"The Meg" first released stills Jason Statham and the shark appeared together

The first still of the movie "The Meg" starring Li Bingbing and Jason Statham was released today, with the starring Jason Statham and the Meg appearing together.

Recently, the film "The Meg", which has been filmed intermittently for a while, finally has new developments. The producers released the first and only still photo so far. In the still photo, the male star Jason Statham is wearing a high-necked shirt and standing in a place that looks like an aquarium or a scientific research center. Behind him is a shark with huge body and huge teeth. There is no doubt that this is the "Megalodon" referred to in the title.

The story of the film takes place in the present world. It tells the story of an international scientific research project led by China. While it was being carried out in the depths of the Mariana Trench, it was attacked by unknown creatures and the researchers were trapped on the seabed. Jonas Taylor, a former US Marine Corps deep-sea diving expert, was ordered to rescue them and once again encountered the prehistoric creature Megalodon, which had left him with an indelible memory for life in the deep sea several years ago. Jonas teamed up with Zhang Suyin, a Chinese female scientist in the scientific research project, to successfully rescue the trapped people, but the rescue operation accidentally caused the Megalodon to escape from the deep sea. When the prehistoric monster returns to the shallow sea, humans will pay a heavy price for their greed for nature.

The plan for "The Meg" has been around for 20 years and was put on Disney's agenda as early as 1997. However, the failure of "Deep Blue" led Disney to finally abandon the plan and Warner took over the film.

The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Steve Allen. In the original work, the two male protagonists need to work together to capture a megalodon that cruises along the California coastline. This type of shark lived from the late Oligocene 28 million years ago to the early Pleistocene 1.5 million years ago. It was the ultimate predator of its time and one of the most powerful creatures discovered in the history of the earth, but it is now extinct. It is reported that Warner had expressed great concern about the plan for "The Meg" long before the box office hit "Jurassic World", and the success of "Jurassic World" seems to have accelerated Warner's progress in promoting "The Meg". Overall, the story of "The Meg" is very similar to that of "Jaws". The script of the film was written by Dean Georgaris, and Belle Avery and Colin Wilson ("Avatar" and "War of the Worlds") served as co-producers.

According to the established plan, "The Meg" will be released on August 10, 2018.