There’s chum in the water with the news that a third installment in the hit shark thriller franchise 47 Meters Down has swum into production.
Deadline reports that the threequel will be titled 47 Meters Down: The Wreck, and that it will be directed by My Bloody Valentine‘s Patrick Lussier.
Franchise creator Johannes Roberts (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City), and screenwriter Ernest Riera (47 Meters Down, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged) have co-written the third installment.
47 Meters Down: The Wreck will tell the story of a father who is determined to rebuild his relationship with his daughter as they bond during a scuba diving in beautiful tropical waters while exploring a famous shipwreck. But soon after their descent, their master diver has an accident leaving them alone and unprotected inside the labyrinth of the wreck. As tensions rise and oxygen dwindles, the pair must use their newfound bond to escape the wreck and the relentless barrage of bloodthirsty great white sharks.
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2017’s 47 Meters Down was made on a budget of $5.3 million and went on to chomp down on $62 million at the global box-office. Two years later 47 Meters Down: Uncaged doubled the budget to $12 million, and still managed to take a sizeable $47 million global box-office bite.
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Originally published May 7, 2024. Updated May 8, 2024.
