Josh Lucas stars in disaster shark film from Get the Gringo director
The Black Demon is an action survival-thriller directed by Adrian Grunberg for Highland Film Group. Grunberg’s previous directing credits include the 2012 film Get the Gringo and 2019’s Rambo: Last Blood. Boise Esquerra, best known for 2019's Blackwater, wrote the screenplay for The Black Demon. Javier Chapa from Mucho Mas, Jon Silk from Silk Mass, and Petr Jákl from R.U. Robot produced the film. The executive producers are Phillip Braun, Simon Wise, Bruce Barshop, Vincent Cordero from Mucho Mas, Delphine Perrier and Arianne Fraser from Highland Film Group, Henry Winterstern, JJ Caruth from The Avenue, and Martin J. Barab from R.U. Robot. The financing is provided by The Avenue and R.U. Robot.
Josh Lucas leads the cast as Paul Sturges alongside Fernanda Urrejola as Inés, Julio Cedillo as Chato, Héctor Jiménez as Chocolatito, Raúl Méndez as El Rey, Edgar Flores, Venus Ariel as Audrey Sturges, Jorge A. Jiménez as Junior, Omar Patin as the Harbor Master and Carlos Solórzano as Tommy.