THE BLACK DEMON: ATLANTIS
Director: Carmen Cabana (“Resident Evil,” “Ms. Marvel,” “Narcos: S2”)
Writers: Aaron Benjamin (The Nest), Boise Esquerra (Austin Film Festival award-winner “Blackwater,” The Black Demon) and Carmen Cabana
Cast: Jack Kesy (Hellboy: The Crooked Man, 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool 2), Julio César Cedillo (Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico” and The Harder They Fall), Harold Torres (John Woo’s Silent Night, Martin Campbell’s Memory, Amazon Prime’s “ZeroZeroZero”), and Vanesa Restrepo (AMC’s “Surviving The Cartel,” Netflix’s “The Surrogacy”)
Status: Post Production
Genre: Shark Survival Actioner
Synopsis: After the global success of The Black Demon, the beast returns faster, fiercer, and deadlier than ever in Atlantis, a remote maximum-security prison in the Pacific Ocean. Undercover DEA agent Jerry Simms (Jack Kesy) arrives at the offshore fortress run by the enigmatic Warden Reyes (Vanesa Restrepo) after his operative (Anthony Del Negro) mysteriously disappears while investigating inmate deaths tied to Diego Núñez (Harold Torres), a feared cult-like killer rumored to wield ancient powers. As mutilated bodies surface around the prison and whispers of blood rituals spread through the cell blocks, Atlantis spirals into fear, violence, and chaos. Forced to rely on Chato (Julio César Cedillo), a haunted inmate who knows the prison’s hidden underworld, Jerry is pulled into a desperate fight for survival when the legendary Black Demon tears into Atlantis, turning it into a nightmarish war zone.
Producers: Javier Chapa for Mucho Mas Media (The Long Game, Rosario starring Emeraude Toubia and David Dastmalchian), Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier for Highland Film Group
Worldwide Sales: Highland Film Group
