{"id":101336,"date":"2023-05-08T23:21:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T23:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/08\/ben-wheatley-directs-jason-statham-in-the-underwater-monster-sequel\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T23:21:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T23:21:28","slug":"ben-wheatley-directs-jason-statham-in-the-underwater-monster-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/08\/ben-wheatley-directs-jason-statham-in-the-underwater-monster-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Wheatley Directs Jason Statham In The Underwater Monster Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"\/>\n<p><strong>Ben Wheatley<\/strong> is likely one of the most attention-grabbing filmmakers working at the moment. His tasks at all times are distinctive and price a watch. Sure, there are slight missteps, similar to with \u201c<strong>Rebecca<\/strong>,\u201d however that doesn\u2019t take away from movies similar to \u201c<strong>Sightseers<\/strong>,\u201d \u201c<strong>High-Rise<\/strong>,\u201d and \u201c<strong>Kill List<\/strong>.\u201d All that to say, it\u2019s actually fairly shocking that his subsequent movie is \u201c<strong>The Meg 2: The Trench<\/strong>.\u201d This looks like a giant departure for somebody who might be seen as an auteur, proper?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/summer-2023-movie-preview-20230502\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ MORE: Summer 2023 Movie Preview: 52 Must-See Films To Watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, as seen within the trailer, \u201cThe Meg 2: The Trench\u201d appears to choose up the place the primary one left off. There\u2019s a large megalodon out to kill individuals and <strong>Jason Statham<\/strong> is again to cease it. Based on the novel, \u201cThe Trench\u201d by Steven Allen, the sequel movie contains a brand-new monster for the heroes to fight, with the addition of the kronosaurus. And for those who\u2019re questioning, sure, there\u2019s a 3rd e book within the \u2018Meg\u2019 novel collection, so if the sequel movie does nicely (and it most likely will), then we will totally anticipate extra of those films to return sooner or later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sequel stars Jason Statham, <strong>Wu Jing, Sienna Guillory, Cliff Curtis, Skyler Samuels, Page Kennedy, Shuya Sophia Cai, <\/strong>and<strong> Sergio Peris-Mencheta<\/strong>. As talked about, Ben Wheatley is behind the digital camera because the director. In addition to reserving \u201cThe Meg 2,\u201d Wheatley was additionally hooked up to the <strong>\u201cTomb<\/strong> <strong>Raider<\/strong>\u201d sequel movie that was to star <strong>Alicia Vikander<\/strong>. Unfortunately, that franchise has gone by way of yet one more reboot and the sequel fell aside. His most up-to-date movie was the 2021 pandemic-filmed characteristic, \u201c<strong>In<\/strong> <strong>the Earth<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/ben-wheatley-in-the-earth-the-playlist-podcast-20210415\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LISTEN: Ben Wheatley Talks \u2018In The Earth,\u2019 Why He Is Directing \u2018The Meg 2\u2019 &amp; The Video Game Films Would Love To Make [The Playlist Podcast]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Meg 2: The Trench\u201d is ready to reach in theaters on August 4. You can watch the trailer beneath.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MEG 2: THE TRENCH - OFFICIAL TRAILER\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" onload=\"Wpfcll.r(this,true);\" data-wpfc-original-src=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-fastest-cache-premium\/pro\/templates\/youtube.html#dG91B3hHyY4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){var js, fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if(d.getElementById(id)) return; js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.0\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Ben Wheatley is likely one of the most attention-grabbing filmmakers working at the moment. His tasks at all times are distinctive and price a watch. Sure, there are slight missteps, similar to with \u201cRebecca,\u201d however that doesn\u2019t take away from movies similar to \u201cSightseers,\u201d \u201cHigh-Rise,\u201d and \u201cKill List.\u201d All that to say, it\u2019s actually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}