Yes, next week Meg 2: The Deep will start. In 2018, the first part of the monster action starring Jason Statham was a surprise success. Five years later, the basking shark tries again. We now know what to expect from the Meg franchise. It was different with part 1: Meg was spontaneously turned inside out. Lead actor Jason Statham literally felt like he was in the wrong movie.
Meg’s bizarre transformation and what’s behind it
First of all, it’s normal for film drafts to change during production and shooting. However, Meg experienced an intervention of the more extreme category at full speed. He turned from a hard B-Movie with FSK 16 to 18 into the thoroughly family-friendly monster blockbuster we know today.
Imagine Jaws + Piranha 3D and all pumped up with growth hormones: Meg was supposed to be a bloody carnage for horror nerds become. Meg director Jon Turteltaub revealed to Bloody Disgusting that the “whole good shit” was filmed but not included in the final version film.
The amount of terrifying, disgusting, bloody deaths we’ve had to pull out is so tragic.
Studio Warner apparently wanted a film that would reach a larger audience. And this is how Meg was cannibalized: “We had a lot of visual effects for gore scenes completed” – all of which were no longer usable.
”How did that happen?”: Jason Statham on the profound changes to Meg
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Jason Statham in Meg 2
Jason Statham was confused. He told Collider: “I would have made a film that not many people want to see.” There’s still blood in Meg. However, in moderation. Explicit amputations and other shark-typical injuries are not used at all or very sparingly.
“The script was completely different. Sometimes I’d just be like, ‘How did that happen? How did it come to this?'” He summed up the absurd relationship between shark size and bloodiness in one sentence:
Where’s the damn blood. I mean: There’s a shark!
Instead, Statham recreated scenes that paint him as a tough guy with a soft core. It is possible that these changes also increased the budget to 178 million US dollars.
Read our in-depth analysis of the Meg changes here
When is Meg 2 in cinemas?
At least the recipe worked and Jason Statham was suddenly the star of his own million-dollar franchise. Meg grossed $530 million. So we can assume that Meg 2 will also show little gore. At least this time we and Jason Statham are forewarned. Meg 2 will run from August 3, 2023 in German cinemas.
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