James sent me a link to this TV Guide story that talks about the most anticipated shark movie since Jaws. “Meg” looks just amazing and I just can’t wait for it! However, it looks like thanks to Chris Tucker et al., we’re going to have to wait another year for it:
New Line reeled in a whopper with the movie rights to best-selling author Steve Alten’s MEG (short for Carcharodon megalodon, the 70-foot-long prehistoric cousin of the great white). Not only does the feature-to-be have the potential to rank among the top-grossing films of all time, but with two follow-up novels already in print and a third on the way, there’s the potential for sequels. Alas, as MEG’s 2007 release nears, rumor has it that the escalating budget of New Line’s Rush Hour 3 is pushing “Jurassic Shark’s” premiere to 2008. Having managed to nab a copy of the script, TVGuide.com must report that ’08 cannot get here soon enough.
I want to be careful that I don’t turn The Movie Blog into a “Fuck Chris Tucker” blog. I’ve given lots of commentary here about how the undeserving bastard delayed Rush Hour 3 because of his stupid demands, how untalented he is as an actor, and how wrong it is that the studios caved into his demands and have made him the highest paid actor in Hollywood history. But now, if TV Guide is correct, the Jackass with his huge money demands is forcing the studio to push back Meg another year. So at the risk of becoming a “Fuck Chris Tucker” blog… let me say this. Ahhheemmmm…. FUCK CHRIS TUCKER!
Ever since I was 6 years old and saw Jaws for the first time, I have been terrified and fascinated by sharks. MEG is a fabulous book, it vividly brought me face to face with a creature that I’ve only ever imagined in my mind’s eye: A Great White Shark with a mouth the size of a large Garage Door. There is something magical in that primitive curiosity driven terror. And to see a shark movie use the modern level of computer aided effects…I’m gonna feel just like a kid again. And I believe that jan de bont will bring the needed adrenaline rush to the experience. For crying out loud, the shark eats a T-Rex in the first chapter of the book, and it only gets more exciting from there! Plus I love the pulp characters, when the “bad guys” get devoured by the shark…Mmmmm, that’s some sweet tast’n justice right there.
okay, look. i don’t want to get technical here, but pushing ‘meg’ back 12 months is dumb. hello…you could be working on ‘meg 2’ by 2008. how would you pay for ‘meg 2’? with all the damnhellass money you would make off ‘meg’. hello. anybody in there?
seriously. you can’t deficit finance one fucking movie? i could do that. do you guys need help? do you? it’s okay to admit it. admitting you need help is better than pushing a goldmine like ‘meg’ back because you don’t have cash on the barrelhead right now.
now, go hang your head in shame
Fuck Chris Tucker.
Oh, almost forgot.
In case you didn’t know, Chris Tucker is getting paid 25 milion for Rush Hour 3. He’s not getted fucked. New Line is.
What a terrific idea, Kristina! Hold off on Meg so Chris Tucker can be in Meg. He’ll get paid 25million and one nickel, crack a few race jokes, and he’ll be worth every penny! Why? Because he’ll play the token black guy that becomes sushi in the first half hour.
See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya!
Is this just conjecture and rumor mongering? With it’s obvious slant and superlative (highest grossing movie of all time! Uh, sorry. No way.), it’s from a TV Guide blog- not from TV Guide itself. The movie hasn’t even been cast yet, much less gone from concept art. There was no way this film was going to be a 2007 release.
The real source of info on this is the “horses mouth”: CHUD. Site owner Nunziata is producing the film.
I want to see Meg eat Chris Tucker. Somebody phtoshop a picture of that bigass Meg eating Chris Tucker.
What an asshole. Not you, Chris Tucker! I didn’t even like the first two Rush Hour’s, because I find him highly annoying, and definitely am seeing the third some night on HBO when theres nothing else on. Fuck Chris Tucker and fuck Rush Hour 3 too, push that back a year and make Meg the priority, which looks like it will do a hellova lot better for the studio too.