Shark report scares off crew for John Schneider’s latest project
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Perhaps seeking some screen time and a Screen Actors Guild card, a real shark reportedly swam its way onto the set of “Shark Swarm,” a TV movie starring Mount Kisco native John Schneider, Armand Assante and Daryl Hannah.
KCAL in Los Angeles quoted propmaster George Hobbs, who said “stunt guys were going into the water off a pier for a shot when the lifeguards spotted a 6-foot Mako shark.” Production was halted for 90 minutes after the alleged sighting at 2 p.m. July 27.
Henry Blunt, a lifeguard, said the “shark looked around a couple of times and then took off and hasn’t been seen since.” Neither has the shark’s agent. But hey, if David Caruso can come back, this shark’s got nothing to worry about.
After the break, get ready to be suprised by the movie’s ridiculous premise and even more shocked by which channel will be broadcasting it.
Here’s the fantastic premise of the movie starring TV’s Bo Duke/Jonathan Kent, according to The Hollywood Reporter:
The movie centers on usually tame sharks who morph into man-eating fish when toxins are secretly released into the water by a greedy corporate real estate developer (Assante). The sharks begin to swarm the coastal town of Full Moon Bay near the infamous Red Triangle. Meanwhile, two local fishermen (one of whom is played by Schneider) become aware of the toxic dumping and plot to stop it in order to save the town and its residents. Hannah will play Schneider’s wife.
My favorite part about this movie involving deadly sharks? It’s for the Hallmark Channel. Which leads me to this tongue-in-cheek quote by the channel’s owner, Henry Schleiff:
We’re bringing a Hallmark touch to this—they’re going to be family-friendly sharks.
So those bloodthirsty sharks are just going to nibble on Hannah’s toes and play some beach blanket bingo? What a gyp.
(Associated Press file photo by Damian Dovarganes)
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Considering how ridiculous “Smallville” got—watch young Superman stand there like a blinking idiot and let his father die for him!—I’d call this a step up.