These days it seems like young adults and teens in peril makes for great cinema, and the much-adored PIRANHA 3D may be setting a trend, especially with an anticipated sequel on the way. But in the meantime we can look forward to SHARK NIGHT 3D, from SNAKES ON A PLANE director David R. Ellis. Perhaps the biggest controversy comes from a rumor this film is going to have a PG-13 rating attached to it, which would severely limit the gore one might expect from a shark attack movie. Check out the poster above (which seems strangely bloodless) and the trailer below and tell us your thoughts in the comments. Would you see a tame shark attack flick… and pay to see it in 3-D no less? I did like SNAKES ON A PLANE, but that film actually went from a PG-13 to an R on purpose. Maybe this one will follow suit.
A sexy summer weekend turns into a blood-soaked nightmare for a group of college students trapped on an island surrounded by voracious underwater predators in Shark Night 3D, a terrifying thrill ride from director David Ellis (The Final Destination, Snakes On a Plane), featuring a red-hot young cast including Sara Paxton (Superhero Movie, Last House on the Left), Dustin Milligan (“90210,” Slither), Chris Carmack (“The O.C.”), Joel David Moore (Avatar), Chris Zylka (The Amazing Spider Man) and Katharine McPhee (The House Bunny). Arriving by boat at her family’s Louisiana lake island cabin, Sara (Sara Paxton) and her friends quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of fun in the sun. But when star football player Malik (Sinqua Walls) stumbles from the salt-water lake with his arm torn off, the party mood quickly evaporates. Assuming the injury was caused by a freak wake-boarding accident, the group realizes they have to get Malik to a hospital on the other side of the lake, and fast. But as they set out in a tiny speedboat, the college friends discover the lake has been stocked with hundreds of massive, flesh-eating sharks! As they face one grisly death after another, Sara and the others struggle desperately to fend off the sharks, get help and stay alive long enough to reach the safety of dry land.
SHARK NIGHT 3D hits theaters on September 2, 2011.