“Orcas are very smart and they work together - they’re pack hunters,” Naylor added. “It’s an older animal and when you look at the distribution of any animal, it’s the larger animals that are older,” Naylor told Fox News in an interview.ĭespite her epic size, orcas, a great white shark’s natural predator, wouldn’t have any issues taking Deep Blue down. It’s likely that Deep Blue became so big simply because of her age, said Gavin Naylor, program director at the Florida Program for Shark Research. It’s estimated that Deep Blue, who has become so famous that she has her own Twitter account, is nearly 50 years old, Discovery found.Īccording to a 2014 study, great white sharks have an average lifespan of 70 years, though it varies between male and females. Hoyos Padilla captured the incredible footage near Guadalupe Island, off the west coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. In the video, Deep Blue swims up to the cage and a diver pushes the shark as it pokes around before it eventually swims away. Shark conservationist Mauricio Hoyos Padilla captured footage of the massive beast nearly three years ago, while doing work for Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” programming. The great white shark known as Deep Blue is nearly 20 feet long and is thought to be the largest great white ever caught on film. Shark attacks: What you know about sharks is wrong I am pumped and excited to be launching Deep Water as our first project together with the action maven Renny Harlin at the helm.Shaq pulled from water after shark wiggles through bars of enclosureįlorida scientists discover new 'alien-like' shark with huge eyes Simmons, of course best known for his work with shock rock legends KISS, is excited to jump into Deep Water too: “Throughout my storied history in the music business, I’ve met all sorts of characters, but Gary Hamilton is the real deal! He’s a remarkable film executive and a great collaborator who, along with the fantastic team at Arclight Films, brings his expertise and outstanding knowledge of the film industry to this partnership. Gene and Gary both are my old friends and I’m excited to rock ’n’ roll through the friendly skies with them.” I can’t wait to take the audience on the scariest plane ride of their lives. Harlin is obviously keen to return to the genre (and we're keen to have him back): “I’ve had my greatest success when working with planes or sharks Getting to combine those two of my favorite thriller elements in a character-driven action adventure is a dream come true. Jackson, LL Cool J and Michael Rapport, is considered to be one of the more successful in the shark attack genre, grossing over $165 million worldwide. Simmons, Hamilton, Arclight Films’ Ying Ye and Rob Van Norden produced, and Arclight Films is launching worldwide sales on Deep Water at the Cannes market.ġ999's Deep Blue Sea, which starred Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their differences if they hope to escape their sinking plane and the frenzy of sharks drawn to the wreckage. According to Variety, the standalone banner will produce 25 movies over an initial five-year period, with a focus on action, thriller and genre titles with global franchise potential.įirst up: Deep Water, which sees Die Hard 2's Harlin return once again to the world of fishy frights: Deep Water tells the tale of an eclectic group of international passengers whose plane, en route from Los Angeles to Shanghai, is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The shark-attack thriller will be the first project from a new production company launched by Gene Simmons (yes, that Gene Simmons) and Gary Hamilton, titled Simmons/Hamilton Prods.
2023 has already blessed us with the upcoming The Meg 2, Big Shark, The Red Triangle, Xavier Gens' upcoming Seine-set bloodbath, and today's exciting news from Variety that Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin is returning to make a splash with Deep Water. There must be something in the water, because sharks are back in a BIG way.
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