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Saban Films Bites Into Great White Shark Thriller ‘Maneater’
Shark films are all the rage and Saban Films was hooked into picking up North American rights on Maneater, a thriller in which a group of teens are hunted down by a great white.
“The story follows a group of friends on vacation in a seeming island paradise who are stalked by an unrelenting great white after an accident leaves them stranded and left for dead.”
Starring are Nicky Whelan (Hall Pass), country music star and actor Trace Adkins (The Lincoln Lawyer) and Shane West (A Walk to Remember). Justin Lee (Apache Junction) wrote and directed.
Film Bridge International has sold the shark survival thriller to a host of buyers during the Cannes market, reported Deadline, also sharing the above first-look image.
The pic was produced by Daemon Hillin under his Hillin Entertainment banner. Exec producers are Adkins, Joseph Lanius, Simon Williams, Landon Gorman of BGG Capital, and Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra of Film Bridge International.
The film is slated for release from August.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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