The Mountain Between Us (film)

The Mountain Between Us is an upcoming American romance-disaster film directed by Hany Abu-Assad and written by Chris Weitz, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Martin. Earlier drafts of the screenplay were written by J. Mills Goodloe and Scott Frank. It stars Idris Elba and Kate Winslet as a surgeon and writer, respectively, who survive a plane crash and are stranded in High Uintas Wilderness with injuries and harsh weather conditions. The film will be released by 20th Century Fox on 20 October 2017 in the United States.

After the cancellation of their flight due to stormy weather, Dr. Ben Payne and writer Ashley Knox board a charter plane. Unfortunately for them, the plane crashes and they survive the incident with injuries but get lost in the wilderness.

The project was first developed in January 2012, with Mexican director Gerardo Naranjo set to direct the script by J. Mills Goodloe. In August 2012, Scott Frank was hired to re-write the script. In November 2014, Hany Abu-Assad replaced Naranjo and later Chris Weitz was hired to re-write the script.

The film has gone through numerous casting change for the leads. In March 2012, it was announced that Michael Fassbender will star as Payne, but by September 2014, Fassbender dropped out due to the scheduling conflict and Charlie Hunnam replaced him. Margot Robbie also came on board to star as Ashley. In November 2014, Robbie also dropped out of the project and Rosamund Pike entered the negotiations for the lead role. In December 2015, both Hunnam and Pike dropped out of the project.