Up next from Wyrmwood writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner is a shark attack survival movie titled Beast of War, and Variety brings news that the shark horror movie has been acquired for distribution by Signature Entertainment for the U.K. and Ireland, and Well Go USA for North America.
The period WII film is loosely based on real-life events.
Beast of War “follows a warship carrying hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WWII. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil and blood. While a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives, their biggest battle is yet to come. In the dark below, the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark — hunts in the wreckage and is drawn to the smell of fresh blood in the water.”
It was previously reported that “CreatureNFX’s director, Paul Trefry (Alien: Covenant, Unbroken), will create practical creature effects from his studio in Australia. Trefry is well known for his work with directors such as James Cameron, Ridley Scott, and Baz Luhrmann.”
Cornerstone is handling worldwide sales on the feature.
That’s not the only upcoming horror movie from Kiah Roach-Turner; the filmmaker has the practical effects-driven Sting arriving this April, also from Well Go USA.
“We loved working with Kiah on Sting. He’s a kinetic filmmaker with a deep respect for the genre and we know he will deliver a distinctive and adrenaline-fuelled shark movie,” said Cornerstone’s Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder.
The survival horror movie is produced by Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield (Streamline, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse) and Pictures in Paradise’s Chris Brown (Sting, Daybreakers) and will commence production in 2024 in Australia and Malta. Pre-production should be underway now.
Stay tuned for additional details on this shark movie as they arrive.
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