During a panel at CinemaCon, Warner Bros. announced that the upcoming Ben Wheatley-directed sequel to the 2018 sharksploitation blockbuster The Meg will be released theatrically on August 4th, 2023. Meg 2: The Trench, which is based on the 1999 book The Trench by author Steve Alten, will see Jason Statham returning to his role as Jonas Taylor alongside […]
Meg 2: The Trench adds Sienna Guillory, Skyler Samuels and Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Meg 2: The Trench, the upcoming Ben Wheatley-directed sequel to the 2018 Jason Statham-starring sharksploitation blockbuster The Meg, has added three new members to its cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sienna Guillory, the Resident Evil actress last seen in Clifford the Big Red Dog, Skyler Samuels, who starred in Fox’s superhero show The Gifted, and Snowfall actor Sergio Peris-Mencheta have all signed […]
The Meg star Jason Statham reveals that the sequel will start filming early next year
Jason Statham has not only confirmed that he will return for the Ben Wheatley-directed sequel to the 2018 sharksploitation blockbuster The Meg, but he has also revealed when the film will begin production. “We’re gonna start shooting in January, if I get my dates right. Ben Wheatley is the director, I’m very excited to work with […]
The Meg 2 director Ben Wheatley teases what to expect from the sequel
Director Ben Wheatley (Rebecca, Free Fire) is set to helm the sequel to the 2018 Jason Statham-starring sharksploitation blockbuster The Meg, and now, the filmmaker has teased what fans can expect from the film as well as stating he intends to honour the scope of the titular Megalodon shark. “A lot of it is respecting The Meg, and […]
Ben Wheatley to direct Jason Statham in shark sequel The Meg 2
As he gears up to take on his first Hollywood production with Tomb Raider 2, British filmmaker Ben Wheatley has now added another big-budget sequel to his upcoming C.V. with THR reporting that he’s set to link up with Jason Statham for a sequel to the 2018 sharksploitation blockbuster The Meg. The first movie, an […]
Work underway on the script for The Meg 2
Having grossed a whopping $530 million worldwide last year, it came as no surprise to hear that Warner Bros. and Gravity Pictures were planning a sequel to the Jason Statham-headlined prehistoric shark thriller The Meg, and now comes word that work is underway on the script. “We’re working on a script. So you never know […]
Warner Bros. in very early development on The Meg 2
The Jason Statham-headlined prehistoric shark thriller The Meg took a mighty chomp out of the box office earlier this year, amassing almost $530 million worldwide, and so it will come as little surprise to hear that Warner Bros. is now in early development on a sequel to the Steve Alten book adaptation. “That is definitely […]
