Meg Adaptation to Be Edge-of-Your-Seat Scary
Steve Barton
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Author Steve Alten recently sat down with our buddies over at iHorror to discuss what to expect from the upcoming big screen adaptation of Meg. Gotta say, we love what we hear so far.
“Filming completed in New Zealand and China in mid-December,” Alten tells the site. “I have not seen any footage other than what has been posted on Instagram, but I understand everything looks amazing. It will be edge-of-your-seat scary. First and foremost, this is not just a shark; it’s a Megalodon, the most fearsome predator in the history of the planet… which just happens to be a prehistoric version of a 70-foot Great White.””
Warner Bros. Pictures and China’s Gravity Pictures said that the film will release during the 2018 Chinese New Year period in China. The week-long annual holidays kick off on Friday, February 16, in 2018, some two weeks ahead of the film’s previously announced March 2, 2018, outing in the rest of the world.
Jon Turteltaub (the National Treasure movies, Last Vegas) directs.
Meg is produced by di Bonaventura Pictures, Apelles Entertainment, Maeday Productions, Inc., and Flagship Entertainment, in association with Beijing Digital Impression (BDI) Film. Flagship is the Hong Kong-domiciled, Beijing-based production joint venture among Warner, China Media Capital, and Hong Kong’s Television Broadcasts (TVB.) Gravity Pictures is a China Media Capital subsidiary.
The story involves a deep-sea submersible attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct. The vessel lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific with its crew trapped inside. The screenplay is written by Dean Georgaris along with Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber, based on the New York Times best-selling book by Steve Alten.
In addition to Jason Statham and Li Bingbing, the cast includes Winston Chao, Masi Oka, New Zealander Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Page Kennedy, Jessica McNamee, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Robert Taylor, and Sophia Shuya Cai.
More as we get it!
COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. PHOTO BY DANIEL SMITH
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