It might not be out yet, but the anticipation for Jason Statham mega-shark movie The Meg is already sky-high following the release of the debut trailer last week. Well, the British actor has already been talking up sequel thoughts in a new interview with the folks over at Entertainment Weekly. He definitely sounds up for it, but only if the audience responds.
“I think it’s like anything in this day and age — if it makes money, there’s obviously an appetite to make more money,” Statham said to the outlet. “And if it doesn’t do well, they’ll soon sweep it under the carpet. But that’s the way Hollywood works. Everyone tries to make a good film, and it lies in the hands of the audience. People are the ultimate decider; the audience is the decider of whether anything gets to be a sequel or not.”
Here’s the plot of The Meg.
A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below…bringing him face to face once more with the greatest and largest predator of all time.
Look out for The Meg in cinemas this coming August.
