At last we can take a look at 'Megalodon' ('The Meg'), adaptation of Steve Alten's novel that has taken more than 10 years to get ahead. Warner has just presented the expected trailer and it is not clear if this is a horror thriller like 'Shark' ('Jaws') or an action comedy like the saga 'Sharknado' or 'Piranha 3D'. The phrase on the poster, "Enchanted to eat you," points to the second.
Jason Statham leads an international cast featuring Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Li Bingbing, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Masi Oka and Winston Chao, among others. The staging is provided by John Turteltaub, director of 'Phenomenon', the two installments of 'The Search' ('National Treasure') or 'The apprentice sorcerer' ('The Sorcerer's Apprentice'). Previously, the project passed through the hands of filmmakers such as Jan de Bont, Eli Roth and Guillermo del Toro. It seems as if all of them have contributed their bit to the script of this strange blockbuster ...
'Megalodón' is released in theaters on August 10, an ideal date that should help at the box office. It needs to be a success because it has cost a whopping 150 million dollars, as 'Pacific Rim: Insurrection' or 'Ready Player One', to put a couple of recent examples. The trailer does not give that feeling, right? One wonders how much money has been spent ...
The story is based on a terrifying discovery: the Carcharodon megalodon, one of the largest and most powerful predators in history (it could measure about 20 meters), has not really become extinct. Before the massacre that this gigantic shark can cause, Statham and his team embark on an adventure to try to hunt it.