Kate Beckinsale (Underworld) and Katherine McNamara (“The Stand“) are among the cast of the shark survival thriller White.

In the film, Willa Harba, a struggling actress trying to catch her big break, is traveling overseas for a shoot with a self-obsessed star when their private jet crashes into the Pacific. Now the sole survivor, she’s stranded on a fractured wing with nothing but ocean around her.

Her only lifeline is a satellite phone salvaged from the wreck – but when she calls for rescue, her demanding studio boss, Barbara (Beckinsale), brushes her off. Instead, her signal is picked up by marine biologist Sam Swatek (McNamara), who delivers chilling news: Willa has crashed into the infamous White Shark Café, a stretch of ocean where great whites gather to feed.

Jake West (Doghouse, Evil Aliens) will direct from a script by Dan Schaffer (Doghouse, The Scribbler).

Casting is currently underway for the role of Willa. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide rights and co-financing the project.

Yariv Lerner (Rambo: Last Blood), Dominic Burns (Jay and Silent Bob Reboot), Crawford Anderson-Dillon, and Sky Morfopoulos produce. Executive producers include Beckinsale, Highland’s Arianne Fraser & Delphine Perrier, Patrick Wintersgill, Kevin Glynn, Pauric Duffy, and Hannah Leader.