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There’s a Third ‘Deep Blue Sea’ in the Works
While extraordinarily early in the development phase, Production Weekly is reporting that there will be a third Deep Blue Sea, with Netflix being listed as producers. There are no other details as of this writing.
The franchise first started back in 1999 with the Renny Harlin-directed thriller in which a group of scientists on an isolated research facility becomes the prey of a trio of intelligent sharks. It starred Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, and Samuel L. Jackson.
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Two years ago, Darin Scott, best known for the awesome social horror anthology Tales From the Hood, quietly got behind the camera for a sequel that was eventually released last spring by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
That film, which felt like a soft reboot of sorts, followed Dr. Klaus Van Etten, who is experimenting on bull sharks, much to the chagrin of Misty and her team of marine experts. The sharks get out, of course, and all hell breaks loose.
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After a record-breaking box office run and an extended cut re-release, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is heading home to Digital.
Backrooms will be available to rent or buy this Tuesday, July 14.
In the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Backrooms as the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, who discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) also stars in Backrooms.
Will Soodik wrote the screenplay.
I wrote in my review, “Backrooms is at once complex and sparse, but never repetitive. It might be set in 1990, but it effectively captures modern anxieties and isolation in a way that frequently makes your skin crawl. While the journey ultimately loses steam by its cryptic end, Parsons’ visual representation of the human psyche disturbs like no other.”
YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons makes his feature directorial debut based on his creepypasta-inspired video series, which debuted in 2022 and has amassed over 190 million views to date.