Centers on a Carcharodon Megalodon, the 70-foot, 40-ton prehistoric kin to the great white shark.
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Release Date:
Friday, August 10, 2018 Nationwide
action/peril, bloody images and some language
Plot: What's the story about?
In the film, a deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below... bringing him face to face once more with the greatest and largest predator of all time.
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Who stars in The Meg: Cast List
The Beekeeper, Wrath of Man
The Vow, The Loved Ones
xXx 3: The Return of Xander Cage, The Collective
Rainn Wilson ... Jack Morris
Ezra, Jerry and Marge Go Large
Transformers 4: Age of Extinction, Resident Evil: Retribution
Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar 3
Who's making The Meg: Crew List
A look at the The Meg behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Jon Turteltaub last directed Last Vegas and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The film's writer Dean Georgaris last wrote Tristan + Isolde and Paycheck.
Director
Screenwriters
Producers
Belle AveryLorenzo di Bonaventura
Colin Wilson
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Production: What we know about The Meg?
Key Facts
- Main Themes: Deep Sea Adventure, Scientific Discovery, Prehistoric Predator, Survival, Man Vs. Nature
- Ruby Rose will play Jaxx, described as a kick-ass engineering genius and member of the marine research team (8/5/16).
- Per Variety (3/3/16), the project was originally set up at Disney in 1997, but fell into limbo after the studio was unable to get it into production before Deep Blue Sea hit theaters (released in 1999).
- Based on Steve Alten's bestselling novel, "Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror".
Filming Timeline
- 2017 - November: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2017 - July: The film was set to Post-Production status.
- 2016 - June: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
- 2016 - March: The film was set to Development status.
Jon Turteltaub is in early talks to direct. Dean Georgaris is writing the screenplay based on Steve Alten’s novel.
- 2015 - June: The film was set to Development status.
The Meg Release Date: When was the film released?
The Meg was a Nationwide release in 2018 on Friday, August 10, 2018. There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Slender Man, Animal Crackers and Hope Spring Eternal. Additional information: 3D/2D; IMAX.