Steve Alten

Film Rights - 2015 (database listings)
Is about an attempt to kill a giant shark killing swimmers along the China coast. They figure out it’s Megalon, considered one of the largest and most powerful predators in history, can reach a maximum length of 60 feet.

Logline: Story follows Commander Rochelle “Rocky” Jackson as she attempts to stop a rogue U.S. super-sub called Goliath, which has been commandeered by Russian-born Simon Covah, a brilliant computer scientist who’s bent on saving humanity by destroying nuclear stockpiles everywhere.