Last month, we heard that Saban Films had picked up the rights to release a shark thriller called Maneater in North America, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, and South Africa. Now they have announced that they will be giving the film a theatrical, digital, and VOD release on August 26th – and along with the release information comes the unveiling of a trailer, which you can check out in the embed above!
Justin Lee (Apache Junction) wrote and directed Maneater, which stars Shane West (Gotham), Nicky Whelan (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series), and country music star Trace Adkins (The Lincoln Lawyer). The film follows “a group of friends on vacation in a seeming island paradise who are stalked by an unrelenting great white after an accident leaves them stranded and left for dead.” Here’s the official synopsis:
What better place to drown your sorrows than an idyllic island paradise? That was the idea when Jesse’s friends convinced her to not let a broken engagement stand in the way of enjoying her prepaid honeymoon. Their sorrows weren’t the only thing going to drown on their trip especially with a man-eating shark swimming just below the surface.
The film was produced by Daemon Hillin of Hillin Entertainment. Adkins served as executive producer alongside Joseph Lanius, Simon Williams, Landon Gorman of BGG Capital, and Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra of Film Bridge International. Hillin provided the following statement:
We are really excited to be sharing Maneater with audiences worldwide. We shot the film on location as practically as possible and wanted to provide an authentic, thrilling experience in the shark genre.”
Maneater doesn’t appear to be anything special, we seem to get a lot of shark thrillers just like this every year, but it might be entertaining. I’ll probably give a chance and check it out next month. Will you? Let us know by leaving a comment below.