The surprise blockbuster of the summer, The Meg, could become the next major monster movie franchise, producers confirmed. The franchise’s page on IMDB lists 2020 for the release of the sequel, The Meg 2, with Jason Statham and Bingbing Li reprising their roles from the first film. The shark-themed thriller could become an extended franchise after […]
The 15 worst shark-themed movies of all time
It seems that every media outlet since the invention of Gutenberg’s press has done a charticle on the greatest shark films ever made. This, of course, is lazy journalism. Spoiler alert: They all end with Jaws. And while there is plenty to debate among the rest of the best, it leaves out an entire subgenre […]
The Meg available on Blu-ray, 4K UHD on Nov. 13
After earning over $500 million at the box office worldwide –and over $140 million domestically, the shark-themed thriller, The Meg, is coming to Blu-ray and 4k Ultra HD on Nov. 13. The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc of “The Meg” will feature Dolby VisionTM HDR that dramatically expands the color palette and contrast range […]
The Meg passes $500 million mark worldwide
Chomp on this! Warner Bros. Pictures and Gravity Pictures’ sci-fi action thriller “The Meg” swam past $500 million at the worldwide box office, and still counting. The announcement was made today by Ron Sanders, Warner Bros.’ President of Worldwide Theatrical Distribution and Home Entertainment. In making the announcement, Sanders said, “‘The Meg’ is a pure […]
The Conversation: The Meg is a horror story but our treatment of sharks is scarier
The Meg: Jaws, but considerably larger. IMDB By Vivienne Westbrook, University of Western Australia After 20 years of development hell, the film The Meg opens in Australia this week. The screenplay is based on the first of Steve Alten’s six-book, horror sci-fi series. The film has been pitched as an action-packed thriller, centring on our […]
The Meg! When the (giant prehistoric) shark bites, the science bites back
Warner Bros. Pictures By Michael Milford, Queensland University of Technology and Peter Stratton, The University of Queensland The Meg is the blockbuster shark monster movie we didn’t realise we needed in our lives. With a cast led by Jason Statham, this is a big-budget version of several megalodon movies that have popped out over the […]