With recent releases The Shallows and 47 Meters Down both doing pretty well in theaters, it’s feeling pretty safe to say that killer shark movies are on the cusp of coming back in a big way. Continuing the trend, the big-budget The Meg is on the way this year, on August 10, as is the long-awaited Deep Blue Sea 2, arriving on April 17.
And just a couple weeks before the arrival of the sequel, Netflix has exclusively told us this week, the original Deep Blue Sea will hit Netflix streaming on April 1!
Yes, that means you’ll be able to watch both Deep Blue Sea and Deep Blue Sea 2 next month, which should be a fun way to start getting into the Summer spirit.
Renny Harlin directed Deep Blue Sea, which swam into theaters in July ’99. The cast includes Thomas Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J, Saffron Burrows, Michael Rapaport and Stellan Skarsgård. In the film, which paved the way for Syfy’s wacky shark movies…
“Searching for a cure to Alzheimer’s disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.”
The full list of new Netflix arrivals for April will arrive tomorrow, March 20.
