Legendary Hollywood director Ron Howard helmed the riveting historical drama In the Heart of the Sea, which touts a star-studded cast of cinema’s finest performers, led by Chris Hemsworth, Tom Holland, and Cillian Murphy, with the big-budget extravaganza chronicling the harrowing true story of the Essex whaling ship, which tragically sunk in 1820 after it was viciously attacked by a mammoth sperm whale 2,000 nautical miles from the coast of South America. Of the 20 men in the crew, only eight survived being stranded on both land and sea.