Columbia Pictures surprised us all with the brilliantly minimalistic trailer for The Shallows, which has been described as a cross between 127 Hours and Jaws.
Blake Lively’s screams are muffled out by the water as the camera takes the POV of a shark swimming in for the kill. Then, it’s revealed that Lively is stranded on a rock, and surrounded by a shark. The tension is so thick you could, well, you know.
A new image, courtesy of EW, gets more terrifying. The shot above shows Lively holding on for her life as, presumably, the Great White is attacking. There are so many nods to Jaws in both the trailer and fresh still from the film directed by Orphan and House of Wax‘s Jaume Collet-Serra.
In the taut thriller The Shallows, penned by Tony Jaswinski, Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing alone on a secluded beach when she is attacked by a great white shark and stranded just a short distance from shore. Though she is only 200 yards from her survival, getting there proves the ultimate contest of wills.
It turns out that Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, inspired her to take on the emotionally and physically challenging role, she tells EW.
“My husband did a movie called Buried and that was one of the reasons why I wanted to take on this movie so much, because I know how tough that was for him and how rewarding it was,” reveals Lively. “It was terrifying and one of the most vulnerable things you can do but you gotta do it, right?”
The Shallows swims into theaters June 24th.
