Ben Wheatley directed MEG 2: The Trench from the screenplay by Jon Hoeber, Dean Georgaris and Eric Hoeber. The science fiction action film stars Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Sienna Guillory, and Page Kennedy.

Based on Steve Alten’s 1999 novel The Trench, which is part of a series about a prehistoric megalodon, a giant shark, The catchphrase when he introduced his first novel was “Jurassic Shark.”

I met Alten before his book first was published. It’s a fascinating success story, where I think he had to make some wise career choices.