‘The Iceman,’ Starring Joseph Fiennes as Extreme Athlete Wim Hof, Attaches Kevin Macdonald to Direct
variety.comNaman Ramachandran BAFTA and Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald (“The Mauritanian”) will direct true story “The Iceman” written by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jeff Pope (“Philomena”).The film stars Joseph Fiennes (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) as prolific and larger-than-life extreme athlete Wim Hof, who is best known for his breathing-focused workout in freezing temperatures called the Wim Hof Method.Cornerstone has boarded the project for worldwide sales and will launch the title at next month’s virtual European Film Market.A widower who worked as a postman and struggled to support his four children, Hof turned to the cold and breathing to find peace and strength.
Locals would discover him delivering their letters with bare feet in the dead of the Netherlands winter, or swimming alone in ice-cold lakes.
The pain forced him to focus, and to breathe. Hof’s seemingly superhuman abilities were discovered, and his private ritual became an overnight sensation, leading him to be known as The Iceman and changing his family’s lives forever.
Macdonald said: “Wim is someone who has suffered a terrible trauma — the loss of his wife — and finds an entirely new way to deal with the depression that comes with that experience.
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