Blake Lively In Talks For Shark Survival Movie IN THE DEEP

Not long ago, Non-Stop director Jaume Collet-Serra took over directing duties on Sony's upcoming shark survival film In The Deep from original helmer Louis Leterrier. The film has been compared to 127 Hours, Jaws, and Gravity. Here's a refresher of the story for those of you who aren't familiar:

A young twenty-something woman dealing with the recent death of her mother is surfing on an isolated beach and gets stranded 20 yards offshore on a buoy. What lies between her and the shore is a huge great white shark. She must find a way back to shore before succumbing to her injuries.

The lead (and maybe only?) role is supposed to be a hell of a showcase for a young actress, and now it looks like the project has found its lead: The Wrap is reporting that Blake Lively is in negotiations to star.

Lively didn't really do much for me in Green Lantern, Savages, or Accepted, but that's most likely due to the writing for those movies; she was solid in Ben Affleck's The Town, which gave her a more tortured character to play. If this movie is such a big opportunity for young actresses, you have to assume that pretty much everyone is auditioning for it, and if Lively made a big enough impression to beat out her peers, I'll hold out some hope that this is the movie that could be feature a big breakout performance from her.