Meg Is Gonna Have to Tread Water a Little Longer Than Expected
Jonathan Barkan
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We’ve been hearing about the giant shark movie Meg for a while now, and it seems that we’re going to have a wait a little bit longer.
Warner Bros. has announced that they’ve shifted the release date for the film from March 2, 2018, to August 10, 2018. It’s only a few months, but it puts the film directly at the end of the summer blockbuster season, which could make it either the last big hurrah film that everyone needs to see or the dud that no one catches because they’re too busy getting ready for fall and all that it entails.
Furthermore, this new date puts Meg square against Universal’s Scarface remake/reboot, so it’ll be interesting to see if people choose a giant man-eating shark or a crazed drug dealer. Either way, lots of people are going to die.
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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. Jon Turteltaub (the National Treasure movies, Last Vegas) directs.
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.
COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. PHOTO BY DANIEL SMITH
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