‘Beast of War’ Intense First Look Image Pits World War II Soldier Against Great White Shark
Up next from Sting and Wyrmwood writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner is a shark attack survival movie set in WWII titled Beast of War, and a first look image has arrived ahead of the film’s Fantastic Fest premiere. The period WWII film is loosely based on real-life events, pitting soldiers against a great white shark, and will be […]
Up next from Sting and Wyrmwood writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner is a shark attack survival movie set in WWII titled Beast of War, and a first look image has arrived ahead of the film’s Fantastic Fest premiere.
The period WWII film is loosely based on real-life events, pitting soldiers against a great white shark, and will be released in theaters and on VOD on October 10.
Beast of War “follows a warship carrying hundreds of Australian soldiers across the Timor Sea to the frontline of WWII. Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil, and blood. While a handful of soldiers build a makeshift raft from floating debris as they cling to their lives, their biggest battle is yet to come. In the dark below, the ultimate apex predator — a great white shark — hunts in the wreckage and is drawn to the smell of fresh blood in the water.”
The horror movie stars Joel Nankervis, Mark Coles Smith, Sam Delich, Lee Tiger Halley, Sam Parsonson, Maximillian Johnson, Tristan McKinnon, and Aswan Reid.
It was previously reported that “CreatureNFX’s director, Paul Trefry (Alien: Covenant, Unbroken), will create practical creature effects from his studio in Australia. Trefry is well known for his work with directors such as James Cameron, Ridley Scott, and Baz Luhrmann.”
The first look image definitely puts the practical effects on display with an intense shark encounter.
The survival horror movie is produced by Bronte Pictures’ Blake Northfield (Streamline, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse) and Pictures in Paradise’s Chris Brown (Sting, Daybreakers) and will commence production in 2024 in Australia and Malta.
Expect to hear more about Beast of War when Fantastic Fest kicks off in Austin next month. Stay tuned.
