The highly-anticipated sequel to the 2018 global blockbuster The Meg stars Jason Statham and Wu Jing
Get ready for an adrenaline rush as Meg 2: The Trench, is set to take the action to the next level. Jason Statham and global action icon Wu Jing lead a daring research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean, but their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Pitted against colossal Megs and relentless environmental plunderers, our heroes must outrun, outsmart, and outswim their merciless predators in a pulse-pounding race against time.
Warner Bros. Pictures and CMC Pictures present Meg 2: The Trench with Statham and Jing headlining an ensemble cast that also includes Sophia Cai (The Meg), Page Kennedy (The Meg), Sergio Peris-Mencheta (Rambo: Last Blood), Skyler Samuels (The Gifted), Sienna Guillory (Resident Evil films), and Cliff Curtis (Avatar franchise).
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Meg 2: The Trench is directed by Ben Wheatley (In the Earth, Free Fire) from a screenplay by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber (The Meg, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) and Dean Georgaris (The Meg, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life), and a screen story by Dean Georgaris and Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber, based on the novel ‘The Trench’ by Steve Alten. The film is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (The Meg, Bumblebee) and Belle Avery (The Meg, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead), and executive produced by Jason Statham, Cate Adams, Ruigang Li, Catherine Xujun Ying, Wu Jing, E. Bennett Walsh, Erik Howsam, Randy Greenberg and Gerald R Molen.
Joining director Wheatley behind the camera are director of photography Haris Zambarloukous (Belfast, Murder on the Orient Express), production designer Chris Lowe (The Gray Man, No Time to Die) and editor Jonathan Amos (Baby Driver, Paddington 2). The visual effects supervisor is Pete Bebb (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Inception), and costume designer is Lindsay Pugh (The Matrix Resurrections, Krypton). The music is by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Meg, The Martian).
Warner Bros. Pictures and CMC Pictures present in association with DF Pictures, a di Bonaventura/Apelles Entertainment Inc. production, a Ben Wheatley film, Meg 2: The Trench, distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and is set to open in theatres across the region on 3rd August 2023.