It’s been five years since The Meg splashed into theaters and became a surprise hit, and now audiences can soon dive into another terrifying deep sea adventure with Jason Statham with its long-awaited sequel, Meg 2: The Trench.
And in celebration of the debut of the sequel’s first official trailer, the official Meg movie Twitter account earlier revealed the first motion poster of the film, that depicts the reappearance of another dinosaur, T-Rex, who is prepared to serve itself another meal.
Bon appetit. Trailer today. #Meg2 pic.twitter.com/rNRb4Gr5iw
— Meg 2 (@MegMovie) May 8, 2023
Jason Statham will reprise his role as the grizzled rescue diver Jonas Taylor in Meg 2: The Trench. When the megalodon makes a comeback, Taylor finds himself in the role of hero once more.
The film, which is a direct sequel to 2018’s The Meg, brings back Statham’s Jonas Taylor, a professional underwater rescuer and shark stabber, to once again face off against the terrors of the deep. This time around, however, the megs are hunting in packs, they’re fighting giant squids, and the whole beach is at risk. But Statham is even better prepared with all the meg-fighting knowledge he gained from the first movie.
Check out the new trailer for Meg 2: The Trench below.
The Meg is a relatively undervalued giant-monster film that is currently rather enjoyable and is superbly anchored by Statham’s inexhaustible wells of charm, despite the fact that audiences may recall it with some mockery. The Meg 2’s new director, Ben Wheatley, takes over from the first film’s director Jon Turteltaub, who directed National Treasure.
Wheatley is a particularly odd choice for a movie like this, having mostly done smaller indie action and horror movies so far in his career, like Kill List and Sightseers. From the trailer, it seems like he has a vision for The Meg 2 and an exceptional understanding of how cool a giant prehistoric shark can be.
That combined with his usual stylistic flair should make The Meg 2 something special — even more special than a regular movie about megalodons already is, of course. Meg 2: The Trench is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on August 4, 2023.
