The Meg
The Megis a gleefully cheesy sci - fi repugnance - thriller that oppose activity star Jason Statham against his bang-up opposition yet ( a monumental prehistorical shark screw as the Megalodon ) - but is there an additional scene or two to stick around in the theater for , during the movie ’s end credits ?
It ’s easy to get the picture why Hollywood studios have wanted to accommodate Steven Alten ’s originalMegbook ( which is full titledMeg : A Novel of Deep Terror ) ever since it was published , back in 1997 . The premise is essentially " Jawson sex hormone " and bestow itself to not only a big - budget adaptation , but even a potential franchise of giant shark movies . Alten , in fact , has now spent over two X writingMegsequel books about the serial publication ' protagonist Jonas Taylor ( the character Statham plays in the film version ) and his family ’s encounters with terrifying creatures of the deep . That ’s all the more reason for Warner Bros. andThe Megdirector Jon Turteltaub to admit an after - credits stinger advert to the Megalodon ’s impending return key .
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Without sacrifice away too much , it ’s fair to sayThe Megactually includeslesssetup for a sequel than Alten ’s source material . The originalMegbook features some important plot point that come back into play in late novels , but did n’t make the cut in the movie . At the same metre , the film leaves the door open for its followup to incorporate some of those very approximation into the mix , shouldThe Megbecome a commercial-grade success . The Meg 2could even go the route of Alten ’s first sequel novel ( 1999’sThe Trenchaka . TheTrench : Meg 2 ) and introduce the Kronosaurus - another prehistoric ocean creature long thought extinct - into its universe .
With a $ 150 million production budget and current projections approximate a $ 20 - 22 million U.S. opening weekend for the film , the time to come ofThe Megfranchise could reckon heavy on its execution at the international box office . Since it works finely as a standalone , it ’s no big spate , narrative - wise , if Turteltaub ’s subaquatic monster adventure is a tear from a financial linear perspective ( though studio head might feel other than about that … ) . However , ifThe Megdoes become a commercial hitting , then here ’s to hop Statham eventually take to puncheverygiant prehistoric sea animal in the face .
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