Blake Lively is in talks to star in Sony Pictures upcoming shark thriller In the Deep from director Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, House of Wax) and screenwriter Tony Jaswinski. Described to be in the vein of 127 Hours and Gravity, the woman vs. shark project would serve as a showcase for its star.

In the Deep tells the story of a young woman coping with the death of her mother by catching some awesome waves. Some gnarly shit goes down and she ends up 20 yards away from shore clinging to a buoy and marked for lunch by a large great white shark.

Lively is coming off the romantic sci-fi drama The Age of Adaline and played Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire in Warner Bros. superhero misstep Green Lantern. She made her horror debut in 2006’s Simon Says before landing her breakthrough role as “it” girl Serena Van der Woodsen on The CW’s “Gossip Girl.”