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“Meg 2: The Trench” Trailer Has Almost Nothing to Do with Books

By Mary Anne ButlerMay 8, 20231 Min Read

Hey, it happens- a book series gets optioned for a film, and fans wait with bated breath to see how accurate the resulting movie is. As we learned with the first “Meg“ film starring Jason Statham, the results were…disappointing.

“Meg 2: The Trench” Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures *did* deliver exactly what the early trailers promised- a giant CGI megalodon wrecking havoc, matching wits with Satham’s Jonas. But any/all similarities to Steve Alten‘s books kinda stopped there. We had hoped “Meg 2: The Trench” might correct that trajectory, but the first trailer says that isn’t happening.

“Meg 2: The Trench” Warner Bros. Pictures

Wu Jing joins Statham this time around, as well as Sophia Cai, Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler Samuels, and Cliff Curtis. Ben Wheatley directs from a script by Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber and Dean Georgaris, from a screen story by Georgaris, Hoeber & Hoeber.

“Meg 2: The Trench” hits theaters August 4th, 2023. You can pick up Alten’s original “The Meg” book on Amazon here, or through his website here.

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Mary Anne Butler

Mary Anne Butler (Mab) has been part of the fast-paced world of journalism since she was 15, getting her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (where she is still Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (where she was News Editor), and now Nerdbot as Editor-In-Chief. Over the past 10 years, she’s built a reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band with an international presence. Though she be but little, she is fierce.