It’s all based on a 1997 novel by Steve Alten, which finds a giant shark causing trouble for the likes of Jason Statham, Fan Bingbing and Jessica McNamee. The setting has been shifted to off the coast of modern-day China and it looks like Wilson will be the one who brings the toothy trouble upon everyone else.
He's preparing to play Jack Morris, a wealthy tech magnate who funds an underwater observation experiment that unwittingly unleashes a 70-foot-long Carcharodon megalodon, AKA a distant, much larger cousin of the Great white. It'll be up to Statham's troubled diving expert and his team to stop the giant beastie.
With a script from Dean Georgaris and James Vanderbilt, Turteltaub is taking aim at a March 2018 release date. As of right now, news that Nic Cage will be playing the shark is, of course, simply in our heads.