30 ROCK Actress Katrina Bowden Set to Star in Shark Thriller GREAT WHITE
Katrina Bowden (30 Rock, The Bold and the Beautiful) is on board to star in a shark-based thriller entitled Great White that will be set off the coast of Brisbane, Australia. The film is being written by Michael Boughen (Tomorrow, When The War Began) and is the feature directorial debut of commercial director Martin Wilson. Deadline gives the following description:
Great White is inspired by true events and follows the story of seaplane operators and lovers, Kaz Fellows (Bowden) and Charlie Brody, played by Aaron Jakubenko, along with their passengers, Joji Minase (Tim Kano), his wife Michelle (Kimie Tsukakoshi) and cook Benny (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who take a flight to the picturesque Hell’s Reef. It isn’t long though before their idyllic trip turns into a living hell when they become abandoned miles from shore and in grave danger from what lurks just below the surface. Their only chance of making it out alive is to get to the beach, but with two Great White sharks hunting them, the odds are not in their favour.
This sounds like it could be a decent thriller! I don’t like straight up horror films, but thrillers can be fun and exciting, and if it’s a true story, someone must have survived to tell it, so that’s intriguing.
Bowden said in a statement:
“I am so excited to be back in Australia to shoot this film. It has been nine years since my last visit and this time around I am really getting familiar with beautiful Queensland. I feel very lucky to get the chance to work in Australia, especially on a film project I love so much that is unlike others I have done before. It is going to be a very fun adventure.”
Kingston added:
“Ever since watching Jaws as a kid I realised the effect a shark film can have on a movie audience. The fear you feel in the cinema and again venturing into the water is real. Great White draws on that fear and together with great performances, delivers a real and relatable experience, hopefully to a whole new generation of cinema-goers.”
Does this shark film sound exciting to you?