David Ellis' 'Shark Night 3D' Takes Bite Out of Tasty Cast

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 08:46 Written by  Eric Walkuski
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Shark Night 3D

Piranha 3D didn't scare up much cash at the box office, but that's not stopping Shark Night 3D from swimming forward. The aquatic horror film, to be directed by David R. Ellis (The Final Destination, Snakes on a Plane) has just added four actors to its cast of sharkbait: Sinqua Walls, Chris Carmack, Alyssa Diaz and Joel David Moore.

According to Heat Vision Blog, Walls ("Friday Night Lights") is playing a Tulane University linebacker with plans on marrying his college sweetheart (Diaz, "As the World Turns"). Carmack ("The OC") is the ex-boyfriend of the female lead, still uncast, who was scarred in a boating accident. Moore (Avatar) is providing the comic relief as a socially awkward guy who fancies himself a young Brad Pitt.

The story revolves around seven men and women who spend a weekend at a lake house in Louisiana's Gulf area. When their vacation quickly becomes a nightmare of hellish shark attacks, unheard of in freshwater lakes, they soon discover that the sharks are part of a sick, greedy plan on the part of several locals.

Here’s the casting breakdown, per THR:

  • Walls is playing a Tulane University linebacker with plans on marrying his college sweetheart.
  • Diaz is the sweetheart to Walls’ character.
  • Carmack is the ex-boyfriend of the female lead, still uncast, who was scarred in a boating accident.
  • Moore is providing the comic relief as a socially awkward guy who fancies himself a young Brad Pitt.


If Shark Night aims to avoid an unimpressive opening like Piranha's, its first move should be to take itself seriously. Tongue-in-cheek horror rarely, if ever, works at the box office; audiences like their horror movies to be straight-faced. And, of course, this will be unintentionally funny anyway, so it won't need to add self-aware laughs. (Did you read the synopsis?) Just some helpful advice, you can thank me later.

The film, which is being produced by Mike Fleiss and Chris Briggs (the guys who brought you Hostel), is looking to begin shooting this September in Louisiana.

Does Shark Night 3D sound like something you'd want to see?

Source: Heat Vision Blog

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