“What draws men to fire? What makes these guys want to do this?” says producer Trent Luckinbill. It’s a story that needs to be told and a world that should be seen on a big screen.” “It explores notions of brotherhood, sacrifice, redemption, all set in the world of wildfire – something I haven’t seen in the cinema before. “In an age of superheroes, Only the Brave is a film about real heroes,” adds director Joseph Kosinski.

Going deeper behind the story into the lives of the firefighters themselves, the film focuses on the everyday lives of the men who – each for his own reasons – would rise to protect us all. “This is a story about everyday heroes,” says Josh Brolin, who stars in Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, the firefighters who did what no other local city fire crew had ever done before making headlines as they battled the deadly Yarnell Hill Fire.

As most of run from danger, they run toward it – risking everything to save a town from a historic wildfire.ĭirected by Joseph Kosinski (TRON Legacy) the screenplay was written by Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer, based on the GQ article “No Exit” by Sean Flynn. Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of a local firefighting crew that becomes one of the most elite firefighting teams in the nation. It’s not what stands in front of you… it’s who stands beside you.

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