Big Shark

Big Shark (2023)

Can New Orleans Survive?

Three firefighters must save New Orleans from a gigantic shark.

Date of release
2023-04-28
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Horror, Comedy
Director
Tommy Wiseau

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Lafayette

Big Shark is a 2023 American adventure comedy action film written, directed and produced by Tommy Wiseau, and starring Wiseau, Isaiah LaBorde and Mark Valeriano as three firefighters who must save New Orleans from a killer shark.

Production

Tommy Wiseau, who used to live in Louisiana, related that he was inspired to create Big Shark following the flooding of New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The first trailer for the film was produced over two weeks in February under director of photography Matt S. Bell, from a total of two days of filming in Lafayette, Louisiana, and screened in February 2019. Wiseau reportedly said he intended to film and release Big Shark that year and Bell said he "looked forward to the feature-length project and bringing more work to the Louisiana film community."

It was unclear how serious production was at the time, with reporter Germain Lussier claiming that the trailer was "mostly a joke" and in a 2020 interview, Greg Sestero, who had appeared in the teaser as Georgie, indicated the film was not under development and they had just filmed the trailer for fun.

The project had been revived by late 2021, with Wiseau announcing on Twitter that filming was ongoing in New Orleans on November 16, 2021. In an interview for York Vision later in 2021, Wiseau also indicated his intention to shoot for the film in London. The following year, on July 28, 2022, Wiseau said filming was "in progress and working towards completion".

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