Deadline reports that Rainn Wilson (The Office) has landed a lead role in the upcoming film Meg, playing “a tech billionaire who funds an underwater observation program” that ends up unleashing the titular giant shark on the world. He joins a cast that includes Jason Statham, Fan Bingbing, Ruby Rose and Jessica McNamee.
Based on Steve Alten‘s New York Times best-selling novel, the prehistoric shark movie will be directed by National Treasure‘s Jon Turteltaub from a script by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man, Independence Day: Resurgence). Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Colin Wilson will produce the film for Warner Bros.
Meg is slated to open in theaters on March 2, 2018.
