Everest is a 2015 biographical survival film directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy.

It stars an ensemble cast of Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Martin Henderson and Emily Watson.

Based on the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, it focuses on the survival attempts of two expedition groups, one led by Rob Hall (Clarke) and the other by Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal).

Rob Hall, who popularized commercial Everest missions, leads Adventure Consultants; Scott Fischer is the chief guide for its rival, Mountain Madness.

Rob's clients include Beck Weathers, an experienced climber; Doug Hansen, a former mailman pursuing his dream; climbing veteran Yasuko Namba, who hopes to complete her final Seven Summits ascent; and Outside magazine journalist Jon Krakauer.

On the summit attempt, Rob's group departs from Camp IV before dawn, planning to complete the ascent and begin descending by 2:00 PM., the latest safe time to ensure return before nightfall.

Rob reaches the summit on time and is joined by other climbers including Yasuko, who jubilantly plants her Japanese flag.

Doug, left briefly by Rob, semi-consciously detaches himself from the guide rope and walks unsteadily along the narrow path, then silently topples to his death.

Descending climbers reach Beck, whose vision remains impaired, but they all become lost as the blizzard obliterates the trail.

Guide Andy 'Harold' Harris reaches Rob with spare oxygen, but the cylinder aperture is frozen shut.

In the morning, Beck miraculously awakens, sees that Yasuko is dead, and stumbles down to camp alone, severely frostbitten and in need of medical help.

Nepal Army pilot Lt. Col. Madan Khatri Chhetri flies a high-altitude mission to take Beck to the hospital.

Closing titles reveal that he eventually lost both hands and nose to frostbite and that Rob's body remains on Everest.

[18] In February 2013, Christian Bale was in talks to join the cast of the disaster film to play Rob Hall, the leader of a New Zealand group who ran Adventure Consultants.

[11] On 17 July, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke and John Hawkes were cast as leads in the film.

[7] On 7 February 2014, more cast was added to the film, including Martin Henderson, Emily Watson, Thomas M. Wright, and Michael Kelly.

[6] On 17 February, actor Micah Hauptman was added to the cast in the role of filmmaker and mountaineer David Breashears, who directed the 1998 IMAX documentary film Everest.

[21] After shooting completed in Nepal, the crews were to move to Italy (Schnalstal and Rome),[25] and then in early March to the United Kingdom, to film at Pinewood Studios.

[19] On 18 April 2014, while the second unit crew was shooting the remaining scenes of the film at Camp II on Everest, an avalanche struck, killing 16 Sherpa guides.

The Sherpas were carrying equipment and supplies to camps for climbers in advance of the start of the summer climbing season.

Filming at Pinewood Studios in England was just about to finish, but the second unit was shooting at the camp which then had to halt the production for some time.

[29] Hillary Step, camp 4, icefall and the summit were built on the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios with greenscreen for CG backgrounds.

[19] To photograph one scene during which expedition guide Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) is stuck on the mountain in the storm, Totino recalled: "We tented off a portion of the set with some very heavy plastic and brought in these giant refrigerating units, half the size of a semi-truck, and we cooled that part of the stage down to about 26 to 28 degrees Fahrenheit [around -3°C] and brought in real snow.

Universal Pictures had originally slated the film for a 27 February 2015 release date in the United States and Canada.

On 27 September 2016, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc edition of the film.

[44] Everest expanded into a total of 3,006 theaters on Friday after a limited 3D, IMAX, and other premium large formats engagement.

The site's consensus reads, "Everest boasts all the dizzying cinematography a person could hope to get out of a movie about mountain climbers, even if it's content to tread less challenging narrative terrain.

[56] Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air, denounced the movie, stating some of its details were fabricated and defamatory.