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  • ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ Gets 2023 Release Date

    ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ Gets 2023 Release Date

    Warner Bros. continues to shift release dates. After moving the release dates for a fair amount of its DC properties, the studio has given a new release date to the sequel to The Meg.

    Meg 2: The Trench has secured a 2023 release date. Per Variety, the Jason Statham-led film, will hit theaters on Aug. 4, 2023. It is the sequel to the smash-hit The Meg, which pulled in $530 million at the worldwide box office upon release in 2018. Fans of the first film have been eagerly awaiting the sequel, which will see Statham’s Jonas Taylor return.

    The first film followed a group of scientists who were tasked with exploring the Marianas Trench. During their exploration, though, they found themselves face to face with the largest marine predator that has ever existed: the Megalodon. The film, and its sequel, are based upon the books from author Steve Alten.

    The Meg 2: The Trench stars Statham, Sienna Guillory, Skyler Samuels, Cliff Curtis and Sergio Peris-Mencheta. It is directed by Ben Wheatley (High-Rise) from a script by Dean Georgaris and Erich Hoeber.

    Source: Variety.

  • Sienna Guillory, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, and Skyler Samuels Join ‘The Meg’ Sequel’s Cast

    Sienna Guillory, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, and Skyler Samuels Join ‘The Meg’ Sequel’s Cast

    It looks like the sequel to 2018’s shark movie Meg is picking up speed. Titled Meg 2: The Trench, the film has now added Sienna Guillory, who recently appeared in Clifford the Big Red Dog, The Gifted‘s Skyler Samuels, and Snowfall‘s Sergio Peris-Mencheta. They will join Jason Statham, who is set to return to face off against another megalodon in the upcoming sequel. At least that is what we theorize given that the plot still remains under wraps.

    It seems safe with the title that we’ll get another megalodon, but who knows how many might find their way to the surface this time around once they enter the mysterious trench teased in the title. All week now about are the roles the new additions will take on. Peris-Mencheta will play one of the film’s antagonists, who is a hard-edged mercenary. Samuels is a new member of Stathams‘ crew while Guillory plays the head of an applied sciences division.

    Sophia Cai, Page Kennedy, and Cliff Curtis are also going to return to the franchise in the upcoming sequel. The film is already filming in the United Kingdom with Ben Wheatley at the helm after his work on High-Rise. It’ll be interesting to see if the film manages to go even more over-the-top than the previous entry.

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter