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Sony’s ‘In the Deep’ May Have Found Its Director
Last year Sony Pictures won a heated bidding battle over In the Deep, a spec script written by Tony Jaswinski (Vanishing on 7th Street). The script was called a cross between 127 Hours, Jaws, and Gravity. The story centers on a young woman who’s grief-surfing over the loss of her mother when she gets stranded 20 yards off shore with a massive great white shark circling beneath.
Today Deadline reports that big budget filmmaker Louis Leterrier is in talks to direct. Leterrier’s resume may be short, but he’s got some hefty flicks on there like The Transporter, The Incredible Hulk, and the painfully stupid Now You See Me. His works aren’t really known for their emotionally powerful roles, which, according to Deadline, the central character of In the Deep will require.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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