Principal photography is underway in New Zealand on the science fiction action thrillerMeg, being directed byJon Turteltaub(theNational Treasuremovies,Last Vegas). The film starsJason Statham(Spy,Furious 7,The Expendablesfilms). Award-winning Chinese actressLi Bingbing(Transformers: Age of Extinction,Forbidden Kingdom,The Message) has been set to star oppositeStatham. In addition to New Zealand, filming onMegis also being accomplished on location in China.
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 (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 theMegalodon. 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.
Rounding out the international main cast ofMegare New ZealanderCliff Curtis(The Dark Horse,Risen, TV’sFear the Walking Dead),Rainn Wilson(TV’sThe Office,Super),Ruby Rose(xXx: Return of Xander Cage, TV’sOrange is the New Black),Winston Chao(Skiptrace,Kabali),Page Kennedy(TV’sRush Hour),Jessica McNamee(The Vow, TV’sSirens),Olafur Darri Olafsson(The BFG, TV’sThe Missing),Robert Taylor(Focus, TV’sLongmire),Sophia Shuya Cai(Somewhere Only We Know), andMasi Oka(TV’s “Hawaii Five-0,Heroes).
Jon Turteltaubis directing the film from a screenplay byDean GeorgarisandJon Hoeber&Erich Hoeber, based on the New York Times best-selling book bySteve Alten.Lorenzo di Bonaventura(theTransformersfilms),Belle Avery(Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) andColin Wilson(Suicide Squad,Avatar) are producing the film, withWayne Wei Jiang,Randy Greenberg,Barrie M. OsborneandGerald R. Molenserving as executive producers.Turteltaub’s behind-the-scenes team forMegincludes Oscar-nominated director of photographyTom Stern(Changeling,Sully,American Sniper,The Hunger Games), Oscar-winning production designerGrant Major(The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,X-Men- Apocalypse), editorSteven Kemper(Salt,Mission: Impossible II,Face/Off) and costume designerAmanda Neale(Truth,Pete’s Dragon,What We Do in the Shadows).
Megis a presentation ofWarner Bros.Pictures and Gravity Pictures. It is production of di Bonaventura Pictures, Apelles Entertainment, Maeday Productions, Inc., and Flagship Entertainment, in association with Beijing Digital Impression (BDI) Film, Inc.Megwill be distributed in China by Gravity Pictures duringChinese New Year 2018, and throughout the rest of the world by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Entertainment Company, slated for release on June 04, 2025. Take a look at the first photo fromMeg, featuringJason StathamandLi Bingbing.
