Get Ready for Sharks on a Plane in New Survival Horror No Way Up

Produced by the same team behind 47 Meters Down, which, surprise, surprise, also had sharks as the big bad villains, No Way Up will have audiences thinking twice about their next flight, especially if it happens to be over the Pacific Ocean. The simple fact that it's rated R for "language and bloody/grisly images" means viewers can expect an edge-of-the-seat, nail-biting 90-minute thriller that takes the shark attack genre to new depths (pun intended).

Leading the cast is veteran actor Colm Meaney, who will be joined by an ensemble of lesser-known actors, including Sophie McIntosh, Phyllis Logan, Grace Nettle, and Will Attenborough. Swiss filmmaker Claudio Fäh will take the helm as director, working with a script penned by Andy Mayson.

Shark attack films have been a staple sub-genre for animal horror films for years, ever since Jaws, the father of shark attack films, became a mega blockbuster hit. Sadly, the 1975 Steven Spielberg film led to a spike in shark trophy hunting, contributing to a significant decrease in large shark populations in North American waters. In fact, Jaws is allegedly part of the reason why humans kill sharks more than they kill humans.

So, will No Way Up exacerbate our deep-rooted fear of sharks, or will it turn out to be just another run-of-the-mill shark film that rips off other films that have come before it? We'll find out when it swims into theaters on February 16.