Captain Phillips is an intense thriller, and much of that tension comes from the true story. In April 2009, the Maersk Alabama was hijacked by Somali pirates. Though they left the ship on the same ...

"Captain Phillips" directed by Paul Greengrass, written by Billy Ray and starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, and Mahat M. Ali hits theaters today on October 11.

Phillips, he says, had a bad reputation for at least 12 years prior, known as a sullen and self-righteous captain. “No one wants to sail with him,” he says.

Hanks stars in the title role of Captain Phillips, an Oct. 11 release about the Vermonter's 2009 capture by Somali pirates and subsequent rescue by the Navy's fabled SEAL Team Six.

Captain Phillips (Tom Hanks) is confronted by the Somali pirates' leader, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), in the film, "Captain Phillips." Columbia Pictures ...

Adapted by Billy Ray from Captain Richard Phillips’ book, “A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea,” the film recounts the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of ...

COLCHESTER, Vt. — Merchant marine Captain Richard Phillips arrives for an interview fresh from a game of pick-up basketball and a trip to the town dump. At 58, stockily built with a salt-and ...

How Breakthrough 'Captain Phillips' Actor Connected To The Role This past week, Somali-born actor Barkhad Abdi received an Academy Award nomination for his role opposite Tom Hanks in the film ...

Four years after it made headlines, the harrowing ordeal of commercial shipping captain Richard Phillips gets the bigscreen treatment care of verite specialist Paul Greengrass in “Captain ...