The Meg

2018 film by Jon Turteltaub
Movie film Q27957869
The Meg
Warner Bros. Pictures · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

The Meg is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,210 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Jon Turteltaub[3]
  • Screenwriter: Dean Georgaris[4], Jon Hoeber[5], Erich Hoeber[6]
  • Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams[7]
  • Genre: action film[8], horror film[9], science fiction film[10], thriller film[11], adventure film[12], kaiju[13]
  • Based on: Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror[14]
  • Followed by: Meg 2: The Trench[15]
  • Cast member: Jason Statham[16], Li Bingbing[17], Winston Chao[18], Cliff Curtis[19], Rainn Wilson[20], Ruby Rose[21], Page Kennedy[22], Jessica McNamee[23], Ólafur Darri Ólafsson[24], Robert Taylor[25], Masi Oka[26]
  • Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura[27], Colin Wilson[28]
  • Production company: Flagship Entertainment[29], di Bonaventura Pictures[30], Warner Bros. Entertainment[31]
  • Director of photography: Tom Stern[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[33], Mandarin[34]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[35]
  • Review score: 5.3/10[36], 47%[37], 46/100[38]
  • Color: color[39]
  • Country of origin: United States[40], People's Republic of China[41]
  • Publication date: August 10, 2018[42], August 30, 2018[43], August 22, 2018[44], August 9, 2018[45]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[46], InterCom[47], Netflix[48]
  • Narrative location: People's Republic of China[49], Philippine Trench[50], Shanghai[51], Samut Prakan[52], East China Sea[53], Sanya Bay[54]
  • Official website: http://www.themegmovie.net[55]
  • Filming location: People's Republic of China[56], New Zealand[57]
  • Film editor: Steven Kemper[58]
  • Executive producer: Gerald R. Molen[59], Barrie M. Osborne[60]
  • Title: The Meg[61]
  • Has characteristic: 3D film[62], film based on a novel[63]
  • MPA film rating: PG-13[64]

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Adaptations and Inspiration

The Meg's after a work by is recorded as Steve Alten[65].

Why It Matters

The Meg has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [66] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [67] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Mullanur · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rars rating → 18+
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 8w ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 13w ago · MrRobertman · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mpa film rating → PG-13
    Does the dog die? media id → 19157
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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Grant Major
    Mtrcb rating → Parental Guidance
    Publication date → +2018-08-10T00:00:00Z, +2018-08-30T00:00:00Z, +2018-08-22T00:00:00Z +1
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