Not Without Hope (film)

Not Without Hope
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoe Carnahan
Screenplay by
  • E. Nicholas Mariani
  • Joe Carnahan
Based on
Not Without Hope
by
  • Nick Schuyler
  • Jeré Longman
Produced by
  • Joe Carnahan
  • Michael Jefferson
  • Adam Beasley
  • Cindy Bru
  • Kia Jam
  • Dean Altit
  • Rick French
  • David Lipper
  • Robert A. Daly Jr.
  • Alla Belaya
  • Vadim Fortunin
  • Jean-Pierre Magro
Starring
CinematographyJuan Miguel Azpiroz
Edited byKevin Hale
Music byClinton Shorter
Production
companies
  • Volition Media
  • K. Jam Media
  • Altit Media Group
  • Prix Productions
  • Latigo Films
Distributed byInaugural Entertainment
Release dates
  • October 25, 2025 (2025-10-25) (Austin Film Festival)
  • December 12, 2025 (2025-12-12) (United States)
Running time
121 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Malta
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million
Box office$152,002

Not Without Hope is a 2025 survival thriller film directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Zachary Levi as Nick Schuyler, the real-life sole survivor of a 2009 boating accident that took the lives of NFL football players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith. The screenplay was written by E. Nicholas Mariani and Joe Carnahan and is based on Schuyler and Jeré Longman's 2010 nonfiction book of the same title.

The film premiered at Austin Film Festival on October 25, 2025, and was released in theaters on December 12.