| The Meg | |
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| Directed by | Jon Turteltaub |
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| Based on | Meg by Steve Alten |
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| Cinematography | Tom Stern |
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| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 113 minutes[1] |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $130–178 million[2][3] |
| Box office | $529.2 million[2] |
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. 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 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.
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 $130–178 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.
- ^ "The Meg (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ a b "The Meg (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
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