47 Meters Down
motion-picture fan who delight this summer ’s underwater survival of the fittest revulsion / thriller47 Meters Downare in luck , as a continuation is formally under development ( with Johannes Roberts returning to direct ) , under the title48 Meters Down . Centering around a pair of sisters who go to Mexico on vacation only to receive themselves run aground at the bottom of the sea after a John Milton Cage Jr. diving fortuity leave behind them besiege by human being - corrode great white sharks,47 Meters Downwas headline by Mandy Moore ( This Is Us ) and Claire Holt(The Vampire Diaries)as said sisters .
Co - written by Roberts and Ernest Riera,47 Meters Downmanaged to make a formidable gouge at the summer box office , gather $ 53.6 million in tag sales on a modest budget of $ 5.5 million . Whether or not world-wide viewers will be excessively enthused over the mind of revisit the same deep sea waters anytime shortly is up for debate , though it would seem that output studio The Fyzz Facility is intent on doing so regardless , with the followup48 Meters Down .
According toTHR , The Fyzz Facility is presently punishing at working in sustain the horror sequel48 Meters Downup and off the ground , with Roberts and Riera both render to their various roles for round two . The sequel is rig to take place in Brazil and will center around a radical of young charwoman who settle to research some hidden underwater ruins locate off - the - beaten trail . alas for everyone involve , they ’re not the only ones intent on occupying sound out ruins.48 Meters Downwill once again be superintend by Altitude Film Sales , with potential buyers presently being sought in Toronto .
47 Meters Downeven managed to become the highest - grossing indie strike of the summer in the U.S. , and The Fyzz Facility representative James Harris could n’t be more excited to bring general audiences48 meter Down . Speaking to the studio apartment ’s intention in green - lighting the sequel , Harris stated :
" We are so proud of by the huge success of 47 Meters Down , it altogether exceeded all expectation . 48 Meters Down will take the claustrophobia of cave diving and the charge of shark encounter and move everything to the next floor . "
Based on the box office success of the first film in the series,48 Meters Downmay very well go on to become another surprisal hit with domestic audiences when it finally have its way to theater . shark and shark attack continue to be a compelling story that American audiences seem to be perennially mesmerised by , and as such it ’s soft to see why Roberts ' first film will shortly find the subsequence treatment .
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