The Meg

The Meg
The Meg
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jon Turteltaub
Screenplay by	Dean Georgaris; Jon Hoeber; Erich Hoeber;
Based on	Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror; by Steve Alten
Produced by	Lorenzo di Bonaventura; Belle Avery; Colin Wilson;
Starring	Jason Statham; Li Bingbing; Rainn Wilson; Ruby Rose; Winston Chao; Cliff Curtis;
Cinematography	Tom Stern
Edited by	Steven Kemper; Kelly Matsumoto;
Music by	Harry Gregson-Williams
Production; companies	Gravity Pictures; Di Bonaventura Pictures; Apelles Entertainment; Maeday Productions; Flagship Entertainment Group;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	August 10, 2018 (United States);
Running time	113 minutes
Countries	China; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$130 million
Box office	$530.2 million

The Meg is a 2018 science fiction action film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, and Erich Hoeber, loosely based on the 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten.^[3]^[1] The film stars Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, and Cliff Curtis. In the plot, a group of scientists encounters a 75-foot-long (23 m) megalodon shark while on a rescue mission on the floor of the Pacific Ocean.

Walt Disney Studios originally purchased the film rights to the novel in the 1990s, but the film spent years in development hell. The rights eventually landed at Warner Bros. Pictures, and the film was green-lit in 2013. Turteltaub and much of the cast joined by September 2014. Principal photography began in October 2016 and lasted until January 2017, occurring in New Zealand and China.^[4]^[5]

The Meg was released in the United States on August 10, 2018. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box office success, grossing over $530 million worldwide against a production budget of $130 million. A sequel, Meg 2: The Trench, was released in 2023, with Georgaris and the Hoebers returning as writers and Statham, Curtis, Sophia Cai and Page Kennedy reprising their roles.

^ ^a ^b "The Meg (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
^ "The Meg (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "The Meg (2018) - Jon Turteltaub". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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[BBFC-1] "The Meg (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2024.

[BOM-2] "The Meg (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[3] "The Meg (2018) - Jon Turteltaub". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

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