The Meg

About The Meg

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

The Meg (2018) is a horror science fiction film directed by Jon Turteltaub. It runs 113 minutes and was released in August 2018. It is part of The Meg Collection.

Its themes are beach, shark, animal horror, and frightened. The film began as a novel.

Jason Statham takes the lead as Jonas Taylor, Li Bingbing as Suyin, Rainn Wilson as Morris, and Cliff Curtis as James 'Mac' Mackreides. The screenplay is by Dean Georgaris and Erich Hoeber. Production companies include Apelles Entertainment, di Bonaventura Pictures, and Flagship Entertainment Group.

Meg 2: The Trench, Jaws, and It Chapter Two make useful companions to The Meg, all filed under deep sea and kaiju. TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 8,471 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.