New Line Puts Spear Through MEG

Steve Alten, author of the “MEG” novels, has revealed in his newsletter that New Line Cinema will not be bringing the voracious prehistoric shark to the big screen. Jan De Bont was attached to direct:

MEG MOVIE: Extinct at New Line Cinema

Yes, this is bad news mostly in the wasted two years.

The key execs at New Line always treated MEG like an unwanted stepchild, and now, with my option set to expire in October, the[y] decided NOT to proceed.

In a way this is actually GOOD news. The MEG movie WILL HAPPEN and it is better to wait and do it right with the right team than accept mediocrity. From now until October 30th (the day I officially get MEG back) we’ll be hard at work! Until then, I am restricted from offering details publicly because (technically) New Line still owns the rights to MEG. There are many people at New Line that really did work very hard on MEG and I appreciate their efforts. No bad feelings let’s just move on and work with the right studio that ACTUALLY WANTS TO MAKE A GREAT MOVIE AND OWN A BILLION DOLLAR FRANCHISE.

New Line picked up the film out of turnaround from Disney in 2005.

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