Yup, producer and someone getting "climber clothing" have been through a few times.

Some filming was done near Rainbow Wall I think I heard.

Even if its not climber-accurate, it should be entertaining, and that's all you can really ask of Hollywood.

Edit: and it did seem like the producer had some experience with climbing or mountaineering or something. Probably not a lot, but I can't remember the conversation.

Yo that’s the dude from Heat. Classic movie. I don’t think this movie is gonna be as good as Heat.

Dunno what else to make of this.

Fucking Honnold.  Here comes the 5th wave of gym-asshole kids asking if I've seen "that movie".

"The Sound" of a million small violins, playing simultaneously, for the loss of what used to be..

Oh it must be a musical! I wanna see Honnold sing the Sound of Music, arms out, twirling around on a summit - the whole song.

We can only hope it is as “ good” as verticals limit or K2 at least 

J I wrote:

Fucking Honnold.  Here comes the 5th wave of gym-asshole kids asking if I've seen "that movie".

"The Sound" of a million small violins, playing simultaneously, for the loss of what used to be..

This is a shocking amount of bitterness from someone who seems to climb exclusively in Oklahoma. Were the good old days really good enough for all this Sturm und Drang?

I was like "surely they mean EMILY Harrington and Adrian, right?" and then clicked the link and saw the pic of Brette lol I also thought Emily and Brette were siblings for like, a while. 

Ok so get this, gonna predict the plot of the movie right now. Team of big wall climbers, Brette, Adrian, and William. All playing themselves, Brette and Adrian showing the actor how big walling is done for his method acting so he can play a climber in his next film. Mysterious shit keeps happening during the night. Food goes missing, gear inexplicably compromised, water dosed with acid, poop tube full. Turns out it's just Alex Honnold (playing himself, ofc) soloing around and fucking with their shit, full psychological horror. Would pay so much money for that.

Jacob Miller wrote:

This is a shocking amount of bitterness from someone who seems to climb exclusively in Oklahoma. Were the good old days really good enough for all this Sturm und Drang?

Not about the good old days man.  It's the fact that people can't enjoy something without relating it to some popular movie star's experience.  I've experienced this dozens of times in my short few years of climbing. As for being bitter, I'm 40 and have had to work my entire life to afford the freedom to go climbing a little bit over the past 2 years.  

I have no idea what Sturm and Drang is, but thanks for checking my MP stats dawg...

Oklahoma has awesome climbing.

J I wrote:

Not about the good old days man.  It's the fact that people can't enjoy something without relating it to some popular movie star's experience.  I've experienced this dozens of times in my short few years of climbing. As for being bitter, I'm 40 and have had to work my entire life to afford the freedom to go climbing a little bit over the past 2 years.  

I have no idea what Sturm and Drang is, but thanks for checking my MP stats dawg...

Oklahoma has awesome climbing.

You're making it sound like this movie is going to affect you way more than it actually is.

Can anyone think of another fictional movie where a professional climber is part of the main cast, and not just a stunt double/coordinator?

Marcel Such wrote:

Ok so get this, gonna predict the plot of the movie right now. Team of big wall climbers, Brette, Adrian, and William. All playing themselves, Brette and Adrian showing the actor how big walling is done for his method acting so he can play a climber in his next film. Mysterious shit keeps happening during the night. Food goes missing, gear inexplicably compromised, water dosed with acid, poop tube full. Turns out it's just Alex Honnold (playing himself, ofc) soloing around and fucking with their shit, full psychological horror. Would pay so much money for that.

I would watch that, especially if wailing were provided by Adam Ondra. 

William Pearson wrote:

Can anyone think of another fictional movie where a climber is part of the main cast, and not just a stunt double/coordinator?

Jason Mamoa

Zac Efron

Brie Larson

There are others....