Aaron Eckhart & Ben Kingsley Shark Movie Deep Water Gets Thrilling Trailer

Magenta Light Studios has shared the full trailer for Deep Water, its newest survival horror thriller, starring Golden Globe nominee Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island). The movie will have its world premiere at the 2026 Sarasota Film Festival on April 10. Afterward, it is slated to arrive in theaters on May 1, 2026, pitting it directly against The Devil Wears Prada 2, Animal Farm, and Hokum at the box office.

“A flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai goes down in the middle of the Pacific. After surviving the crash, the survivors soon discover they’re not alone, and they must survive the shark-infested waters,” reads the movie’s synopsis.

Check out the Deep Water trailer below (watch more trailers):

Who made Deep Water?

Deep Water is directed by Renny Harlin, with Pete Bridges and John Kim writing the screenplay. The movie also stars Molly Belle Wright, Angus Sampson, Kelly Gale, Li Wenhan, Lucy Barrett, Rosie Zhao, Richard Crouchley, Chrissy Jin, Lakota Johnson, Ryan Bown, Rarmian Newton, Sonia Dorado, Jacqueline Lee Geurts, and more. The new shark attack movie is produced by Gene Simmons, Ying Ye, Neal Kingston, Grant Bradley, Dale Bradley, Adrián Guerra, Xavier Parache, and Bob Yari.

Harlin is best known for his work on movies like Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Cutthroat Island, The Covenant, and The Strangers trilogy. The upcoming film won’t be the filmmaker’s first venture into the shark genre, as he previously directed Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, and Samuel L. Jackson in 1999’s Deep Blue Sea movie.

Source: Comingsoon.net