Pre-Production - True Story
Year of production : 2022 Writer(s) : Jeff POPE Cast : Joseph FIENNES Producer(s) : Debbie GRAY, Joseph FIENNES
Extreme athlete and wellbeing icon Wim Hof is a human marvel. His trademarked method has more than 91 million followers and he has amassed over 112 million views on his YouTube channel. His life’s work has inspired countless people around the globe and changed how people think and talk about health and healing. His journey is one of resilience in overcoming fear and tragedy, where the power of family and nature can mend even the most painful of scars.As a widower who worked as a postman and struggled to support his four children, Wim turned to nature to find peace and purpose. Locals would discover Wim delivering their letters with bare feet in the dead of the Netherlands winter, or swimming alone in ice-cold lakes. The pain forced Wim to focus, and to breathe. It wasn’t long before Wim’s superhuman abilities were discovered, and his private ritual became an overnight sensation, leading him to be known as THE ICE MAN, and changing the Hof family’s lives forever.In this inspiring, funny and moving true story written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Jeff Pope, Joseph Fiennes will push his body to its limits as extreme athlete Wim Hof, and pull back the curtain on the prolific and larger-than-life Ice Man.
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM