A whole host of brand new release dates have been provided by Warner Bros. today, one of them letting us know when shark attack sequel Meg 2: The Trench is coming.
Filming is already underway, and Meg 2: The Trench now has an August 4, 2023 release date. That could always change going forward, of course, and we’ll keep you posted.
In other news, Chinese mega-star Wu Jing (The Wandering Earth) has joined the cast.
Jason Statham will be back as Jonas Taylor in director Ben Wheatley‘s (Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England, High-Rise, Rebecca, In the Earth) upcoming sequel to the 2018 action-horror movie The Meg, along with Cliff Curtis, Sophia Cai and Page Kennedy.
Sienna Guillory (Resident Evil: Afterlife), Skyler Samuels (“Scream Queens”) and Sergio Peris-Mencheta (Rambo: Last Blood) are the other fresh faces in the Warner Bros. sequel.
The sequel’s script has been written by Dean Georgaris and Jon & Erich Hoeber.
Jon Turteltaub’s The Meg, based on Steve Alten’s Meg novels, was released in theaters back in 2018, devouring over $500 million at the worldwide box office. Jason Statham starred as heroic shark-slayer Jonas Taylor, part of a group of scientists exploring the Mariana Trench who encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed – the Megalodon.
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