Jason Statham Taking a Bite Out of Meg
John Squires
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A feature film adaptation of Steve Alten’s Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror has been in the works for many years now, and so many directors have been attached that it’s hard to keep track. After Eli Roth recently dropped off the project, Jon Turteltaub stepped in, and today brings the first casting news.
Deadline reports that Jason Statham is in negotiations to star in the adaptation of Meg that Warner Bros is moving forward with in conjunction with China-based Gravity. If cast, Statham will do battle with a massive prehistoric shark, which sounds like music to our Statham-loving ears.
Meg is about an attempt to kill a giant shark killing swimmers along the China coast. They figure out it’s Megaladon, considered one of the largest and most powerful predators in history, which can reach a maximum length of 60 feet.
The script was written by Dean Georgaris
Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing along with Belle Avery and Colin Wilson.
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