Ben Wheatley To Direct ‘The Meg 2’ Shark Sequel With Jason Statham

English filmmaker Ben Wheatley has had a terrifically eclectic and genre-hopping career.

In fact, just this week, as his most lush and lavish picture, “Rebecca” premieres on Netflix, we covered the versatile director’s career in an Essentials Retrospective.

Well, the timing is good because Wheatley’s got another project in the works, albeit one that has much of his indie/cinephile following scratching their heads: directing “The Meg 2,” a big-budget sequel to the shark thriller “The Meg” for Warner Bros.Continue reading Ben Wheatley To Direct ‘The Meg 2’ Shark Sequel With Jason Statham at The Playlist.

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