As they sometimes say, good things come to those who wait. By the time is all said and done, it will be a five-year wait since the original The Meg hit movie theaters with Jason Statham in the lead. And now its sequel, The Meg 2: The Trench is coming down the pike. The first film brought Warner Bros. over $530 million at the box office, almost making it a certainty that there would be a follow-up. Hopefully, fans of the first film won’t be too upset with the five-year wait.
JASON STATHAM IS BACK FOR THE MEG 2
For the most part, Jason Statham has been box office gold. At last count, movies that have Statham appearing have brought in over $7.8 billion at the box office with franchises including the Fast and Furious, The Expendables, and the Transporter films.
He was also a surprising comedic hit as Rick Ford in the wildly popular Paul Feig comedy thriller, Spy, and is rumored to be returning as the unhinged spy in Spy 2. So, his return in Meg 2: The Trench is a welcome sight.
Meg 2: The Trench will see Statham return to his role as Jonas Taylor, the ex-rescue diver who became an “ex” when while attempting to save the crew from a damaged nuclear sub. It was there that he came face-to-face with a huge, unidentified creature.
Although Taylor was able to complete the rescue, he had to leave two members of the crew trapped in the damaged sub. Being forced to flee, Taylor lost the two crew members. Taylor was accused of being a drunk coward by one of the doctors on board, forcing Taylor out of the rescue business.
Five years later, Taylor is brought to an underwater research facility for a rescue operation after contact is lost from a sub that was exploring the deepest part of the Mariana Trench. When Taylor arrives, it is apparent that whatever caused the sub to stop working in the Mariana Trench is the same thing that caused his trouble five years prior.
They are dealing with the largest shark known to man, the prehistoric Megalodon. Statham will head back to the depths of the Mariana Trench in Meg 2: The Trench and his battle will be just as perilous, if not more.
THE MEG 2 RETURNING CAST WILL NOT INCLUDE LI BINGBING
With all the death and destruction seen in The Meg, not many were left to move on to a sequel, but there are a few. Joining Statham in The Meg 2: The Trench is Taylor’s partner in crime from both the novel and the film, James “Mac” Mackreides, played by Cliff Curtis. Curtis has been, and remains, busy with James Cameron and the Avatar films which sees Curtis join the cast as Tonowari in Avatar 2: The Way of Water, as well as Avatar 3, Avatar 4, and Avatar 5.
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