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Kiah Roache-Turner’s WWII Shark Thriller ‘Beast of War’ Sells to U.S., U.K (EXCLUSIVE)


'Beast of War,' about a band of WWII soldiers battling a great white shark, has sold in the U.S. and U.K.

“Beast of War,” the upcoming shark thriller from Australian writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner(“Wormwood”) has been snapped up by Signature Entertainment for the U.K. and Ireland, and Well Go for North America. Additional deals for the feature — being sold by Cornerstone Films, which launched the project at the 2023 AFM — include Dea Planeta (Spain), Just Entertainment (Benelux), NOS (Portugal), Galaxy Pictures (Australia & New Zealand), GPI (Baltics), Capella (CIS), TVN (Poland), Karpat Media (Romania & Hungary), Italia Film (Middle East), Tanweer (Turkey) and Filmfinity (South Africa). Cornerstone is handling worldwide sales on the feature, which reunites the company with Roache-Turner having worked on his upcoming arachnophobia horror “Sting,”which will be released by Well Go on April 12 and by StudioCanal in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Switzerland and Benelux.

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