The Black Demon: Josh Lucas stars in shark thriller from Rambo: Last Blood director

Josh Lucas can be seen in the recently released The Forever Purge (watch it HERE), and now he has signed on to star in the shark thriller The Black Demon, which has Rambo: Last Blood (watch the extended cut of that HERE) director Adrian Grunberg at the helm. This movie isn’t just going to put Lucas up against the average shark; instead, he’s going to have to deal with a megalodon.

The Black Demon marks the first feature writing credit for Boise Esquerra. The story Esquerra crafted begins when

oilman Paul Sturges (Lucas) takes his family on vacation to Bahia Azul. There, the coastal town he and his wife once knew has mysteriously crumbled and the locals are nowhere to be found. Paul starts off his day with a routine visit to inspect his nearby oil rig, but before he knows it, his entire family has landed with him on the rotting metal tower. From the depths of the ocean rises a massive megalodon known only by its name: the Black Demon. Under constant threat from this primeval species of shark, Paul must find a way to get his family back to shore alive.

Filming is scheduled to begin in the Dominican Republic this December. The Avenue holds the U.S. distribution rights and Variety notes that they’re aiming to release the movie sometime in 2023.

The Black Demon is being produced by Javier Chapa of Mucho Mas, Jon Silk of Silk Mass, and Petr Jákl of R.U. Robot. Mucho Mas’s Phillip Braun, Simon Wise, Bruce Barshop, and Vincent Cordero, Highland Film Group’s Arianne Fraser, Delphine Perrier and Henry Winterstern, The Avenue’s JJ Caruth, and R.U. Robot’s Martin J. Barab serve as executive producers. Highland Film Group is financing the project with R.U. Robot and represent the worldwide rights.

Fraser had this to say about the film:

Survival thrillers centered on the apex predator of the ocean have captivated audiences for generations, and to have this fresh take helmed by the action master Adrian and led by the incredibly talented Josh, makes The Black Demon a truly exciting project.”

Chapa said,

We think audiences around the world will be excited to see this Mexican legend on the big screen for the first time.”

Session 9 made me a fan of Josh Lucas back in 2001, so I’m totally on board to watch him battle a giant shark.