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The Meg takes a $141 million bite out of the worldwide box office

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What do you get when you cross Jason Statham with a giant prehistoric shark? The answer: a $141.3 million worldwide opening haul, as audiences around the globe flocked to Warner Bros. and Gravity Pictures’ The Meg this weekend. The adaptation of the Steve Alten book Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror debuted in first place in […]

Second Opinion – The Meg (2018)

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The Meg, 2018. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Starring Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Page Kennedy, Jessica McNamee, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Robert Taylor, Sophia Shuya Cai, Masi Oka, and Cliff Curtis. SYNOPSIS: After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to […]

Jason Statham, Li Bingbing and Ruby Rose featured on The Meg character posters

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With The Meg set to swim into cinemas this Friday, a batch of international character posters have arrived online for the prehistoric shark thriller featuring Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, and Ruby Rose; check them out here and stay tuned for our review coming up later today… SEE ALSO: Jason Statham promises to make The Meg […]

Jason Statham says Fast & Furious spinoff will be “gritty, and real, and f*cking hardcore”

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Before we get to the ninth instalment of the series, the Fast & Furious franchise will be taking a bit of a detour next year for the first spinoff film, Hobbs and Shaw, featuring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. Hobbs and Shaw is being directed by David Leitch (John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2), and […]

The Meg gets two new TV spots

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Ahead of its release this Friday, Warner Bros. Pictures has continued its marketing push for The Meg by unveiling two more TV spots for the Jason Statham-headlined adaptation of Steve Alten’s Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Jason Statham promises to make The Meg bleed in new TV spot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUfQQ0eINGY […]

Jason Statham promises to make The Meg bleed in new TV spot

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With a little over a week to go until the release of The Meg, another TV spot has arrived online for the upcoming shark thriller which gives us another look at the “massive prehistoric killing machine” the Megalodon, which Jason Statham promises to make bleed; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_hnCBrJ8Kc A deep-sea submersible—part of an international […]

Chomp on these new TV spots for The Meg

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With advance tickets for The Meg set to go on sale this Monday, we’ve got some new TV spots for the Jason Statham-headlined prehistoric shark thriller, which you can watch right here… SEE ALSO: The Meg gets a Jaws-inspired poster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whey3LULbbw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC8pLsrRfGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko-tFuACwYE A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by […]

Idris Elba and Vanessa Kirby join Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (Skycraper) and Jason Statham (The Meg) may have found their antagonist for their upcoming Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw. According to Variety, Idris Elba (Luther) has begun final talks to go up against the pair as the film’s villain. Elba isn’t the only one to join the cast, however. Variety also reported […]

New poster for The Meg features Jason Statham and the fearsome Megalodon

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Following last week’s poster and trailer for The Meg [check them out here], another one-sheet has now arrived online for the prehistoric shark thriller which sees Jason Statham taking on the Megalodon… with a harpoon gun. A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be […]