BAIT (2012)

Movie News: Australian Stars Take the Bait in New 3D Film
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Australian celebrities have returned home to star in a new feature film called Bait that is being shot on the Gold Coast. Twilight hunk Xavier Samuel has joined former Home and Away stars Lincoln Lewis and Sharni Vinson for the action flick. Lincoln is just coming off the hit Tomorrow When the War Began and Shari has found success in the US starring in Step Up: 3D. Nip/Tuck star Julian McMahon is also believed to have joined the cast in a lead role. The film is about a tsunami that hits a seaside town, trapping local shoppers and tourists in a flooded underground shopping centre with a pack of hungry sharks. Cheesetastic! The thriller has an estimated budget of $20 million and is being shot at Warner Roadshow Studios.

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Shark flick filming on Gold Coast

15th October 2010

COOLANGATTA Beach is providing scenery for a new 3D shark action movie being filmed on the Gold Coast.

Xavier Samuel (left) is filming a new movie in Coolangatta. Here he is in recent film Twilight Eclipse with Robert Pattinson and Bryce Dallas Howard.

IF you saw a rampaging crowd of screaming beachgoers running from an imaginary tsunami on Coolangatta Beach this week, do not be alarmed.

The town is providing scenery for a new 3D shark action movie being filmed on the Gold Coast.

Bait 3D follows a group of tsunami survivors trapped inside a flooded supermarket with a pack of man-eating sharks.

Producer Gary Hamilton said the film would take the 3D reality of shark attacks to the next level.

“The team is going to deliver an amazing film that will be technically and dramatically unlike anything you have ever seen come out of Australia,” Mr Hamilton said.

The cast includes Twilight Eclipse star Xavier Samuel, Nip/Tuck actor Julian McMahon and Lincoln Lewis from Tomorrow When The War Began.

Other stars include Alice Parkinson, Phoebe Tonkin, Dan Wylie, Alex Russell, Martin Sacks and high-profile Singapore stars Adrian Pang and Yuwu Qi. Bait 3D is one of two feature films and a prime time television series recently lured to the Gold Coast.

Gold Coast City Council economic development committee chair Cr Susie Douglas said the projects were expected to generate more than 800 jobs.

“Our focus has been on getting the message out there that the city is not just a great holiday destination, we also have a highly skilled local workforce and an ideal location to invest,” she said.

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Julian McMahon takes the home bait

* From: The Daily Telegraph
* October 14, 2010 11:30PM


AMERICAN TV shows may dominate his CV, but Julian McMahon is believed to have returned from his LA base this week to begin work on a new Aussie film.

McMahon has nabbed a lead role in 3D action epic Bait, which started filming on the Gold Coast yesterday, alongside youngsters Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vinson and Lincoln Lewis, after more than 20 years of appearing on Nip/Tuck, Charmed and Profiler.

He made UK headlines this month after the release of ex-wife Dannii Minogue's autography, in which she said his family "never" accepted her.

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IF behind the scene shots are anything to go by, a new 3D action movie being partly shot in Coolangatta will have moviegoers on the edge of their seats.

Bait 3D has been on location in Coolangatta this week shooting scenes for the upcoming film.

The film follows a group of tsunami survivors trapped inside a flooded supermarket with a pack of man-eating sharks hot on their heels.

Recently released photos of stars include shots of Julian McMahon, of the popular Nip/Tuck TV show, in a balaclava, as well as scenes between Phoebe Tonkin, from the recently released film Tomorrow, When The War Began and Alex Russell, from Wasted on the Young.

The film is being directed by Kimble Rendall, who worked on Ghost Rider, I Robot and Matrix Reloaded and Russell Mulcahy, who was involved with Resident Evil: Extinction.

Paramount Pictures CEO Mike Selwyn said the film would take the 3D reality of the shark attack to the next level.

“We are delighted to be working with such an exciting team on Bait 3D,” Mr Selwyn said. “It is particularly pleasing to see such a high profile young Australia cast who have all had great success recently in commercially successful releases.”

Gold Coast City Council economic development committee chairwoman Susie Douglas said she hoped the film would build on the success the Gold Coast had hosting the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

“After a small incentive was offered to the producers of The Chronicles, a section of the Investment Attraction Program was specifically targeted to attract film and television projects.”

tweednews.com

We learned a few moments ago that filmmaker Russell Mulcahy, is now off the upcoming killer shark flick "Bait 3D", and is being replaced by Kimble Rendall. Arclight's film is due out next year, and they've tried to assemble an Aussie powerhouse of talent for the flick including Australian thesp's, Xavier Samuel and Julian McMahon. Both of which are currently loosely attached to the project, but not officially on board as of yet. "Bait 3D" is set in a sleepy coastal resort community, where shoppers at an underground supermarket find themselves terrorized by a crazed bandit when the unimaginable occurs...a monstrous freak tsunami swallows the town. Now trapped inside a flooded supermarket with an armed maniac and rushing water threatening to entomb them all in a watery grave, the imprisoned band of survivors discover they're not alone. The tsunami has brought some unwanted visitors from the depths. As the waters rise they must overcome not only the threat of drowning, but another threat, just as deadly and far more bloodthirsty...packs of hungry tiger sharks.

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Ecco quello che avevo letto ... proprio l'articolo postato da Cole...
NOn mi piace affatto questa soluzione anche perchè in questo particolare tipo di film ....

Accidenti quanto mi piace questa cosa dello spoiler!!!!

Si, erano riferiti a Bait, solo che avevo generalmente parlato di "film" proprio per rimanere generica.

Beh si e' giusto che il ruolo di Julian non e' uno spoiler, pero' secondo me il fatto che lui sia stato visto e fotografato in passamontagna per me lo sarebbe .... (naturalmente il fatto che potrebbe finire fra le zanne dello squalo si', non è nemmeno una mia idea ma un mio terrore ) quindi ho pensato che non tutti avrebbero gradito sapere che in questo film lui porta il passamontagna e che quindi potrebbe essere un serial killer ... per questo l'ho messo sotto spoiler. Diciamo che secondo me questa notizia non lascia molto spazio all'immaginazione ...

Naturale che rivelare il finale di un film e' da bannamento .... pero' se uno lo rivela diverso, per scherzo, che succede?
Ad esempio se venissimo a sapere che in Faces lui e' l'assassino lo potremmo scrivere liberamente? :prr:SCHEEEERZOOOO!!

Scherzo, grazie per la spiegazione, spero di non aver combinato danni con le mie paure da serial killer!!!

PS Pure a me piacerebbe sapere a che si riferiva Minou