Michael Fassbender Joins Survival Story ‘The Mountain Between Us,’ From ‘Miss Bala’ Director
By Russ Fischer/March 14, 2012 12:30 pm EST
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Variety says the film is based on Charles Martin’s novel of the same name, which follows two strangers who survive a plane crash in a remote area of Colorado. Both are injured, and rely upon one another two survive. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they end up falling in love.
I haven’t read the novel, but aspects sound a bit contrived: Ben Payne, Fassbender’s character, is a doctor and a mountain climber. In other words, the perfect guy to be stranded with! And Ashley Knox, who hasn’t yet been cast, is pretty and about to be married, but has relationship doubts. How could they not fall for one another?
Oh, and there’s also the possibility that we’ll see Fassbender play Celtic warrior Cúchulainn, though that project seems to be a ways off yet.
