What we know about new blockbuster, The Shallows

If Jaws had you on your feet, Sony Pictures new film The Shallows is likely to be the most intense 85 minutes you’ve ever spent.

We’ve loved mega babe Blake Lively since her Gossip Girl days. Not only does she have some of the most impeccable style and grace Hollywood has seen in years and the most loving relationship with superstar hubby, Ryan Reynolds, providing envy for days, she’s also quickly and easily transitioned from TV high-school drama to Hollywood blockbusters.

In The Shallows, Lively is cast as Nancy Adams, a medical student who flees to Mexico while trying to cope with the death of her mother. Attempting to learn how to surf, Nancy heads out into the ocean for surf lessons but is quickly forced to fight for survival against a killer Great White Shark.

As you can imagine, Lively’s character is set up for some fairly gruesome scenes; including having her leg bitten off, jumping off the corpse of a whale and becoming stranded on a submerging rock. But Lively, even when presented with a stunt dummy, persisted she take on these scenes. So when you see her character squirming through a sea of jellyfish, rest-assured, that was our main girl herself! (all this, whilst pregnant too?!)

No doubt this movie will get your heart rate pumping as well as presenting some serious fitspo. Blake Lively spent hours on end with her trainer getting in shape for the film, and it sure paid off – in the film trailer the 28-year-old looks absolutely incredible.

Already released in the US, with critiques positively praising the solid production and Blake’s impeccable performance, The Shallows is shaping up to be one of the hottest Hollywood films this year! See it in cinemas nationwide from August 18th.

Check out the trailer below: