Kyle Marvin’s next film will follow the journey of a trio of trailblazing climbers to the top of Yosemite National Park, and its cast is an embarrassment of riches. Ethan Hawke, Daniel Radcliffe, and Jessica Biel will climb their way to the top of Yosemite in the promising new movie Batso.
Batso will tell the true story of Warren “Batso” Harding (Hawke) and Dean Caldwell (Radcliffe), who overcame all odds to become the first climbers to ever take on “The Wall of Early Morning Light”, the famously difficult route up iconic peak El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
Marvin decided to bring their story to the big screen because “we all have a Dawn Wall we are destined to summit, or die trying” because “the people who live in the world of professional climbing may seem to be doing something extreme, but in reality, their actions are a mirror of our lives.”
In addition to Hawke (Boyhood) and Radcliffe (Harry Potter), this film will also star Jessica Biel (Sinner) as trailblazing climber and Harding’s romantic partner, Beryl Knauth.
Eamon O’Sullivan wrote the script for this project, while Michael Rothstein and Samuel Hall of North.Five.Six serve as its executive producers. They’ll be handling international sales at EFM, while CAA Media Finance and WME Independent represent the North American rights.
