Under Paris 2, nan sequel to Netflix’s 2024 deed Seine-set shark thriller, has begun shooting successful nan South of France pinch Alexandre Aja successful nan director’s seat.
Expectations are precocious for nan accumulation pinch nan original remaining nan 2nd most-popular non-English-language movie ever connected nan Netflix level pinch much than 102 cardinal views, according to nan streamer’s ain data.
Bérenice Bejo and Nassim Lyes reprise their respective roles of marine intelligence Sophia and stream constabulary commandant Adil who antecedently joined forces erstwhile slayer sharks arrived successful nan Seine successful nan lead-up to nan Paris Olympics triathlon swimming heats successful nan famed river.
Set 3 years later, nan caller movie sees their characters reunite connected different high-risk ngo to way down Lilith, nan original predator, successful nan shark-infested Seine erstwhile nan halfway of nan French superior becomes submerged.
Further formed members see Guillaume Gouix, Phillippe Bas, Manon Bresch and Anne Marivin
Aja, whose credits see nan 2019 Florida hurricane group scary Crawl and Piranha 3D, has taken up nan director’s baton from Xavier Gens, who directed nan first film
“I emotion Paris, and I ever wanted to make a shark movie, truthful it was an evident yes erstwhile nan opportunity came to return nan communicative moreover deeper,” he said.
He besides takes co-writing credits connected nan movie pinch Gregory Levasseur, Frédéric Garcia, William Laboury, Gens and Fanny Talmone. Aja and Gens are besides subordinate producers, pinch nan latter’s longtime collaborator Vincent Roget producing nether nan banner of Let Me Be.