Everest is set to open the Venice Film Festival in early September this year, ahead of its release date next month on the 18th. That's a pretty good sign for the quality of the film, or at least Universal's confidence in it (and Universal has had an absolutely banner year at the box office with Furious 7, Jurassic World and Minions dominating the global grosses, not to mention female targeted hits Fifty Shades of Grey, Pitch Perfect 2 and Trainwreck). It does look pretty intense, and it's been a long time (if ever) since there was an actual decent movie even related to mountain climbing- maybe this could be the first?
