Meg 2: The Trench — release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know (2024)

FAQs

Is Meg 2 based on a true story? ›

“Meg 2: The Trench,” released in August, is a fictional movie about a Megalodon shark that chases a crew on a submarine.

There Is No Confirmed Reason For Li Bingbing's Meg 2 Absence

However, there has been no official reason for the Li Bingbing Meg 2 absence. The only statement that has come to light is that she left for undisclosed reasons and had to be recast.

PETERSCHMIDT: That extinct shark is a megalodon, the meg in question. Totally real shark. It was the largest shark that ever swam the ocean. It was about 60 feet long and lived around 2.5 million years ago.

Like the previous film, it follows a group of scientists who must outrun and outswim the megalodons when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.

Meg 2: The Trench

But Suyin had died sometime in 2021. Although the exact cause of her death was never stated; but it is possible that; she had died from illness or perhaps one of her dives had gone wrong. After her passing, Jonas and her brother, Jiuming assume custody of Meiying, looking after her in Suyin's absence.

Early in MEG 2: THE TRENCH, a scientist's head explodes when her scuba helmet shatters underwater.

The Meg 3 Release: A Dip into Uncertainty:

Director Ben Wheatley, while expressing hope for a sequel, Warner Bros. has yet to greenlight The Meg 3. If the go-ahead is given, the release could mirror the timeline between The Meg 2's filming and release, potentially hitting screens as early as 2026.

Just like the first entry, Meg 2: The Trench is a Chinese-American co-production. Accordingly, the film is geared towards the Chinese market just as much as international audiences, which includes having a major Chinese star like Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior) in a lead role.

The Meg was a female megalodon and the titular antagonist of the 2018 science fiction film, The Meg.

Violence & Scariness

Deaths, including people being eaten by sharks and other creatures. Monster attacks. A character's mask implodes. Jump scares.

Is Haiqi pregnant? ›

Jiuming tells Jonas that he has proven Haiqi would never hurt him, but Jonas argues that she didn't hurt him because the dolphins distracted her. In the end, they know that Haiqi may be pregnant and that she is now free at the ocean.

Researchers studying sharks in the northwest Atlantic Ocean were shocked after they detected what appeared to be a massive 50-foot “megalodon” on sea scanners below their boat.

Like the previous film, Meg 2: The Trench has been rated “PG-13” for… “Action/violence, some bloody images, language and brief suggestive material.”

“Meg 2: The Trench,” the second Jason Statham-led shark thriller, is swimming to $112 million in its international box office debut, bringing its global total to $142 million. It's a strong start for the $130 million-budgeted film, which was co-financed by Warner Bros. and China Media Capital.

It is no surprise there is little scientific accuracy in the film, beyond the fact that megalodon is alive and well. Perhaps most bizarrely, the deep trench is now inhabited by a species of what was once an air-breathing reptile.

It is no surprise there is little scientific accuracy in the film, beyond the fact that megalodon is alive and well. Perhaps most bizarrely, the deep trench is now inhabited by a species of what was once an air-breathing reptile.

“Meg 2: The Trench” is the sequel to the 2018 movie “The Meg,” in which a team of ocean scientists discover a megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, thriving at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Megalodon went extinct over 2.6 million years ago … or so the movie's characters thought.

Just like the first entry, Meg 2: The Trench is a Chinese-American co-production. Accordingly, the film is geared towards the Chinese market just as much as international audiences, which includes having a major Chinese star like Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior) in a lead role.

Meg 2 is a direct sequel to The Meg, but it doesn't really matter if you haven't seen the first film.