Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, a new trailer has dropped that will make Jaws look like a whale of a time. Far from concerning a shark attack, Brian Duffield's new survival thriller will take you inside the belly of a whale in the most terrifying way possible.
Whalefall stars Weapons' Austin Abrams alongside Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue, and a massive sperm whale.
Duffield, who wrote and directed 2023's No One Will Save You, adapted the screenplay for Whalefall from Daniel Kraus' novel of the same name.
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The film's synopsis reads: "Following the death of his father (Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale.
"While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape."
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Whalefall's two minute and thirty second trailer shows Jay diving deep into the sea when he encounters the massive beast.
As Jay tries to evade it, he is soon overpowered and gobbled up by the whale, finding himself literally inside the belly of the beast.
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Speaking about the trailer giving away the whale-swallowing scene to Variety, Duffield revealed: "Disney felt it’s such a crazy scene, and it happens so early in the movie, that they felt a little bullish on, 'Yeah, let’s show them how our movie kicks off and let them wonder where we could go from there.'"
The director also added of the story: "The whale is not a bad guy. The whale doesn’t understand that it’s swallowed Austin. It’s trying to swallow its lunch, and Austin is just a byproduct of that.
"We wanted it to not feel like a monster movie, but to feel like Austin’s inside of a living animal. There’s something horrifying about that, but also something beautiful, too."
Whalefall will hit cinemas on 16 October.
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