Johannes Roberts sat back in the director’s chair for this year’s 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, a sequel to 2017’s surprise hit shark attack flick. The film was released in U.S. theaters in June, and the plan had been for the sequel to follow suit and arrive on June 28, 2019.

Entertainment Studios, we’ve learned today, will now release the film on August 16, 2019.

Why the move? Well, the untitled third installment in the Annabelle franchise was bumped up to a June 28th release date just last week, so we can only assume that Entertainment Studios (smartly) didn’t want to compete with the creepy doll, a proven box office powerhouse.

Brec Bassinger recently joined John Corbett (“Sex in the City”), Nia Long (“Empire”), Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief), Corinne Foxx, Sistine Stallone, Brianne Tju (“Scream” TV series), Davi Santos (Polaroid) and Khylin Rhambo (“Teen Wolf”) in the sequel.

“The film will tell the story of four teens diving in a ruined underwater city, who quickly find themselves in a watery hell as their adventure turns to horror when they learn they are not alone in the submerged caves. As they swim deeper into the claustrophobic labyrinth of caves they enter the territory of the deadliest shark species in the ocean.”