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\n\tA survival thriller starring Zachary Levi<\/a> and Josh Duhamel<\/a> is heading to theaters later this year. <\/p>\n \n\tInaugural Entertainment has acquired domestic distribution rights to director Joe Carnahan<\/a>\u2018s Not Without Hope<\/em> and is set to release the film theatrically on Dec. 12, The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> has exclusively learned. JoBeth Williams, Quentin Plair, Terrence Terrell, Marshall Cook and Floriana Lima round out the cast for the feature that premieres at the Austin Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0on Oct. 25.<\/p>\n \n\tNot Without Hope<\/em> centers on the real-life story of a tragic 2009 fishing trip for four friends: Nick Schuyler (Levi) and Will Bleakley (Cook), who played football at the University of South Florida, and NFL<\/a> players Marquis Cooper (Plair) and Corey Smith (Terrell). The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms.<\/p>\n \n\tCarnahan helmed the movie from a script he penned with E. Nicholas Mariani. Hailing from Highland Film Group, the film is based on Schuyler and Jer\u00e9 Longman\u2019s best-selling 2010 book of the same name. Director Steven Cantor\u2019s documentary Four Down<\/em>, which is based on Schuyler\u2019s story, premiered earlier this year at the Sunscreen Film Festival and is being held for release once Not Without Hope<\/em> finishes its theatrical and VOD run.<\/p>\n \n