In Jaws terms, Li Bingbing was essentially the Matt Hooper to Jason Statham's Chief Brody in The Meg (2018), but just like Richard Dreyfuss didn't return in Jaws 2, Bingbing is not back in the water for the supersized shark sequel, The Meg 2: The Trench. Li Bingbing is not returning to the world of The Meg. The film, a sequel to The Meg (2018), is took over two huge water tanks at the film studios, which are the largest in Europe and certainly sound bigger than Verna Fields’ swimming pool that was used for the Ben Gardner head sequence in Jaws.īen Wheatley, the director of The Meg 2, is a huge fan of Jaws.Įxcited to be prepping on The Meg 2, Ben commented: “I’ve always loved.the Kaiju stuff – and I’m a massive fan of Jaws so it’s the best of both worlds really.” Shooting began at Warner Bros Leavesden Studios. The Meg 2 started filming just outside London in January 2022. Here's all we know about The Meg: The Trench The film will be produced by Gravity Pictures and Di Bonaventura Pictures.The sequel to the giant killer shark film The Meg is set to surface on US cinema screens on August 4 2023. New additions to the cast include Sienna Guillory ( Resident Evil) as the head of an applied sciences division, Skyler Samuels ( The Gifted) as an adventure-loving member of Statham’s submarine crew, Sergio Peris-Mencheta ( Snowfall) as a hard-edged mercenary, and Wu Jing ( Tai Chi Boxer) in an as-yet-unrevealed role.īen Wheatley, who is best known for Free Fire and High-Rise, is helming the sequel from a script by the screenwriters of the first film – Dean Georgaris, Ric Hoeber, and Jon Hoeber.
Meg 2: The Trench, which is based on the 1999 book The Trench by author Steve Alten, will see Jason Statham returning to his role as Jonas Taylor alongside Cliff Curtis, Shuya Sophia Cai and Page Kennedy who are also reprising their roles from the first film. announced that the upcoming Ben Wheatley-directed sequel to the 2018 sharksploitation blockbuster The Meg will be released theatrically on August 4th, 2023.
During a panel at CinemaCon, Warner Bros.
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