We’re thinking the shark attack sub-genre is back.
The box office success of last year’s supremely entertaining The Shallows sure seems to have paved the way for a whole new batch of horror flicks centered on killer sharks; In the Deep/47 Meters Down is headed our way this year, while the big-budget adaptation of Steve Alten’s Meg is set for 2018. And then there’s Gerald Rascionato’s Cage Dive, just picked up by Lionsgate.
THR reports that the first-person shark attack film has been acquired by Grindstone Entertainment ahead of the European Film Market, where Australia’s Odin’s Eye Entertainment is screening it to buyers. While deals are being closed in other countries, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release the film here in the States, and they’re planning a multi-platform release this summer.
In the film…
Three friends from California set out to film an audition tape for submission to an extreme reality game show. To ensure they stand out, they decide to travel to Australia where they will be documenting themselves taking part in a most extreme activity…Shark Cage Diving. While on the dive, a catastrophic turn of events leaves them in baited water full of hungry Great White Sharks and turns their audition tape into a survival diary.
The cast includes Joel Hogan, Josh Potthoff, Megan Peta Hill, Pete Valley, Christopher Callen, Tara Wraith, Teagan Berger, Chris Bath, Paul Adams, Wilma Adams, Mark Fell, Mary O’Neill, Nicholas Phelan, Mathew Phelan, Harry Pinkney-Blain, Craige McPhersons, Andrew Nathan, and Alessandro Romeo.
