Sarah Myles has a close encounter with the shark movie genre… Movie trends ebb and flow, with thematically similar stories washing through our cinemas at regular intervals. War films, biopics, westerns, slasher movies, ghost stories – each has its season, and they return again and again in cyclical fashion. One trend that seems to be […]
Shark series 47 Meters Down to become a trilogy with The Wreck
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 […]
Shark sequel 47 Meters Down: The Next Chapter gets a teaser trailer
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, Entertainment Studios has unveiled the first trailer for 47 Meters Down: The Next Chapter, the follow-up to the hit 2017 shark thriller; check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXOaQ9x0eeI 47 Meters Down: The Next Chapter takes place in the backpacking mecca of Brazil, against the […]
Movie Review – 47 Meters Down (2017)
47 Meters Down, 2017. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Starring Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, and Matthew Modine. SYNOPSIS: Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive. Stupid people […]
48 Meters Down director describes the sequel as “The Descent underwater”
Director Johannes Roberts scored a surprise hit last year with his shark thriller 47 Meters Down, which pulled in over $60 million worldwide from a budget of $5.5 million, and prompted production company The Fyzz Studio to greenlight a sequel, 48 Meters Down, for release next year. The sequel will feature an entirely new story, […]
48 Meters Down gets a June 2019 release date
Last month it was announced that a sequel to this year’s hit shark thriller 47 Meters Down – creatively titled 48 Meters Down – is in development, and now we have word that the follow-up will hit theaters on June 28th 2019 courtesy of distributors Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures. 47 Meters Down was directed by Johannes Roberts […]
47 Meters Down is getting a sequel titled 48 Meters Down
Prepare for another deep dive into shark-infested waters, as THR has confirmed that 47 Meters Down is getting a sequel, appropriately titled 48 Meters Down. Grossing $44 million domestically and an additional $9 million globally on a $5.5 million budget, the success of 47 Meters Down has truly been unprecedented. The summer 2017 shark thriller’s […]
