Steve Alten

Ruby Rose to take on a giant prehistoric shark in Meg

Posted 10 years ago

Model/DJ/actress Ruby Rose's career is on the rise following her breakthrough role on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. She'll soon be seen in the high profile films RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER, xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE,...

Jessica McNamee joins Statham and Bingbing in shark film Meg

Posted 10 years ago

Jessica McNamee, who horror fans may have seen in the 2009 Australian film THE LOVED ONES, has signed on to join Jason Statham and Fan Bingbing in the cast of the long-awaited giant shark movie MEG. Based on the 1997 novel...

Meg, starring Jason Statham and Fan Bingbing, scheduled for 2018

Posted 10 years ago

After decades of development hell, it looks like a cinematic adaptation of Steve Alten's 1997 shark thriller novel MEG is finally going into production soon. Things are looking so promising, in fact, that Warner Bros. has just announced a release...

Jason Statham is in talks to join giant shark thriller Meg

Posted 10 years ago

The giant shark thriller MEG, based on the Steve Alten book of the same name, already let its director get away, replacing Eli Roth with NATIONAL TREASURE's Jon Turteltaub. But Roth is one of the lucky ones. MEG will not be ignored, and...

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...

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...