When the producers of shark thriller “The Black Demon” decided to make a sequel, making it in Colombia was a no-brainer. Mucho Mas Media, led by Javier Chapa, had already shot three other movies in the country with local production company Jaguar Bite.
The first pic they shot in Colombia, golf drama “The Long Game,” was set in Texas, their second, “Rosario,” in New York and the third, biopic “Jenni,” in Long Beach, California. “That tells you a lot right there,” says Chapa.
He credits his “The Black Demon” production designer Carlos Osorio, a Colombian, for introducing him to Jaguar Bite. “We quickly connected with [Jaguar Bite execs] Simón Beltrán and JP Solano, and the rest of the team at Jaguar Bite. And then after that, it just made a lot of sense to keep doing it.”
“They’re not only incredible partners, but over time we’ve developed a real shorthand with them. They’ve also become great friends and there’s a deep level of trust between us. That’s really why we keep going back.”
In the sequel, “The Black Demon: Atlantis” the megalodon returns “faster, fiercer, and deadlier than ever,” to a fortress-like prison island known as the Atlantis, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It follows Jerry Simms (played by Jack Kesy), an undercover DEA agent who enters the maximum-security prison after a fellow operative vanishes while investigating a string of inmate deaths. These are linked to Diego Núñez (Harold Torres), the prison’s most feared convict, whose cult-like influence is fueled by rumors of ancient powers.
