‘The Ascent’ – ‘Hatchet’ & ‘Frozen’ Director Adam Green Is Making a Shark Attack Movie
The director of horror films including the Hatchet franchise, Digging Up the Marrow, and the chilly survival nightmare Frozen (2010), Adam Green is set to direct his first feature in eight years with The Ascent, being described as a survival thriller… with sharks! Deadline details, “The picture follows a group of friends who arrive in […]
The director of horror films including the Hatchet franchise, Digging Up the Marrow, and the chilly survival nightmare Frozen (2010), Adam Green is set to direct his first feature in eight years with The Ascent, being described as a survival thriller… with sharks!
Deadline details, “The picture follows a group of friends who arrive in Europe for a glamorous but daring destination wedding. The fun and games turn into a nightmare when they find themselves precariously suspended above shark infested waters and in a battle for survival.”
The Ascent is the first project on a new international sales slate from the production banner Simple House Films, run by Addam Bramich, Ryan Hamilton and Volodymyr Artemenko.
Deadline’s report notes that another survival thriller titled Zipline is in the works at Simple House Films. Ioan Gruffudd (Bad Boys: Ride or Die), Ross Butler (Shazam!), Holland Roden (Teen Wolf) and Sonia Ammar (The Equalizer 3) star, with no plot details at this time.
But the big story here is Adam Green’s The Ascent, which marks Green’s return to the director’s chair for the first time since Hatchet franchise installment Victor Crowley in 2017.
Green has been a staple in the horror community since 2006 when he introduced the Victor Crowley character in the original Hatchet, an old school slasher throwback that launched a franchise. He also created the horror sitcom series “Holliston,” which ran from 2012 to 2013.
You can keep tabs on Adam Green’s career on his official website Ariescope.com.
