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Steve alten is a ny times and international bestselling author of the meg. He is also founder and director of adoptanauthor, a secondary school reading program used by. Dean georgaris wrote the brand new script for the meg and, in june 2015, eli roth was announced as the director. On march 3, 2016, reported that director jon turteltaub national treasure has since been in talks to helm the movie adaptation of steve alten s meg. Steve alten is the ny times and international bestselling author of fifteen novels, including the meg series and the domain series, about the mayan 2012 doomsday calendar. Steve alten meg vostok steve alten best selling author.

Meg author defends movie from seething trailer haters kevin burwick apr, 2018. Eli roth to raise 60ft prehistoric fish called meg for. I played the standin for robert taylor dr heller so did all the scenes dr heller was in. Ahead of the release of the meg in august, author steve alten is soon unleashing the sixth book in his mega shark series that inspired the jon turteltaubdirected film. As we recently told you, meg author steve alten promises that the first trailer for director jon turteltaubs the meg is c. Adoptanauthor is a free nationwide nonprofit program designed to excite young adults about reading and writing through the use of bestselling thrillers, heroic nonfiction stories, motivational books and direct contact with the authors via personal appearances, classroom. On june 16, 2015, eli roth was announced to direct the film. His work has been published in more than thirty countries and is being used in thousands of middle and high school curricula as part of adoptanauthor, a free teen reading program used nationwide to encourage reluctant readers. The biggest changes the meg movie makes from the book. On june 16, 201 5, eli roth was announced to direct the film adaptation. Steve alten continues the story that began in the want to read. Steve altens meg series, the first book of which is soon to be adapted into a movie, follows the exciting and oftentimes terrifying underwater adventures of former us navy deep sea diver jonas taylor and his family.

Everything you need to know about the meg movie 2018. The biggest changes the meg movie makes from the book aug. With the meg movie announcements, sales of the meg 20th anniversary edition hardback jumped. A chineseamerican coproduction, the meg was released in both countries on august 10, 2018, in reald 3d. His best known work is the meg series, a series about a giant prehistoric shark thought to be extinct.

Once i began the edit, i realized two things that adding the prequel changed the original, and that, in terms of writing, the original needed a serious polish. At the same time, jonass son david is out for revenge against the 122foot crocodilian creature, liopleurodon, that emerged from the panthalassa sea and killed his girlfriend. Dec 16, 2014 prweb december 16, 2014 2015 is set to be a year brimming with dangerous, prehistoric creatures with the hotly anticipated jurassic world film lands in theatres within months of the respective releases of bestselling author steve altens two new books. Summer 2015 will be creaturefilled entertainment with the. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, they could just be taken elements from several of the book and then adding stuff like cute little girls. Ive read all the meg books by steve alten and this doesnt look like the plot from any of the books. A great white from steven spielbergs 1975 film jaws. Steve alten is the author of the popular meg series, about a massive prehistoric megalodon shark awakened in the modern era. Jun 24, 2016 it has been wonderful to witness just how much the world of meg has grown with each new entry. Meg author defends movie from seething trailer haters. The two storylines eventually converge to bring about one of the most amazing conclusions to a meg book yet. Steve alten had said that once his relationship with new line was finally. The meg megalodon vs helicopter fight scene trailer new 2018 jason statham shark monster movie hd duration. If you do, search no further steve altens meg will not disappoint.

With the meg movie announcements, sales of the meg 20th anniversary edition. May 30, 2018 ahead of the release of the meg in august, author steve alten is soon unleashing the sixth book in his mega shark series that inspired the jon turteltaubdirected film. A novel of deep terror by steve alten and was in development for over two decades. Although an official release date has not been announced, expect a movie in the summer of 2017. Sequel to giant shark movie the meg is in the works. Call it a shark double feature, just in time for halloween. On march 3, 2016, reported that director jon turteltaub national treasure has since been in talks to helm th e mo vie adaptation of steve a lten s meg. My wife was a great fan of steves and i am now and she steered me into an offer similar to this. In this case, only 5,000 were printed, each book numbered for authenticity.

Steve alten felt so disheartened by the negative feedback of the meg trailer that he took to social media to pen a lengthy response, which has since been deleted. The meg is a 2018 science fiction action film directed by jon turteltaub with a screenplay by dean georgaris, jon hoeber, and erich hoeber, loosely based on the 1997 book meg. Steve alten born august 21, 1959 is the creator and writer of the meg saga. Origins is free btw there wasnt really very much to this book, it is relatively short and most of the characters are a bit flat and boring. Steve alten, combined with the neverbeforeprinted prequel, meg. From the epic beginning of a trex getting its terriblelizard ass handed to itself to the absurd gastronomic defeat of the megalodon, this book keeps the action flowing at a constant rate throughout. Rebel press announces bestselling faction author steve. Origins a short story prequel which give life to an event constantly referenced but never explained in full in meg. Prweb january 16, 2015 rebel press announces the release of a limited number of copies of meg. This is the first time meg has been printed in hardback since 1997 all 175,000 copies were sold and the last. Steven robert alten born august 21, 1959 is an american sciencefiction author. Nightstalkers is the fifth novel of the sequence, though like all the other books it can be read perfectly fine on its own as a standalone. With meg, steve alten became really the author we know and love. Alten is the founder and director of adoptanauthor, a nationwide secondary school reading program promoting works from.

The meg book series by steve alten includes books meg. Origins as well as sixteen original graphic artwork compositions. Jan 16, 2015 prweb january 16, 2015 rebel press announces the release of a limited number of copies of meg. In the film, a deepsea submersiblepart of an international undersea observation programhas been attacked by a massive creature, previ.

Turteltaub and much of the cast joined by september 2016, and filming began the following month in new zealand and ended in sanya, china, on january 2017. I will give him credit that the book is action packed, and although the preface is absurd, you find yourself turning the pages pretty quickly. On june 16, 2015, eli roth was announced to direct the film adaptation. Three new meg books and a pending movie announcement all thats missing is a new discovery coming out of the mariana trench. Roth dropped out of the project, citing creative differences as the reason, which could have been meant warner bros wanted. Some of the critics praised his books as the book of the period that you are going to read. Alten holds a bachelors degree from the pennsylvania state university, a masters in sports medicine from the university of delaware, and a doctorate in sports administration from temple. Steve alten october 2015 newsletter constant contact. He is also founder and director of adoptanauthor, a secondary school reading program used by thousands of teachers in the u. Jaws the book was actually a pretty awful read, but it made a great movie after spielberg reworked the material. If you do, search no further steve alten s meg will not disappoint.

The meg in us theaters august 10, 2018 starring jason statham, jessica mcnamee, ruby rose, rainn wilson. Jason statham, ruby rose, bingbing li, jessica mcnamee, rainn wilson, cliff curtis. I like watching shark thrillers and a big screen adaptation of author steve alten s 1997 novel meg is something i wanted to see happen for a long time. From there, warner bros became attached in 2015 after the rights to the movie reverted back to steve alten. Origins is free btw there wasnt really very much to this book, it is relatively short and. Book and mylar protected dust jackets yes there are two djs w different artwork are fine.

Author steve alten talks impending the meg trailers. Already dubbed this generations version of jaws meets jurassic park, the meg is cashing in on the craze of giant creature features, but with more of a budget than your standard syfy movie. Oct 31, 2018 the meg 2 is notsosecretly in development. For those of you looking for meg movie updates, director eli roth had much to say in a recent interview see below.

I felt the film jaws was better than the novel and altens no benchley so ill have to. Steve alten is the new york times and internationally bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the loch, meg, and the domain trilogy. I like watching shark thrillers and a big screen adaptation of author steve altens 1997 novel meg is something i. Jun 24, 2016 steve alten is the author of the popular meg series, about a massive prehistoric megalodon shark awakened in the modern era. The original script that was funded was cowritten by belle and me, but its evolved beyond that. A novel of deep terror by steve alten, the film centres on a female megalodon shark. Origins with the original meg, i had no idea the endeavor would take me over two months to complete. This novel by the new york times bestselling author will feature a neverbefore printed prequel, meg. The megalodon book series is something unique, and much different and much bigger than, say, the shark movie. Adoptanauthor is a free nationwide nonprofit program designed to excite young adults about reading and writing through the use of bestselling thrillers, heroic nonfiction stories, motivational books and direct contact with the authors via personal appearances, classroom phone calls, emails, and interactive websites. My involvement from this point on is up to the studio, producers, and eli roth. Interview with steve alten, author of meg, basis for the meg 2018 the horror show. Steve alten became a published author in 1997 with the novel meg. On march 3, 2016, reported that director jon turteltaub national treasure has since been in talks to helm the movie adaptation of steve altens meg.

A novel of deep terror kindle edition by alten, steve. Since then, alten has written several more books in the meg series, as well as novels and screen plays across a variety of genres and topics. Even though the filman adaptation of the 1997 novel by steve altenhad an online. At the risk of sounding like the boy who cried wolf or shark final details are being negotiated as of this week. Alten holds a bachelors degree from pennsylvania state university, a masters in sports medicine from the university of delaware and a doctorate in sports administration from temple university. Jun 04, 2015 visit to a small planet 1960 jerry lewis full length comedy movie duration. In the last 25 years, i have written and published 18 thrillers and a romcom under the pen name l. Apr 03, 2018 as we recently told you, meg author steve alten promises that the first trailer for director jon turteltaubs the meg is c. How the meg would have been different with eli roth directing. Prweb december 16, 2014 2015 is set to be a year brimming with dangerous, prehistoric creatures with the hotly anticipated jurassic world film lands in theatres within months of the respective releases of bestselling author steve altens two new books. Turteltaub and much of the cast joined by september 2016. Around the same time, in 2001, steve alten started his second series titled domain, which currently includes three books. How involved will you be in the creative process of the meg movie.

Steve alten teases seventh meg franchise novel, meg. Steve alten knows how to continually raise the stakes for our favorite characters by putting them in these unbelievably terrifying situations, so much so that i was always afraid that one of them might not make it out alive this time. See the complete meg series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. I expected the meg movie trailers to be out and going viral with.

Mar 26, 2018 horror fans get ready to take a dip in the ocean. Steve played and coached basketball at the high school and college levels, and worked informally with legendary coach john chaney for 4 years. He is best known for his meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. Meg trailer for the allnew, expanded edition mass market paperback. I also was a body double for the wall for one day and actually ended up as an extra in the opening scene of the movie of the meg as one of the debt sailors lying in the pool of water inside the submarine. The real reason the meg feasted at the box office wired. His novels are very visual and full of action, leading three of them to be optioned for film domain, meg and the loch. There are five books in the series, with the fifth having just hit stands, and the first slated to become a major motion picture starring jason statham. Dec 08, 2015 steve alten s meg was the same thing for me. For those of you who missed the unofficial announcements, meg is moving into production at warner brothers. Steve alten grew up in philadelphia, earning his bachelors in physical education at penn state university, a masters in sports medicine from the university of delaware, and a doctorate at temple university. Best known for his meg series, steven alten is famous for his character development and amazing storytelling abilities.