The Meg is a 2018 science fiction action film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, and Erich Hoeber, loosely based on the 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten. The film stars Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, and Cliff Curtis. In the plot, a group of scientists encounters a 75-foot-long (23 m) megalodon while on a rescue mission on the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
Production
companies
Gravity Pictures
Di Bonaventura Pictures
Apelles Entertainment
Maeday Productions
Flagship Entertainment Group
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
August 10, 2018 (United States)
Running time 113 minutes[1]
Countries
United States
China
Language English
Budget $130–178 million[2][3]
Box office $529 million[2]
