The Meg Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Centers on a Carcharodon Megalodon, the 70-foot, 40-ton prehistoric kin to the great white shark.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

In the film, a deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below... bringing him face to face once more with the greatest and largest predator of all time.

Cited as official plot version

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi IMAX

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Meg.

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  Jason Statham

  A Working Man, The Beekeeper

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  Jessica McNamee

  Mortal Kombat 2, The Loved Ones

• R
  Ruby Rose

  Dirty Angels, xXx: Xander Cage 4

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  Rainn Wilson

  ... Jack Morris

  Ezra, Smurfs: The Lost Village

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  Li Bingbing

  Transformers 4: Age of Extinction, Resident Evil: Retribution

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  Cliff Curtis

  Avatar: Fire and Ash, Risen

Crew Behind the Film

The The Meg behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Jon Turteltaub last directed Last Vegas and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The film's writer Dean Georgaris last wrote Tristan + Isolde and Paycheck.

Director

Jon Turteltaub

Screenwriter

Dean Georgaris

Producers

Belle Avery
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Colin Wilson

Production Details

What we know about the The Meg movie production.

Key Facts

• Main Themes: Deep Sea Adventure, Scientific Discovery, Prehistoric Predator, Survival, Man Vs. Nature
• Ruby Rose will play Jaxx, described as a kick-ass engineering genius and member of the marine research team (8/5/16).
• Per Variety (3/3/16), the project was originally set up at Disney in 1997, but fell into limbo after the studio was unable to get it into production before Deep Blue Sea hit theaters (released in 1999).
• Based on Steve Alten's bestselling novel, "Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror".

Production Updates for The Meg

Nov 2017

Completed

Changed The Meg movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jul 2017

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Jun 2016

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Mar 2016

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Jon Turteltaub is in early talks to direct. Dean Georgaris is writing the screenplay based on Steve Alten’s novel.

Jun 2015

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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