Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, who played “Blink” in X-Men: Days of Future Past, has signed on to appear alongside Jason Statham in Warner Bros. giant shark movie Meg, according to THR.
The film, which is being helmed by National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub, has also been dated: March 2nd, 2018.
The site offers this extended synopsis:
An international underwater observation program, led by Chinese scientists, is under attack by an unknown danger, and its deep-sea submersible lies disabled and trapped at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. With time running out, former Naval Captain and expert deep sea diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by Dr. Zhang Suyin, lead oceanographer of the program, for what is likely a suicide mission.
Years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying threat, which forced him to abort his mission and abandon half his crew, resulting in disgrace and a dishonorable discharge. Now, Taylor must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below … bringing him face to face once more with the apex predator of all time.
This time around the shark will be terrorizing the coast of China rather than California — a change that helped in bringing on Gravity Pictures as a co-financier. Drew Crevello and Cate Adams will oversee development for Warner Bros.
Meg is a project that has gone through a lot of writers and directors. The current script was written by Dean Georgaris (The Manchurian Candidate, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life). Eli Roth was attached to direct by has since dropped out.