The Meg

Release Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 Nationwide

Jason Statham, Cliff Curtis, Dean Georgaris, Ruby Rose, Jon Turteltaub, Li Bingbing, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Rainn Wilson, Jessica McNamee, Colin Wilson, Belle Avery

Centers on a Carcharodon Megalodon, the 70-foot, 40-ton prehistoric kin to the great white shark.

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Centers on a Carcharodon Megalodon, the 70-foot, 40-ton prehistoric kin to the great white shark.

Plot

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Plot
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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Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi IMAX

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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.

Screenwriters
Producers
Belle Avery
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Colin Wilson

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for action/peril, bloody images and some language
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Swim faster.
Also known as
Meg: Primal Waters, Meg

Language
English

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Production Details

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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".

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Development

The film was tagged as Development. Jon Turteltaub is in early talks to direct. Dean Georgaris is writing the screenplay based on Steve Alten’s novel.

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

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The Meg was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, August 10, 2018 . There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Slender Man, Animal Crackers and The Package. Additional information: 3D/2D; IMAX.



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