The Meg
Jason Statham is out for blood - namely , elephantine shark blood - in a new outside poke forThe Meg . The Megis based on a series of pop novels by source Steve Alten , but the task has been trap in development hell for well over a decennary . film producer such as Jan de Bont ( Speed ) andEli Rothhave set about to undertake the animate being , but the project never seemed to get a disruption .
The Meghas finally broken liberal , however , with Jon Turteltaub tackle the $ 150 million blockbuster andJason Stathamplaying the man trace the shark down . The story involves Statham ’s navy captain Jonas Taylor being task with saving some scientist at the bottom of the sea , where they ’re being menaced by a 75 foot shark knight The Megalodon , a species long reckon nonextant .
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Early plot details forThe Meghinted Statham ’s character had encountered the gargantuan shark before on a fateful military mission , and the wildcat itself sports an impressive facial cicatrix . Now a new trailer forThe Megdebuts exciting footage of the shark , and further twit Statham ’s connection to the brute , especially with the tune , " They may have encountered the same coinage you did down there . "
Giant behemoth movies have proven to be a astonishingly robust music genre in recent year , as seen by the success ofGodzillaandKong : Skull Island . Warner Bros is clear hop for similar whitening to strike withThe Megand are happy to deal it as a cheesy boron - movie . The shark attack film has also made something of a retort thanks to the success ofThe Shallowsand47 Meters Down , so a film combining the serious of both genres should be - at the very least - a fun clip at the movies .
add a personal motive toJason Statham’srescue mission should add up some entertainingMoby Dickvibes to the tale too , and fans are still holding out Bob Hope the picture show will sport a scene where the actor punches the shark . If the flick does well , Warner Bros has a lot of novels to draw sequel material from too . The dubiousness stay if it will draw in a magnanimous enough crowd to warrant a dealership because whileThe Megcertainly looks like a blast , it ’s essentially a silly creature feature will a bigger than average budget .
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Source : Warner Bros.
