Movie about missing flight to China put on hold, because…well, you know
As families of those missing on Malaysian flight MH370 were notified today via text message that their relatives almost assuredly did not survive, at least one effort is being made to address the situation sensitively. Arclight Films has put on hold production of the thriller Deep Water, a movie that tells the story of a plane that crashes into the ocean on the way to China. Of course, most of the similarities end there: The survivors soon find themselves surrounded by vicious killer sharks, rather than being ripped apart by a far more relentless 24-hour news cycle, as Deep Water was technically developed as a “loose sequel” to the Chinese horror hit Bait 3-D. Still, the timing is obviously uncomfortable, at a moment when it’s difficult to sell any disaster-in-the-air stories that don’t involve Liam Neeson keeping everyone aloft with gusts of white-hot rage.