What do you do when you’re fighting a giant shark? Well, you call in all the muscle you can of course.Varietyis reporting that theJason StathamstarringMeg 2: The Trenchhas just cast Chinese action starWu Jing.
Wu is a martial artist who used his talents to make a name for himself in the film industry. He has starred in, written, and directed a number of Chinese movies and television shows. Currently, Wu is the all-time highest-grossing male actor in China. For example, his movieWolf Warrior 2, which he starred in, written, and directed, Wu broke a number of records at the Chinese box office including the biggest single-day gross for a Chinese film. Additionally, Wu stared in the Chinese sci-fi filmThe Wandering Earth, which made over $690 million in the Chinese box office alone and was the third highest-grossing film worldwide in 2019. Wu made his American film debut inThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. While his name may not be a big one to a vast majority of American audiences, his name being attached toMeg 2: The Trenchis sure to get a lot of butts in seats when the film opens in China.
Meg 2: The Trenchis the sequel to 2018’sThe Meg, which saw Statham and a team of scientists fighting a Megalodon, aka a giant shark. While the plot of the sequel is currently being kept under wraps, one can only hope it means fighting an even bigger shark. Wu is of course joining Statham in the new film as well asthe recently announcedcast ofSienna Guillory,Skyler Samuels,Sergio Peris-Mencheta. Unfortunately, Variety is also reporting thatLi Bingbing, another popular performer from China who starred in the first film, is not returning for the sequel.
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While the first film was directed byJon Turteltaub, who previously directed such fan-favorite films as theNational Treasureseries andCool Runnings, the directing chair for the sequel has been handed over toBen Wheatley, who has previously directed films likeFree Fire. Returning to pen the script are the first film’s writersDean Georgaris,Erich Hoeber, andJon Hoeberwith characters created bySteve Alten, who wrote the novel thatThe Megwas based on.
