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The Meg

The Meg

Pleased to eat you.

20186.21h 53m

Overview

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.

Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Written by Dean Georgaris, Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber
Produced by Belle Avery, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Colin Wilson
Box OfficeBudget: $150.0MRevenue: $530.5M

Top Cast

Jason Statham

Jason Statham

Jonas Taylor

Li Bingbing

Li Bingbing

Suyin

Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson

Morris

Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis

James 'Mac' Mackreides

Ruby Rose

Ruby Rose

Jaxx

Jessica McNamee

Jessica McNamee

Lori

Masi Oka

Masi Oka

Toshi

Winston Chao

Winston Chao

Zhang

Shuya Sophia Cai

Shuya Sophia Cai

Meiying

Page Kennedy

Page Kennedy

DJ

Themes & Keywords

beachbased on novel or bookdeep seaunderwatersharkoceanic expeditionkaijuanimal horrorunderwater facilitymariana trenchmegalodonamusedantagonisticfrightened

About The Meg

The Meg is a action, science fiction, horror film released in 2018 exploring themes of beach, based on novel or book, deep sea, underwater, shark, oceanic expedition. Directed by Jon Turteltaub, it stars Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson. 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.

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