Just how do you make a movie that takes place inside of a whale? Theater owners got a bit of an answer at CinemaCon, when 20th Century showed off the first trailer for Whalefall, filmmaker Brian Duffield’s adaptation of the Daniel Klaus novel.
Austin Abrams leads the movie, which tells of a scuba diver who is swallowed alive by a sperm whale and attempts to escape all while contemplating his relationship with his late father.
In the footage, Abrams is on a diving expedition when he encounters a squid, and menacing music plays as that squid is followed by a massive whale. He’s pinned against the rocks without a way to escape, and when he does try to swim free and hide among the kelp, the whale continues to circle in the darkness.
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