The Surfer (2025)

[DR Herbert West]

‘The Surfer’ – Nicolas Cage Battles a Surfer Gang in Beach-Set Psychological Thriller

In the wake of Universal’s Renfield, Nicolas Cage is soon headed into the video game Dead by Daylight, and he’s also taking a detour to the beach in upcoming film The Surfer.

The Hollywood Reporter brings us word this afternoon that Nicolas Cage will star in The Surfer, a psychological thriller being directed by Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium, Nocebo).

THR notes, “Mossbank, the partnership between Sculptor Media and Raven and headed by Michael Rothstein and Sam Hall, is handling international sales and introducing The Surfer to buyers at the Cannes Market. Domestic sales will be repped by WME Independent.”

In The Surfer, when a man (Cage) returns to his beachside hometown in Australia, many years since building a life for himself in the U.S., he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local gang of surfers who claim strict ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood.

Wounded, “The Surfer” decides to remain at the beach, declaring war against those in control of the bay. But as the conflict escalates, the stakes spin wildly out of control, taking “The Surfer” to the edge of his sanity.

“We’re incredibly excited to be working with Lorcan, Thomas, Arenamedia and Tea Shop on such a visceral and unique thriller,” said Mossbank’s Sam Hall. “Nicolas Cage is the perfect actor for this iconic role and will undoubtedly deliver a tour de force performance which is sure to be something very special and will captivate audiences worldwide.”

Filming will begin this September in Australia.

Thomas Martin wrote the screenplay for The Surfer.