The headline may read like a joke, but Voltage Pictures is fully backing a new genre film in which a killer whale will battle a school of sharks. Here’s the kicker, the director is very, very, very good.
Steven Quale, James Cameron’s protégée and second unit director on Avatar and Titanic and whose directing credits include the thrilling Final Destination 5 (pictured below) and Into The Storm, will direct Alphas from a screenplay by Frank Hannah (The Cooler).
ScreenDaily reports that the underwater thriller is an effects-heavy tentpole that takes place in a coastal community terrorized by a school of sharks.
The townspeople decide the only way to deal with the man-eating threat is to unleash a damaged killer whale held for years in solitary confinement after it killed its trainer.
While this sounds like some weird Sharknado spinoff, Quale is a very serious and extremely talented director. This is going to be one to keep our eyes on.
