Saudi filmmaker Lina Malaika is set to direct the upcoming survival thriller Red Sea, and Deadline reports today that Natasha Lyonne (“Poker Face”) is on board to produce the film.
The film is set against the backdrop of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea.
Red Sea follows “a group of young friends aboard a luxury yacht whose carefree escape spirals into a nightmare after a series of unexpected events leaves them stranded far from shore.”
“As isolation, fear, and paranoia begin to unravel the group,” the official plot synopsis for the survival thriller continues, “they discover they are not alone beneath the surface.”
Sharks? Aquatic horrors of a different kind? We hope to find out more soon.
Heaven Howard and Brooke Schlegel wrote the screenplay.
“Growing up by the Red Sea, I was always fascinated by its beauty, mythology, and depth. There is something both spiritual and terrifying about it at the same time,” Lina Malaika said in an official statement shared by Deadline this week. “With Red Sea, we wanted to create a film that feels immersive, cinematic, and emotionally claustrophobic. It is a survival story, but it is also about fear, human instinct, and what happens when paradise becomes a trap.”