Sensational THE SHALLOWS Trailer and Clips Experience the new THE SHALLOWS trailer and clips! The film, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop, Orphan), stars Blake Lively, Sedona Legge, and Óscar Jaenada. THE SHALLOWS will be released in theaters this Friday. In the taut thriller The Shallows, Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing alone on a secluded beach when she is attacked by a great white shark and stranded just a short distance from shore. Though she is only 200 yards from her survival, getting there proves the ultimate contest of wills.