According to reports from Hollywood Reporter, Ben Wheatley (Kill List) will direct. The Meg 2 for Warner Bros. This is the sequel to The Meg, the action/survival movie about the megalodon. Directed by Jon Turteltaub, The Meg is the film adaptation of the novel "MEG" written by Steve Alten in 1997 and was released in Italy in 2018 under the title Shark - The First Shark.
The screenplay of The Meg 2 has been assigned to Dean Georgaris, Jon and Erich Hoeber, the authors of the script of the first chapter. Instead, Jason Statham, the star of the 2018 film, is already confirmed in the cast.
Plot of Shark - The First Shark (USA - 2018): An ocean submersible is attacked and damaged by a megalodon, a sizable shark that, until then, was considered extinct. Salvage expert Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited to rescue the crew trapped inside the vessel lying on the Pacific seabed.
