Next year sees the release of a feature film adaptation of Steve Alten’s Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror, after which it looks like we could be seeing another of the author’s books coming to the big screen, with Alten revealing to Bloody Disgusting that the producers behind Meg are also looking to adapt his Loch Ness Monster tale The Loch.
“Belle Avery, the lead producer on MEG, is working with her Chinese producers to bring The LOCH to the big screen,” Alten tells the outlet. “Screenwriter and director are their first priorities… and they are speaking to some serious talent.”
Published in 2005, The Loch follows marine biologist Zachary Wallace, who once suffered a near-drowning experience in legendary Loch Ness, and now, long-forgotten memories of that experience have begun haunting him. The truth surrounding these memories lies with Zachary’s estranged father, Angus Wallace, a wily Highlander on trial for murder. Together the two plunge into a world where the legend of Loch Ness shows its true face.
Meg is set for release on March 2nd 2018 and also stars Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Robert Taylor, Masi Oka, Jessica McNamee, Page Kennedy, Olafur Darri Olafsson and Sophia Shuya Cai.
Originally published June 25, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
