While The Meg franchise is based on the Steve Alten novels, the movies take great inspiration from Jaws. The Steven Spielberg classic put the shark movie genre on the map, with countless blockbusters following in its footsteps.
Rather than trying to put distance between them, The Meg movies often pay loving homage to Jaws, with both entries being filled with references. Meg 2: The Trench doesn't even try to take on Jaws in terms of suspense or horror, with the sequel being a borderline comedy instead.
While speaking to ScreenRant, The Meg 2: The Trench director Ben Wheatley revealed that Steven Spielberg's Jaws was the biggest inspiration for his latest film and explained how the 1975 classic action thriller as well as other monster movies influenced The Meg sequel.
The Meg is a 2018 American science fiction action film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, and Erich Hoeber, loosely based on the 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten.
There's no doubt that the meg was a true threat in the movie and one that, in many ways, was more intimidating than the shark from Jaws. But one aspect of it that was hard to ignore was how its dangers came from its impact on the world rather than the threat it presented to individuals.
The cooling of the planet may have contributed to the extinction of the megalodon in a number of ways. As the adult sharks were dependent on tropical waters, the drop in ocean temperatures likely resulted in a significant loss of habitat.
Megalodons are extinct. They died out about 3.5 million years ago. And scientists know this because, once again, they looked at the teeth. All sharks – including megalodons – produce and ultimately lose tens of thousands of teeth throughout their lives.
Finally, the death of the meg, or, should I say, the death of Meg 2 because, remember, THERE ARE TWO. Meg 1 was killed by humans not long after it escaped, but then Meg 2 showed up out of the blue (literally), and it was a whole thing.
So, what is Jaws? It's been hypothesized that Jaws is a baby megalodon. Of course, there's no evidence that megalodons exist in the Jaws universe, but it would work to explain why Jaws (or Bruce) is so large and doesn't act at all like a great white shark.
megalodon, (Carcharocles megalodon), member of an extinct species of megatooth shark (Otodontidae) that is considered to be the largest shark, as well as the largest fish, that ever lived.
The shark in Jaws is estimated by Quint to be 25 feet in length - you can tell by looking from the dorsal to the tale. Only female Great Whites reach a length of 20+ feet in reality, with males said to be 16-18 feet, making Bruce, who is said to be male, gigantic for one of his kind.
According to Benchley's book “Shark Trouble,” published in 2002, his idea for “Jaws” came from two things: sharks and shark attacks in Massachusetts and New York. Benchley may have been a resident of Princeton, but the writer spent a lot of his early life traveling to the aforementioned states.
There is simply no room, ecologically speaking, for a megalodon to exist. So, to sum everything up... Megalodon is NOT alive today, it went extinct around 3.5 million years ago.
The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it looked like.
No, NASA Doesn't Have a Live Megalodon Hidden in the Atlantic Ocean. Sure would be cool if they did, though. Troubled and troublesome depression-era filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) would do just about anything to achieve fame and success.
Weighing as much as 30 large great white sharks, the megalodon is one frightening-looking fish. Luckily, it went extinct some 2.5 million years ago, so you don't have to worry about seeing one today!
Leedsichthys problematicus, meaning "Alfred Leed's problem-causing fish", was another prehistoric ocean giant. Estimates put Leedsichthys at approximately 16.5m long, substantially larger than the average Megalodon.
While Deep Blue may be one of the largest fish in the ocean, these creatures can still be elusive and NOAA estimates a great white shark lifespan to be around 30-70 years so there's every chance Deep Blue is still alive and well in the ocean to this day.
Susan Jane Backlinie (September 1, 1946 – May 11, 2024) was an American actress and stuntwoman. She was known for playing Chrissie Watkins, the shark attack victim in the opening scene of Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws.
Sharks are not inherently dangerous: The portrayal of sharks as bloodthirsty killers in Jaws has contributed to a fear and misunderstanding of these animals. In reality, most sharks are not dangerous to humans, and many species are critically endangered due to overfishing and habitat loss.
