Sienna Guillory, Skyler Samuels and Sergio Peris-Mencheta Join Jason Statham in The Shark Cage

We’re gonna want extra heat our bodies to battle off one thing as huge because the meg. Appropriately, Warners have added extra for the feast, bringing a swathe of latest faces to the solid for The Meg 2: The Trench, together with confirming quite a lot of returning stars from the unique shark thriller. (And sure, when you didn’t know already: British exhausting man and one-time Olympic swimmer Jason Statham is already confirmed to be again.)
Whereas she was by no means given the chance to battle off the zombie sharks that lurked beneath the nefarious Spencer mansion within the video video games, Sienna Guillory — star of the Resident Evil franchise — will get her go in opposition to the eponymous big shark in Meg 2. She was final seen in Clifford the Massive Crimson Canine, maybe indicating a proclivity for movies with big animals, although docility could differ. Skyler Samuels, who starred in Fox’s superhero present The Gifted, additionally joins the road up of shark bait. Lastly prepping his fins and scuba tank for a duel with the prehistoric fish is Sergio Peris-Mencheta, of Snowfall fame.
Plot particulars are being stored below wraps, however given the Meg franchise isn’t going to be one thing we eat for the story, that’s hardly a problem: what we are able to fortunately presume is there’ll be an entire lotta shark consuming. In accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, Peris-Mencheta will play “one of many movie’s antagonists, a hard-edged mercenary”. Guillory, however, “is the pinnacle of an utilized sciences division,” and Samuels “is an adventure-loving member of Statham’s submarine crew”. As to who will get chomped first, you’d higher get your bets in stat.

Ben Wheatley, a shocking nominee for the director’s chair, helms the journey thriller, which is now capturing in his native U.Okay.

We spoke to Statham about The Meg 2 in Might final yr, whereas he appeared in Man Ritchie’s Wrath of Man, and he up to date us on the progress across the shark sequel:
“Yeah, we’re gonna begin capturing in January. Ben Wheatley is the director. I’m very excited to work with him. I’m thrilled to get going, you realize. It’s been some time, we’ve been ready round for the precise script, and the precise director to show up, and we’ve bought all these issues. They’re all stacked up now. [Ben’s] nice. We’ve got an amazing shorthand already. We’ve bought related tastes, I like his movies, I believe he’s a superb director. I believe we’ve bought a great shot of constructing one thing good.”
The Meg 2: The Trench is but to verify a launch date, however control Collider for all information, trailers, and different info dropping in regards to the movie.

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