Ben Wheatley thinks movies like ‘The Meg’ have “gone out of fashion”.
The 48-year-old filmmaker is set to direct ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ – a follow-up to the 2018 action movie about a giant prehistoric shark – and is looking forward to bringing back to cinemas the sort of blockbuster that used to be hugely popular.
He said: “It’s a kind of cause-and-effect, blue-collar action movie that James Cameron and Steven Spielberg did really strongly and has gone out of fashion.”
And to do so, Ben couldn’t ask for a better star than Jason Statham.
He said: “He has a world-weariness about him that reminds me of early Harrison Ford – a constant sense of, ‘Why is this happening to me? I’m very cross.’?”
The ‘In the Earth’ filmmaker had also been signed up to direct a ‘Tomb Raider’ sequel but ultimately departed the project because of delays due to coronavirus, though he’d been relishing the possibility of tackling a “simple adventure” because they’re also currently not the most popular movies to make.
He told the Daily Telegraph: “It’s something missing from cinema at the moment…
