Action-horror veteran Renny Harlin is diving back into dangerous waters with Deep Water, a blood-soaked survival thriller that fuses the high-stakes chaos of Die Hard 2 with the shark-fueled terror of Deep Blue Sea — both films he famously helmed.

Produced by Gene Simmons, Deep Water crashes exclusively into theaters on May 1, 2026, courtesy of Magenta Light Studios. The newly released trailer teases a relentless fight for survival where the ocean isn’t the only thing ready to kill.

Rated R for “violent content/bloody images and some language,” the film stars Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley, alongside Molly Wright (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever), Angus Sampson (Insidious), Kelly Gale (Plane), and Li Wenhan of UNIQ.

The setup is pure nightmare fuel: a flight traveling from Los Angeles to Shanghai crashes into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The survivors manage to escape the wreckage — only to realize they’ve landed in a feeding ground. Surrounded by circling sharks and trapped in a sinking plane, the group must put aside their differences and fight to stay alive as the water turns red around them.

The script comes from Pete Bridges and Shayne Armstrong & S. P. Krause, aiming to deliver a throwback to the grand, nerve-shredding disaster films of the ’70s.

Harlin himself describes Deep Water as a passion project rooted in that era: a spectacle-driven survival story packed with explosive action and emotional stakes designed to leave audiences rattled.

For horror fans, Harlin’s return to creature chaos is especially fitting. Beyond Deep Blue Sea, his genre resume includes A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, The Exorcist: The Beginning, and cult favorites like Prison, along with more recent entries in The Strangers saga.

With sharks circling and panic rising, Deep Water looks ready to drag survival horror back into the deep — and not everyone is making it out.