Meg (film)

Meg is an upcoming American action horror film directed by Jon Turteltaub and written by Dean Georgaris. It is based on the 1997 science fiction book Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten. The film stars Jason Statham, Jessica McNamee, Li Bingbing, Ruby Rose, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, and Robert Taylor. The film will be released by Warner Bros. on March 2, 2018.

A former Naval captain and expert diver, Jonas Taylor, is recruited for a deep-sea mission to rescue Chinese scientists under attack from the 70-foot white shark, named Carcharodon Megalodon.

On June 3, 2015, The Tracking Board confirmed that Warner Bros. had picked up the rights to the long-awaited film Meg scripted by different writers, latest provided draft by Dean Georgaris.Colin Wilson and Belle Avery would produce the film. It is based on the 1997 science fiction book Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten. The project was first set up at Disney in 1997. On June 16, 2015, Variety revealed that WB was in talks with Eli Roth to direct the film about an ancient shark, the Megalodon threatening the California coast and two men who team-up to neutralize the shark. Wilson would produce through Maeday Productions and Avery through Apelles Entertainment, while Gravity Pictures would also co-produce and co-finance the film and distribute the film in China. On March 3, 2016, it was announced that Jon Turteltaub was in talks with the studio to direct the film, while Lorenzo di Bonaventura would also produce the film.