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!
