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“The Meg” Trailer: Jason Statham Takes on a Giant Shark That Makes Bruce From “Jaws” Look Like a Minnow (Video)
Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure) directs the sci-fi action movie, which co-stars Chinese actress Li Bingbing as well as Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao and Cliff Curtis.
Statham will play a veteran assassin who takes out a hit on himself after being diagnosed with a painful terminal illness. The catch? It turns out he was misdiagnosed, and now he must fend off the onslaught of fellow assassins out to cash in on the contract.
An assassin is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, and takes a hit out on himself to avoid the pain that is destined to follow only to discover he was misdiagnosed, and must fend off the onslaught of former colleagues trying to kill him.
The ninth “Fast & Furious” won’t be released until April 2020, while Universal has unscheduled Bill Condon’s “Bride of Frankenstein” in hopes of still getting Angelina Jolie after she finishes “Maleficent 2.”
Universal is making moves without Diesel, who is probably upset about this given how well the new film has performed, but can you really blame the studio for wanting to shake things up?
