Browsing: The Meg

Just in case you needed another giant freaking shark movie in your life, we’ve got some news on that front.…

Apparently the script for The Meg 2 is currently being worked on, at least according to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Theoretically he’d be in a position to know, right? He told CinemaBlend: We’re working on a script. Yeah. So you never know until you get a good script. … I was very thankful that the audience […]

While perhaps not the best book-to-film adaptation this year, The Meg did well enough in theaters to get another bite. It would appear that a sequel is on the way, as well as a possible theme park. Because there’s no way that can POSSIBLY go wrong, right? During the US-China Entertainment Summit, Executive Producer Catherine Xujun Ying said […]

This reviewer has been waiting [impatiently] for the film adaptation of Steve Alten’s novel “The Meg” for many, many years. Perhaps you’ll recall that Disney had actually optioned the title as far back as the 90’s, and it’s been sitting at the bottom of the development-hell ocean for decades. Imagine my absolute delight when word […]

Sharks are perennially a sure thing when it comes to pop culture. Every year we get Shark Week, and SYFY still laughs all the way to the bank every time they kick out another Sharknado film. So when something like The Meg trailer came along, it was like blood in the water with fans of […]

Warner Bros. prehistoric shark film The Meg is going to try to take a bite out of the summer box office this weekend, and the biggest critique we’re hearing is the lack of blood in the water. If you were unaware, The Meg is based on a series of books by Steve Alten, and the journey of […]

This reviewer has been waiting [impatiently] for the film adaptation of Steve Alten‘s novel “The Meg” for many, many years. Remember that Disney had actually optioned the title as far back as the 90’s, and it’s been sitting at the bottom of the development-hell ocean for decades. Imagine my absolute delight when word came down […]

There are fewer true joys in the summer than Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week. This year the aquatic fete will hit 30 years on the air, and they’ve got some pretty big programming lined up to celebrate. These are just some highlights of the 2018 Shark Week schedule: On Sunday, July 22 at 7pm (EST) Alien […]

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, Jason Statham comes along with a prehistoric shark movie called The Meg. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE giant shark movies, and am a fan of the original The Meg books by author Steve Alten, so this summer aquatic blockbuster is right up my alley. A […]

Warner Bros. had my money when they announced they were turning Steve Alten’s 1997 book “The Meg” into a movie.  Then, word came that it’d be Jason Statham in the lead, and I knew I was probably going to LOVE this film. I love shark movies, I don’t care how bad they are, I’ll see them.  […]