Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley Pilot Doomed Flight in ‘Deep Water,’ Signature Acquires U.K. and Irish Rights (Exclusive)

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Signature Entertainment have acquired the U.K. & Irish rights to Aaron Eckhart‘s survival thriller, Deep Water, with Ben Kingsley.

Directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2), the Arclight Film project is written by Shayne Armstrong (Acolytes) and S.P. Krause (The Darkness). It follows a plane that goes down in the middle of the Pacific in deadly, shark-infested waters. Terrified, the eclectic group of passengers is forced to work together to escape the sinking aircraft and the frenzy of sharks swarming below.

An exclusive still of the film, released to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, shows the pair in pilot attire ahead of their ill-fated flight.

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Producers include Dale G. Bradley and Grant Bradley, Adrián Guerra, Gary Hamilton, Ryan Hamilton, Neal Kingston, Robert Van Norden, Bob Yari and Ying Ye.

The deal was negotiated between Signature Entertainment’s chief commercial officer, Elizabeth Williams and Arclight Film’s Gary Hamilton.

William said Signature is “extremely pleased” to be bringing Harlin’s “super entertaining thriller” to U.K. and Irish audiences. “The top-level cast add brilliant performances and heart to a rollicking crowd pleaser of an action spectacle.”

Hamilton added: “We’re excited to continue our great relationship with Marc and Elizabeth and the rest of Signature team on Arclight blockbuster Deep Water.“

U.S. star Eckhart is best known for his performance opposite Julia Roberts in 2000’s Erin Brockovich, and later, in Christopher Nolan’s Batman film The Dark Knight as DA Harvey Dent (and Two-Face). Kingsley, on the other hand, is a British actor who became an Academy Award winner for Richard Attenborough’s 1982 movie Gandhi. He’s also famed for Bugsy and Sexy Beast.

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