
Whalefall Director Reveals How He Crushed Austin Abrams Inside Whale Set
Brian Duffield tells Variety that Disney's own safety reps watched the shoot and openly wondered if it was safe for his lead actor.

Josh James Brolin (born February 12, 1968) is an American actor. A son of actor James Brolin, he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). After years of decline, Brolin had a resurgence with his starring role in the crime film No Country for Old Men (2007).
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Brian Duffield tells Variety that Disney's own safety reps watched the shoot and openly wondered if it was safe for his lead actor.

Josh Brolin says he initially doubted Whalefall's bold setup, a thriller spent largely inside a sperm whale, but now calls the finished film unexpectedly moving ahead of its October 16 release.

Variety's review of Whalefall, the Daniel Kraus adaptation starring Austin Abrams as a diver trapped inside a sperm whale, calls the thriller preposterous rather than terrifying.

Josh Brolin didn’t just cry when he read the script for Whalefall—he sobbed. Not because it was a thriller, not because it was a survival story, but because it hit something deeper.

Austin Abrams walked his neighbourhood in full scuba gear to prepare for Whalefall. The film, based on Daniel Kraus’s novel, releases October 16.

First reactions to Whalefall, starring Austin Abrams as a diver swallowed by a sperm whale, call the Brian Duffield film claustrophobic, emotional and a career moment for its lead ahead of its October 16 India theatrical release.

First reactions to Whalefall are in, and critics are divided on whether the survival thriller sticks the landing, though Austin Abrams' performance as a man trapped inside a whale is winning near-universal praise.

Sicario 3 is no longer just a rumour. The original trio — Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin — are officially returning for the third film in Denis Villeneuve’s bleak, high-stakes thriller series, according to reports from The Hollywood Reporter, TheWrap, and Just Jared.

Whalefall, starring Austin Abrams alongside Josh Brolin and Elisabeth Shue, opens on October 16. Early estimates peg its first‑weekend takings at $10‑15 million, a far cry from Resident Evil’s $60 million record but ahead of many October releases.
Ahead of its October 16 release, Whalefall's new trailer confirms the survival thriller used a practical animatronic whale mouth rather than digital effects, with star Austin Abrams performing most of the underwater stunts himself.

20th Century Studios released the third trailer for Whalefall, the Austin Abrams survival thriller about a diver swallowed by a sperm whale while searching for his late father's remains off the California coast.