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Beneath the Storm, the shark thriller from Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola, is now swimming into a 2026 release along with an updated title, Shiver, Deadline reports.

Shiver was originally set to release this summer on August 1. Now, the film is taking up prime real estate for shark horror by swimming into Independence Day weekend on July 3, 2026.

The holiday weekend calls the mother of all shark horror movies to mind: Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. The summer blockbuster turns 50 this year and famously took place over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, where a great white shark terrorized the beachside town of Amity.

Phoebe Dynevor (Fair Play), Whitney Peak (Hocus Pocus 2) and Djimon Hounsou (A Quiet Place: Part II) star in Shiver, produced by Adam McKay and Kevin Messick.

Plot details remain under wraps, of course, though the film’s new title is intriguing.

Wirkola is keeping busy; not only is Shiver on the way next year,...

La fecha de estreno en España será la misma que en Eeuu. © IFC Films

Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de la película Dangerous Animals, una imaginativa, extravagante y despiadada película de terror extrema, que llegará a nuestro país de la mano de SelectaVisión.

Dangerous Animals sigue a Zephyr, una surfista inteligente y de espíritu libre secuestrada por un asesino en serie que capitanea un viejo barco pesquero donde organiza tours de aventura para turistas inocentes interesados en bajar a una jaula para observar peligrosos tiburones. Raptada en el barco, Zephyr debe averiguar cómo escapar en pleno mar abierto antes de que el obsesionado asesino lleve a cabo su sádico ritual de alimentación de tiburones.

Este thriller de terror está dirigido por Sean Byrne (The Devil’s Candy) a partir de un guion firmado por Nick Lepard y protagonizado por Jai Courtney (Escuadrón suicida), Hassie Harrison (Yellowstone) y...

The first official teaser trailer for the upcoming horror-thriller Dangerous Animals showcases Jai Courtney of Suicide Squad as a disturbed shark-obsessed serial killer.

Director Sean Bryne's latest horror-thriller project, Dangerous Animals, is coming to theaters on June 6th, 2025. This will be Byrne's third feature film, preceded by The Devil's Candy (2015) and The Loved Ones (2009). Both films were very well received with Rotten Tomatoes critics scores of 93% and 98% respectively.Alongside Courtney, the film will additionally feature performances by Hassie Harrison (Yellowstone) and Josh Heuston (Dune: Prophecy).

The short teaser doesn't show much but does create a terrifying atmosphere. It shows Courtney as the killer who's trapped Harrison's character, Zephyr. Ominously, a woman's scream can be heard throughout the trailer.

Dangerous Animals Plot Details

With films like the Jawsfranchise, sharks are no stranger to the horror genre. Dangerous Animals, however, seems to be emphasizing its human villain. The synopsis...

The first teaser trailer for Dangerous Animals has been released. The upcoming movie directed by Sean Byrne will tell the story of a surfer attempting to escape from a killer's boat. The dangerous criminal has an obsession with the ocean, feeding his victims to the ruthless animals who live deep in the sea. Jai Courtneywill portray the killer in Dangerous Animals while Hassie Harrisonwill step into the shoes of the victim, a young woman who will have to do anything necessary to escape from the violent man attempting to take her life. The stage has been set for one of the scariest movies of the summer to keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

After a decade of making short films, Sean Byrne made his feature directorial debut with the captivating and disturbing 2009 horror film The Loved Ones. We had to wait several years for his second movie, but it was worth the wait: The Devil’s Candy, which had its festival premiere in 2015 but didn’t get a wide release until 2017, was another great horror film. Now, Byrne has finally made his third feature, a shark thriller called Dangerous Animals, and IFC Films is gearing up to give it a theatrical release on June 6th. With that date drawing near, a teaser trailer has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

After the theatrical run, Dangerous Animals will be making its way over to the Shudder streaming service.

Byrne wrote both The Loved Ones and The Devil’s Candy, but for Dangerous Animals he was working from a script by Nick Lepard.

"People don't understand the hierarchy of animals in this world... They don't think with their brains, they think with their guts." IFC Films has debuted the teaser trailer for Dangerous Animals, an sneaky new horror thriller from filmmaker Sean Byrne. He's best known for his other two horror films The Loved Ones and The Devil's Candy - and this is his first new feature since 2015. When Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below. Starring Jai Courtney as the killer, Hassie Harrison as the surfer, along with Josh Heuston and Ella Newton. Trapped on a killer's boat with hungry sharks circling below, a surfer must outwit and escape from a predator more dangerous than the ocean itself – will she successfully escape,...

The ocean and its predators provides the perfect cover for a killer in the upcoming Dangerous Animals from Australian filmmaker Sean Byrne (The Loved Ones, The Devil’s Candy), and IFC Films and Shudder have unleashed the film’s official teaser trailer this morning.

Preview Dangerous Animals below and look for it in theaters on June 6, 2025.

In the upcoming shark attack movie, “Trapped on a killer’s boat with hungry sharks circling below, a surfer must outwit a predator more dangerous than the ocean itself—will she escape, or become the next offering to the deep? Sean Byrne returns with his third visceral feature.”

Hassie Harrison (“Yellowstone”), Jai Courtney (Terminator Genisys) and Josh Heuston (“Heartbreak High”) lead the cast of Sean Byrne’s shark movie Dangerous Animals.

Nick Lepard wrote the screenplay for Dangerous Animals, which comes courtesy of Brouhaha Entertainment, Ld Entertainment, Oddfellows Entertainment, and Range Media Partners.

Byrne teases,...

After crafting a pair of impressive horror features with 2009’s The Loved Ones and 2015’s The Devil’s Candy, Australian filmmaker Sean Byrne is finally returning a decade later with a new film. Dangerous Animals, starring Jai Courtney, Hassie Harrison, and Josh Heuston, is a shark thriller that meets serial killer horror feature. Ahead of a June 6 release, the first trailer and poster have now arrived from IFC Films and Shudder.

Here’s the brief synopsis: “When Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.”

See the teaser below.

The post Dangerous Animals Teaser: The Loved Ones & The Devil’s Candy Director Sean Byrne Returns with Shark Thriller first appeared on The Film Stage.

Berlin’s European Film Market wraps up Wednesday with a handful of deals and a touch of optimism over the future of the international industry.

The biggest title of the market, the Lena Dunham-directed rom-com Good Sex, set to star Natalie Portman, kicked off a studio bidding war, with Amazon, Warner Bros., Netflix and Apple all vying for the project, which sees Portman play a 40-year-old relationship therapist who finds herself back on the market after the exit of her long-term partner. Worldwide offers are reportedly in the $45 million-plus range, but there’s no news yet of a final deal.

Most of the deals reported were smaller domestic pickups of international art house features, with Sony Pictures Classics taking North American and Latin American rights to Rebecca Zlotowski’s French-language murder mystery Vie Privée, starring Jodie Foster as a psychiatrist investigating a patient’s death. Goodfellas has also sold the project across Europe,...

It’s all quiet on the Berlin deals front as the sales agencies wind down their operations at the European Film Market. By Monday, many offices and stands were almost completely deserted. Deals are being reported but it’s more of a “steady flow” than a gush. That said, most sales agents remain happy that the EFM continues to be an “efficient” place to do business.

AGC Studios’ Stuart Ford tells Variety, “Overseas business has been very solid. International buyers are taking their time, but we’ve been seeing a steady flow of deals closing and fully expect that trend to continue apace, particularly on Bill Condon’s ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ and Noah Hawley’s ‘Nowhere Fast.’”

Oliver Berben, head of German production and distribution powerhouse Constantin Film, comments, “The market at this year’s EFM is okay. It’s a bit quieter than other recent markets that we’ve seen,...

Australian filmmaker Sean Byrne heads into shark-infested waters with new horror movie Dangerous Animals, and Variety reports this morning that IFC Films and Shudder have acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.

Dangerous Animals swims to theaters in the U.S. on June 6, 2025.

Hassie Harrison (“Yellowstone”), Jai Courtney (Terminator Genisys) and Josh Heuston (“Heartbreak High”) lead the cast of Sean Byrne’s shark movie Dangerous Animals.

In Dangerous Animals, “Zephyr (Harrison), described as a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer (Courtney). Held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.

“The only person who realizes she is missing is new love interest Moses (Hueston), who goes looking for Zephyr, only to be caught by the deranged murderer as well.”

Shudder’s Emily Gotto said in a statement, “Sean Byrne is...

IFC Films and AMC Networks’ streamer Shudder have acquired “Dangerous Animals,” Sean Byrne (“The Devil’s Candy”)’s buzzy movie from Ld Entertainment, for the U.S.

Pairing the serial killer genre with sharksploitation, “Dangerous Animals” was penned by Nick Lepard and stars Jai Courtney (“Suicide Squad”) Hassie Harrison (“Yellowstone”) and Josh Heuston (“Dune: Prophecy”). The movie will get a wide release, exclusively in theaters, on June 6.

“Dangerous Animals” follows Zephyr (Harrison), a rebellious surfer who is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer (Courtney). “Held captive on his boat – she must escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below,” the synopsis reads.

Shudder’s SVP of acquisitions and productions, Emily Gotto, said “Sean Byrne is one of the most visceral filmmakers in the current genre space and we are thrilled to join forces with him again on ‘Dangerous Animals.'”

“In this film, he ventures boldly into...

Australian indie horror director Sean Byrne has a new shark attack film that has struck global distribution deals. Dubbed a "shark-meets-serial-killer" movie, the film will see a shark-obsessed serial killer (Suicide Squad's Jai Courtney) abduct a free-spirited surfer named Zephyr, played by Hassie Harrison (Yellowstone). He takes her out to sea in a boat, where she has to figure out how to escape before he "ritualistically feeds her to the sharks below," according to the plot. Joining the cast is Josh Heuston (Dune: Prophecy), who will play Zephyr's boyfriend, Moses. It sounds like a clever plot.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, the film was shot last year on the Gold Coast of Australia, and was written by newcomer, Nick Lepard, who also wrote Keeper, Osgood Perkins' new film following The Monkey. The majority of the theatrical rights to the international market have already been sold by Mister Smith Entertainment.

Meanwhile,...

They thought it was safe to go back into the water….

There’s been a bit of a feeding frenzy over Dangerous Animals, the new horror title from Australian director Sean Byrne (The Loved Ones, The Devil’s Candy). The “shark-meets-serial killer” movie stars Hassie Harrison (Yellowstone), Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad) and Josh Heuston (Dune: Prophecy).

Harrison plays Zephyr, a free-spirited surfer, who is abducted by Courtney’s shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, awaiting a gruesome end in which he will ritualistically feed her to the sharks below. Her new lover Moses (Heuston) goes looking for her, only to be caught by the deranged murderer as well.

Mister Smith Entertainment, which is handling international rights to Dangerous Animals, has sold the picture across much of the world, signing deals for most of Europe, as well as the Middle East and Asia. Major deals included a U.K.

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Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau and Anna Faris are heading to Queensland, Australia with cameras set to roll this month on destination comedy “Spa Weekend.” The Gold Coast-set film, from “Bad Moms” helmers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, follows three best friends whose luxury escape goes sideways when their chaotic fourth shows up unannounced.

Black Bear and Suzanne Todd Productions are producing the film, with Australian production outfit Brouhaha Entertainment handling local services. The project marks Brouhaha’s third Queensland venture following “Boy Swallows Universe” and upcoming thriller “Dangerous Animals.”

“Queensland’s reputation as a production destination of choice has never been stronger,” said Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek, touting the Queensland government’s production incentives. The production is expected to generate 200 jobs and pump AUD12 million ($7.4 million) into the local economy.

Screen Queensland CEO Jacqui Feeney noted the state’s recent run hosting international fare like “Voltron,...

UK-Australian outfit Brouhaha Entertainment is gearing up to shoot two romantic dramas in 2025: Dominic Cooke’s New York-set Insomniac City for Altitude Film Sales; and Bharat Nalluri’s Australian coming of older-age tale Ok Boomer for Blue Fox Entertainment.

Insomniac City, to be directed by Cooke, whose credits include The Courier, is an adaptation of writer and photographer Bill Hayes’s 2017 memoir about arriving grief-strickenin New Yorkfrom San Francisco, then falling in love with the city - and neurologist and author Oliver Sacks.

“The late great Oliver Sacks was a genius but emotionally undeveloped, especially romantically, whereas Billy was open to the world,...

Norwegian Violent Night director Tommy Wirkola has something other than holiday fear in store this year. As opposed to the blood-fueled, action-packed horror film that made its mark in the snow in 2022, Wirkolas new thriller will come splashing into theaters in 2025. Shark thriller Beneath the Storm is anticipated to be just as bloody and violent as his previous box office hit Violent Night, but with a seasonal switch-up thats different from Wirkolas other work.

Per Variety, Beneath the Storm will be released by Columbia Pictures and stars Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak, and Djimon Hounsou. Adam McKay and Kevin Messik will serve as the producers. Besides Violent Night, Wirkola is perhaps best known for directing films like Dead Snow, What Happened to Monday, and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. His most recent animated feature-length film, Spermageddon, was a hit at the 2024 Annecy Animation Festival.

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Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow, Violent Night) is headed into the open waters for a shark attack horror movie that’s been newly titled Beneath the Storm, and we’ve learned that it’s swimming our way next year.

Columbia Pictures will release Beneath the Storm in theaters August 1, 2025.

Phoebe Dynevor (Fair Play), Whitney Peak (Hocus Pocus 2) and Djimon Hounsou (A Quiet Place: Part II) star in Beneath the Storm, produced by Adam McKay and Kevin Messick.

Plot details, at this time, are still under wraps. Stay tuned for more.

Wirkola’s project is one of many new shark attack movies in the works, with Lizzy Greene starring in High Tide and Sean Byrne directing Dangerous Animals, to name just a couple.

The prospect of a shark attack movie directed by Tommy Wirkola is particularly exciting, however, as Wirkola’s movies are always wildly entertaining and extremely bloody.

Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow, Violent Night) is headed into the open waters for an untitled shark attack horror movie, and Deadline reports this afternoon that Djimon Hounsou (A Quiet Place: Part II) has signed on.

Phoebe Dynevor (Fair Play) and Whitney Peak (Hocus Pocus 2) also star.

Adam McKay and Kevin Messick will produce the untitled movie for Sony, with Variety recently noting that production is expected to take place this coming summer in Australia.

“Plot details are being kept under wraps,” the site also reported back in May.

Wirkola’s project is one of many new shark attack movies in the works, with Lizzy Greene starring in High Tide and Sean Byrne directing Dangerous Animals, to name just a couple.

The prospect of a shark attack movie directed by Tommy Wirkola is particularly exciting, however, as Wirkola’s movies are always wildly entertaining and extremely bloody.

“Balls Up,” an action comedy film from “Green Book” director Peter Farrelly and starring Mark Wahlberg, will shoot this month in Queensland, Australia. The picture is backed by Amazon MGM Studios and Skydance.

The film follows two American marketing executives who are fired for blowing a client sponsorship opportunity and decide to use their free tickets to a major soccer match. Their drunken debauchery leads them to be hunted by every person across the country. The cast is headed by Wahlberg (“The Family Plan”) and Paul Walter Hauser (“The Instigators”).

The film’s writers are Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese (“Deadpool & Wolverine”). Producers include Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, as well as Andrew Muscato, Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese.

The production is calculated to generate an estimated A$64.8 million ($43 million) for the Queensland economy, employing approximately 250 local cast and crew, as well as utilizing small businesses.

UK-based Range Studios International has launched a development fund to create UK and European horror films for a global audience.

The sister of US-based management firm Range Media Partners and Range Select plans to commission five to 10 English-language feature scripts in the first year based on concept and treatment submissions.

The goal is to move into production in the UK or Europe in 2025, with net budgets on each project expected to fall in the £3-5m range ($3.8-6.4m).

Range’s UK-based team – comprised of co-presidents Oliver Riddle and Thomas Daley, head of international development Noah Reich, and executive Ellie...

Shooting is underway on horror thriller Dangerous Animals, starring Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston and Ella Newton, in Australia.

Screen Queensland, the government-owned investment agency, announced that the feature is now filming on the country’s Gold Coast.

Directed by Sean Byrne, known for genre features The Loved Ones and The Devil’s Candy, it is produced by London and Sydney-based Brouhaha Entertainment, Ld Entertainment, Oddfellows Entertainment and Range Media Partners. Mister Smith Entertainment introduced the project to the market at Cannes this month.

Written by Nick Lepard, the story follows a surfer (Harrison) who is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer,...

For the 36th year, Discovery Channel’s beloved, week-long annual celebration known as “Shark Week” is once again swimming our way, set to kick off on Sunday, July 7, 2024!

Discovery Channel has announced this week that WWE superstar / “Peacemaker” star John Cena will be hosting “Shark Week,” which has been lighting up your summer since 1988.

Discovery previews, “Shark Week hosted by John Cena promises to be an electrifying and unforgettable experience that will leave you in awe of the world beneath the waves.

“One of the highlights of this week-long event will be the premiere of Belly of the Beast Pt. 2, an intense and eye-opening show that delves into the world of great white shark feeding frenzies. You can also look forward to Monster Hammerhead: Species X, a captivating exploration of a potential new species of hammerhead sharks! Plus, Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood, a gripping tale of...

Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow, Violent Night) is headed into the open waters for an untitled shark attack horror movie, The Insneider exclusively reports this week. That scoop has been confirmed by Variety, with the site also reporting that Phoebe Dynevor (Fair Play) is in talks to star in the upcoming movie.

Adam McKay and Kevin Messick will produce the untitled movie for Sony, with Variety noting that production is expected to take place this coming summer in Australia.

“Plot details are being kept under wraps,” the site also notes.

Wirkola’s project is one of many new shark attack movies in the works, with Lizzy Greene starring in High Tide and Sean Byrne directing Dangerous Animals, to name just a couple.

The prospect of a shark attack movie directed by Tommy Wirkola is particularly exciting, however, as Wirkola’s movies are always wildly entertaining and extremely bloody.

Last summer, Paul Schrader was about to start shooting “Oh, Canada,” his adaptation of Russell Banks’ novel about a troubled artist taking stock of his life, when the major actors union went on strike. For a second, it looked like all that hard work, passion and planning might be for nothing — with performers on the picket lines and major studios holding out on their contract demands, it was hard to see how cameras would ever roll on the low-budget indie.

“Everything shut down,” said Brian Beckmann, the CFO and COO of Arclight Films, which is selling international rights to the film. “We were in this position where we had spent all this money and secured all this talent and we weren’t sure we could move forward until the strikes were over.”

Because it was made outside the studio system, “Oh, Canada” was able to get a union waiver and...

On the eve of Cannes, film financing and sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment has made several key promotions as well as adding a new hire to its team.

Shane Kelly, who has been with the company since 2019, is being promoted to senior vice president, international sales and acquisitions. In this new role, he will continue to oversee sales and distribution efforts while formalizing the addition of project acquisitions as part of his purview, continuing to report to Mister Smith CEO David Garrett. In his previous role as VP international sales and distribution, Kelly has been instrumental in helping manage the company’s slate through sales, financing, marketing and distribution.

In addition, Emma Mason is being promoted to vice president, international marketing and publicity and will continue to lead the marketing and publicity team and oversee festival strategy for the Mister Smith slate.

Katie Hogan is being promoted to distribution and marketing executive,...