Netflix hit: a giant shark wants to bite a Hollywood star!

Warning: Scenes, comments or images from the movie mentioned below may offend the sensibilities of the viewers.

If Jason Statham is one of your favorite comedians and you’re a fan of shark movies, then stop everything! The feature film Troubled Waters, currently a hit on Netflix, sees the British actor take on the great predator of the seas, is for you!

Out in theaters in 2018, it plunges viewers into troubled waters (so to speak!) in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, while a group of explorers’ submarine is attacked by a giant creature we thought had disappeared. This creature is a megalodon, a prehistoric shark 23 meters long.

Rescue diver Jonas Taylor, played by Jason Statham, must risk his life to save men and women stranded on a boat…and face the most terrifying predator of all time.

Megalodon, a creature in the midst of troubled waters, is a species that died out millions of years ago and is the likely ancestor of the Great White. Fossils discovered by scientists suggest that this creature could measure up to 20 meters! Other feature films have previously focused on the Megalodon, such as Shark Attack 3: Megalodon or Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.

How was the terrible megalodon created in troubled waters? “There’s a whole formula to get the size of the creature from the teeth, but there are a lot of different theories about what these sharks actually looked like.”Adrian de Wet, the film’s visual effects supervisor, explains. “We started with various hypotheses from scientists, archaeologists and paleontologists and used that as a starting point.”

“We had a lot of fun designing Maggie’s look, but we did a lot of testing before we arrived at the final result.”he concludes. “We wanted the shark to be huge, imposing, terrifying, but also majestic and graceful in the water. First of all, we have to remember that the megalodon is not a giant version of the great white shark.”

In Troubled Waters’ budget was estimated at $150 million, making it the most expensive shark film in history at the time of its release. In comparison, Jaws, the Steven Spielberg classic, cost 8 million greenbacks, and Blue Fear, which held the record, 60 million.

Finally, if you want to continue your eventful In Troubled Waters experience, rejoice: the sequel, In Very Troubled Waters, still starring Jason Statham, hits theaters on August 2nd!

Trailer “In Very Troubled Waters”: