Meg

Eli Roth exits Meg; Jon Turteltaub may take over

Posted 10 years ago

  Eli Roth has exited the adaptation of Steve Alten’s giant shark thriller MEG after the budget evidently spiraled out of control. The announcement comes in conjunction with the revelation Warner Bros. and Chinese company Gravity are already looking to...

Eli Roth drops Meg, National Treasure’s Jon Turteltaub may replace him

Posted 10 years ago

Last we heard, Eli Roth was all set to direct the feature film adaptation of Steve Alten's "Meg", but it seems like the long-delayed project has undergone yet another snag. Deadline reports that Eli Roth has departed the project, but...

Eli Roth gives a status update on shark thriller Meg

Posted 11 years ago

A cinematic adaptation of Steve Alten's 1997 shark attack novel MEG has long been languishing in development hell, but back in June we learned that the film rights had been required by Warner Bros., who were making it a priority...

Has Meg finally resurfaced? Eli Roth in talks to direct the giant shark film

Posted 11 years ago

The feature film adaptation of Steve Alten's "Meg" has suffered in development hell for the entirety of my adult life, but the terror that time forgot may finally be back on track towards its voyage to the big-screen. Variety broke...

Eli Roth to direct shark thriller Meg

Posted 11 years ago

Well, that was fast. It was only a couple of weeks ago when we learned that the long-in-development shark thriller MEG found a home at Warner Bros., giving it new life. Now, according to Variety, Eli Roth is in talks...

New hope for an adaptation of Steve Alten’s Meg?

Posted 11 years ago

Ever since author Steve Alten's shark attack novel MEG hit shelves in 1997, someone has been trying to make a movie out of it. While housed at New Line Cinema in the mid-'00s, it got very close to filming with...