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Plane-crash film shelved due to similarities with flight MH370
Tuesday March 25th 2014An Australian disaster film about a plane that crashes in a remote stretch of ocean en route to China has been shelved following the loss of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
The film, called Deep Water, follows the plight of a group of passengers who survive when their plane from Australia to Beijing crashes in a remote stretch of ocean.
The makers of the Australian/Thai co-production have decided to put pre-production of the film on hold, due to the sensitivity of embarking on the film in the wake of the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian ocean which claimed the lives of 239 passengers and crew.
“We thought it wasn’t the right time to make a film about a plane crash right now,” said Gary Hamilton, managing director of Arclight Films. “We have decided it is best to pull back on production of the film for a few months.”
Hamilton said that although the the film’s plotline did not overtly match the real-life events of flight MH370 – it is a sequel of sorts to shark-horror film Bait 3D which was a surprise hit in China – it was not the right time to continue with preparing to shoot the film.
The film’s tagline in early promotional material reads: “Survivors of a plane crash face terror beyond reckoning as the plane is starting to sink into a bottomless abyss, and soon discover they’re surrounded by the deadliest natural born killers on earth.”
Pre-production for the film began in Queensland just before the flight went missing on 8 March.
Prior to the announcement about MH370′s fate filmmaker Alister Grierson said that it was a “tricky” situation but that the movie is scheduled for release in two years.
“The similarities and timing is interesting and I can see why anecdotally the two things link up,” he said. “It’s a tricky thing”.
Grierson, who made 2011’s 3D cave diving thriller Sanctum, said that Deep Water is a “fun action/adventure with thrills and spills and scares”.
Source: The Guardian
Headline, Industry News
Plane-crash film shelved due to similarities with flight MH370
Tuesday March 25th 2014An Australian disaster film about a plane that crashes in a remote stretch of ocean en route to China has been shelved following the loss of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
The film, called Deep Water, follows the plight of a group of passengers who survive when their plane from Australia to Beijing crashes in a remote stretch of ocean.
The makers of the Australian/Thai co-production have decided to put pre-production of the film on hold, due to the sensitivity of embarking on the film in the wake of the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian ocean which claimed the lives of 239 passengers and crew.
“We thought it wasn’t the right time to make a film about a plane crash right now,” said Gary Hamilton, managing director of Arclight Films. “We have decided it is best to pull back on production of the film for a few months.”
Hamilton said that although the the film’s plotline did not overtly match the real-life events of flight MH370 – it is a sequel of sorts to shark-horror film Bait 3D which was a surprise hit in China – it was not the right time to continue with preparing to shoot the film.
The film’s tagline in early promotional material reads: “Survivors of a plane crash face terror beyond reckoning as the plane is starting to sink into a bottomless abyss, and soon discover they’re surrounded by the deadliest natural born killers on earth.”
Pre-production for the film began in Queensland just before the flight went missing on 8 March.
Prior to the announcement about MH370′s fate filmmaker Alister Grierson said that it was a “tricky” situation but that the movie is scheduled for release in two years.
“The similarities and timing is interesting and I can see why anecdotally the two things link up,” he said. “It’s a tricky thing”.
Grierson, who made 2011’s 3D cave diving thriller Sanctum, said that Deep Water is a “fun action/adventure with thrills and spills and scares”.
Source: The Guardian
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Headline, Industry News
Plane-crash film shelved due to similarities with flight MH370
Tuesday March 25th 2014An Australian disaster film about a plane that crashes in a remote stretch of ocean en route to China has been shelved following the loss of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
The film, called Deep Water, follows the plight of a group of passengers who survive when their plane from Australia to Beijing crashes in a remote stretch of ocean.
The makers of the Australian/Thai co-production have decided to put pre-production of the film on hold, due to the sensitivity of embarking on the film in the wake of the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian ocean which claimed the lives of 239 passengers and crew.
“We thought it wasn’t the right time to make a film about a plane crash right now,” said Gary Hamilton, managing director of Arclight Films. “We have decided it is best to pull back on production of the film for a few months.”
Hamilton said that although the the film’s plotline did not overtly match the real-life events of flight MH370 – it is a sequel of sorts to shark-horror film Bait 3D which was a surprise hit in China – it was not the right time to continue with preparing to shoot the film.
The film’s tagline in early promotional material reads: “Survivors of a plane crash face terror beyond reckoning as the plane is starting to sink into a bottomless abyss, and soon discover they’re surrounded by the deadliest natural born killers on earth.”
Pre-production for the film began in Queensland just before the flight went missing on 8 March.
Prior to the announcement about MH370′s fate filmmaker Alister Grierson said that it was a “tricky” situation but that the movie is scheduled for release in two years.
“The similarities and timing is interesting and I can see why anecdotally the two things link up,” he said. “It’s a tricky thing”.
Grierson, who made 2011’s 3D cave diving thriller Sanctum, said that Deep Water is a “fun action/adventure with thrills and spills and scares”.
Source: The Guardian
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