The Meg

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The Meg
The Meg 2018 film cover.png
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
Starring
Cinematography Tom Stern
Edited by
  • Steven Kemper
  • Kelly Matsumoto
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Production
companies
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10)(United States)
Running time
113 minutes [1]
Country
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$130 million
Box office$530.2 million [2]

The Meg is a 2018 American 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.

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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.

Plot

Jonas Taylor is a rescue diver who attempts to save the crew of a damaged nuclear submarine as the hull is being rammed by an unidentified creature. He is forced to flee and leave two of his crewmembers trapped in the sub, as attempting rescue would result in the deaths of everyone they have already saved. His story is dismissed by fellow survivor Dr. Heller, who denounces his actions.

Five years later, billionaire Jack Morris meets Dr. Minway Zhang at the underwater research facility Mana One. Zhang and his oceanographer daughter Suyin supervise a mission to explore a deeper section of the Mariana Trench, previously concealed by a thermocline of hydrogen sulfide. The submersible is piloted by Japanese scientist Toshi, American scientist "The Wall," and Jonas' ex-wife Lori. They are attacked and trapped by a large creature.

Zhang and Jonas' old friend and Mana One operations manager, James "Mac" Mackreides, venture to Thailand to recruit Jonas, now a loner. Suyin attempts the rescue but is attacked by a giant squid that is subsequently killed by an enormous shark. Jonas goes down to save the crew; Toshi sacrifices himself to the shark to help the others escape.

The Mana One crew discovers that the giant shark is a megalodon or "meg", a prehistoric species of shark previously believed to be extinct. When they realize the meg pursued them past the thermacline, they resolve to kill it, knowing modern humans are unequipped to deal with such an ancient creature. After Jonas marks it with a tracker, Suyin enters a shark-proof tank to shoot the meg with poison, which successfully kills the creature.

In their moment of triumph, a second, larger meg emerges, devouring The Wall. It critically wounds Dr. Minway Zhang and Dr. Heller sacrifices himself to save a fellow crewmember. Dr. Minway Zhang dies on the way to rescue.

Back at the station, Morris lies that he has informed all neighboring governments about the meg, and has sent destroyers to torpedo the shark. However, he secretly enlists a mercenary team to kill the meg with depth charges. The team fails and Morris is eaten by the meg. The Mana One crew learns that Morris lied and no one is coming to help them. They decide to kill the meg themselves.

The meg attacks a crowded beach in Sanya Bay in China. Jonas manages to wound the beast with his submersible and stabs it in the eye; its blood attracts a shiver of modern sharks that devour the dying meg.

As Jonas reunites with the rest of the crew, a passing meg is heard, suggesting that more than two escaped the trench.

Cast

Production

Development

Disney's Hollywood Pictures initially acquired the rights to the novel in 1996. [6] Around that time, Tom Wheeler was hired to adapt the book into a screenplay, but, having decided that his script was not good enough, the studio hired Jeffrey Boam to write a new draft. Boam's script was later rejected for the same reason. [7] By 1999 the project had stalled, and the rights reverted to Steve Alten, the book's author. [6]

In 2005, reports surfaced that the project was being developed by New Line Cinema, with an estimated budget of $75 million and a slated release of summer 2006. [8] Names attached to the production included Jan de Bont as director, Guillermo del Toro as producer, and Shane Salerno as a screenwriter. However, New Line later canceled the project due to budgetary concerns. [8] The rights reverted to Alten again, but the film remained in development hell.

In 2015, it was announced that the film was now moving forward at Warner Bros., with a new script written by Dean Georgaris. [9] By June of that year, Eli Roth was reported to be in talks to direct, [10] but due to creative differences, Roth was replaced by Jon Turteltaub in early 2016. [11] Jason Statham and much of the cast joined in August and September 2016. [12]

The film is an American and Chinese co-production. [4] It was considered a full co-production under Chinese regulations, and it was not subject to the same quota system and revenue sharing agreements usually applied to imported films. [5]

Filming

Principal photography on the film began on October 13, 2016, in West Auckland, New Zealand. [13] [14] Filming ended on January 4, 2017, in Sanya City of Hainan, China. [15]

Visual effects

Visual effects were done by Sony Pictures Imageworks, Image Engine, and Scanline VFX. The visual effects team was challenged with designing a previously undiscovered prehistoric giant shark and designing the underwater environments and atmospherics, including realistic coral reefs, bubbles, and other sea life. [16] [17]

Music

Harry Gregson-Williams's score was recorded at Synchron Stage in Vienna, Austria. [18]

3D Conversion

The film was converted to 3D in post-production by Legend3D.

Release

Released by Gravity Pictures in China and Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States, the film was initially scheduled to be released on March 2, 2018. [19] Warner and Gravity then said that the film would be released during the 2018 Chinese New Year period in China, a week-long annual holiday on February 16, 2018. The film was later pushed back from its original release date of March 2, 2018, to August 10, 2018. [20] The studio spent $140 million on global prints and advertisements for the film. [21]

Home media

The Meg was released for digital download on October 30, 2018, and on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 13. [22] As of August 2020, it is available to stream on Amazon Prime in the United Kingdom as well as Hulu in the United States as of May 2023. [23] It is also available on Amazon Prime in the United States.

Reception

Box office

The Meg grossed $145.4 million in the United States and Canada and $384.8 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $530.2 million, against a production budget between $130–178 million. [2] Deadline Hollywood reported the film needed to gross around $400 million in order to break-even. [21]

In the United States and Canada, it was initially projected to gross $20–22 million from 4,119 theaters in its opening weekend. [24] The film made $4 million from Thursday night previews, leading analysts to predict it would outperform its low $20 million projections. After making $16.5 million on its first day, weekend estimates were raised to $40 million. [21] It went on to debut at $45.4 million, topping the box office and marking the best solo opening of Statham's career, as well as Turteltaub's. [25] It made $21.5 million in its second weekend and $13 million in its third, finishing second behind Crazy Rich Asians both times. [26] [27]

The film debuted to $101.5 million from 96 countries in other territories, for a worldwide opening of $146.9 million. In China, a co-producer of the film grossed $50.3 million from 12,650 screens and ranked 3 in the opening weekend. Other top openings were Mexico ($6.2 million), Russia ($5 million), the United Kingdom ($4.4 million), Spain ($2.4 million), and the Philippines ($2 million). [28]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 46% based on 307 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "The Meg sets audiences up for a good old-fashioned B-movie creature feature, but lacks the genre thrills—or the cheesy bite—to make it worth diving in." [29] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100, based on 46 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [30] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it an average 3 out of 5 stars. [21]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a mixed review, calling it "neither good enough—nor bad enough," and writing, "The Meg, a rote sci-fi horror adventure film that features a shark the size of a blue whale, comes on like it wants to be the mother of all deep-sea attack movies. But it's really just the mother of all generically pandering, totally unsurprising Jaws ripoffs." [31]

Scott Mendelson of Forbes was impressed by the film's special effects and called it "a polished B movie that delivers the goods." [32] At the same time, IGN's William Bibbiani praised the performances of the cast, particularly Statham. [33]

Writing for The Hollywood Reporter , Simon Abrams said the film was "refreshingly unpretentious" and "a breath of fresh air" compared with the Sharknado series. [34]

Accolades

The Meg won Golden Fleece at the 2018 Golden Trailer Awards, [35] [36] and received nominations for Best Home Ent Horror/Thriller and Best Billboard the following year. [37] [38] It was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award in Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel (as a ripoff of Jaws ). [39]

Sequel

In April 2018, Jason Statham said a Meg sequel would happen if the film did well with the public saying, "I think it's like anything in this day and age—if it makes money, there's an appetite to make more money. And if it doesn't do well, they'll soon sweep it under the carpet. But that's the way Hollywood works." [40] That August, Steve Alten said, "My feeling has always been that this is a billion-dollar franchise if it was done right. But to be done right, you had to get the shark right, get the cast right, get the tone right. And Warner Bros. has nailed it completely. The producers have nailed it." [41]

In October 2018, executive producer Catherine Xujun Ying said a sequel was in the early stages of development. [42] In March 2019, a script for the film was in the works. [43] In his September 2020 newsletter, Steve Alten confirmed the script, titled Meg 2: The Trench, was complete, and expressed interest in its "dark" tone. [44] British director Ben Wheatley signed on to direct. [45] In April 2021, Statham said that he believed that filming would begin in January 2022. [46] Production officially began at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden in February 2022, with screenwriters Dean Georgaris, Erich Hoeber, and Jon Hoeber returning, and Statham and Li reprising their roles from the first film. [47] In March 2022, it was announced that the film would be released on August 4, 2023. [48]

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