'The Revenant': Did You Know?11 of 14
The Revenant is based on Michael Punke's 2002 novel of the same name, which takes inspiration from real-life fur trapper and frontiersman Hugh Glass, who died in the early 19th century. Development for The Revenant reaches back as far as 2001, Punke's unpublished manuscript was acquired. Punke and director Alejandro González Iñárritu collaborated with Mark L. Smith for this screenplay.
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