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Get Ready to Meet "MEG"!

by Scott Weinberg | Monday, Apr. 11 2005
5 comments
Variety brings some news that's been long-anticipated by fans of author Steve Alten: "MEG" is officially a go project. Although Disney held onto the rights for a while, New Line swooped in and picked up the property in turnaround. NL plans to get busy right away on production, as they're shooting for a Summer '06 release date. Often described in shorthand as "Jurassic Shark," "MEG" tells the story of a prehistoric megalodon shark who swims out of a fissure and starts eating everything in sight.Alten wrote the first draft; screenwriter Shane Salerno ("Armageddon," "Shaft") is also helping out on the screenplay end. Jan de Bont ("Speed," "Twister") is on board as director. For (a lot) more info on "MEG," feel free to check out Steve Alten's official site.

Comments

jtown91

Jeff Meurer

Ohhhhh, I was hoping MEG was a hot chick. There goes my day....

Apr 11 - 02:36 PM

The Senhman

Senh Duong

[b]More Sci-Fi Madness[/b]
Sci-Fi fans must be happy, two sci-fi films getting the greenlight today with decent genre directors.

Apr 11 - 02:48 PM

Ophiuchus

KJ T

You know, for a minute there I was expecting something I haven't seen a million times before. Then again, a prehistoric shark could be pretty cool.

Apr 11 - 06:43 PM

The Senhman

Senh Duong

[b]FrankinFish[/b]
Sony already beat them to it with a direct-to-video from the director of Spawn:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/frankenfish/

Apr 12 - 03:19 PM

renodc

Ryan Meals

[b]Oh Brother[/b]
Jan de Bont is an interesting choice seeing as how his last film "Tomb Raider 2" featured one of the worst underwater sequences ever recorded on film where Lara Croft fights off an exceptionally crappy CGI shark by punching it in the nose. If that Shark is any indication of what we can expect from the rendering of MEG, then this ought to be really bad.

Apr 12 - 07:40 PM

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