Celebrities versus sharks? The bleak reality behind ITV’s Jaws-inspired reality TV show | 08MVI52 | 2024-02-27 21:08:01
Celebrities versus sharks? The bleak reality behind ITV's Jaws-inspired reality TV show | 08MVI52 | 2024-02-27 21:08:01
A truly spine-tingling& new reality collection coming to ITV will see well-known faces tackle…& sharks.
Overlook camping out within the jungle or placing their bodies on the line for SAS choice, in 2025 SHARK! Superstar Infested Waters will see a bunch of stars squaring up to probably the most feared creatures of the ocean.
Throughout their adrenaline-fueled, challenge-heavy journey in the Bahamas – the shark capital of the world – these stars will push previous their limits to& come nose to nose with nature's 'villains'.
Their firsthand experiences will provide both pleasure and new perspective and the purpose is that they'll come to understand sharks' priceless place on the food chain and in our ecosystem, recognising that a world devoid of these notoriously terrifying creatures can be devastating.
Jaws' director Steven Spielberg beforehand expressed his considerations over the fact that after his film was launched in 1975, it sparked a 'feeding frenzy of crazy sports fishermen'.
In the collection, the group might be tasked with diving with a special species of shark, with the breeds getting greater and more harmful each time.
Bimini, the Bahamas island where the present shall be filmed, is residence to round seven-10 totally different shark varieties including Hammerheads, Bull sharks and Tiger sharks.
On prime of that, the group may even face worry inducing challenges while studying first-hand the necessary position sharks that sharks play in our oceans.
Though some famous faces will leap at the probability to take part, on right now's Good Morning Britain Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid made it clear they haven't any want to enroll.
Richard stated the premise appeared like one thing 'out of a futuristic novel' and expressed his considerations something 'might go very mistaken'.
Meanwhile Susanna stated she was nonetheless on edge many years after watching Jaws.
'[That movie] made us all terrified to be in the tub. Not to mention, go into the ocean! And ITV's going to do a show where it's referred to as Shark! Movie star Infested Waters,' she stated.
'I'll inform you what, I gained't be doing it! You might not pay me to swim with sharks. I presume there will probably be some type of cage concerned at some stage?"
Nevertheless, while Richard made it clear he wouldn't be one of the stars, he did add he 'can't wait' to tune in.
Plimsoll Productions head of factual entertainment Karen Plumb stated that the format would 'mix conservation with wildly entertaining pop culture'.
'We're always in search of progressive approaches to wildlife storytelling and are certain that our fish-out-of-water spin – delivering 50 years after Jaws – will rework the world's notion of these essential predators before it's too late,' she stated.
ITV's head of entertainment commissioning Katie Rawcliffe stated the collection can be a 'as soon as in a lifetime problem for a few of the bravest celebrities on the market'.
Superstar casting is presently underway.
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