After years swimming in the depths, prehistoric shark thriller Meg is finally reaching the surface, with director John Turteltaub busy gathering his cast. The latest addition is The Office's Rainn Wilson.
It’s all based on a 1997 novel by Steve Alten, which finds a giant shark causing trouble for the likes of Jason Statham, Fan Bingbing and Jessica McNamee. The setting has been shifted to off the coast of modern-day China and it looks like Wilson will be the one who brings the toothy trouble upon everyone else.
He's preparing to play Jack Morris, a wealthy tech magnate who funds an underwater observation experiment that unwittingly unleashes a 70-foot-long Carcharodon megalodon, AKA a distant, much larger cousin of the Great white. It'll be up to Statham's troubled diving expert and his team to stop the giant beastie.
With a script from Dean Georgaris and James Vanderbilt, Turteltaub is taking aim at a March 2018 release date. As of right now, news that Nic Cage will be playing the shark is, of course, simply in our heads.