TOM SIZEMORE TAKES ON GIANT SHARK IN MEGALODON RISING

He's no stranger to taking on monsters, in The Relic (1997), or sharks, as he did in USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016), but this time Tom Sizemore is taking on something more sizeable, a group of huge Megalodon sharks.

The Saving Private Ryan actor is the lead in the film which sees an armada of warships trying to take out the giant fish, which is destroying everything in their path. It is directed by Brian Nowak and written by Andrea Ruth, who also wrote Shark Season (2020). All of which sounds like a cross between Battleship (2012) meets The Meg (2018) via Godzilla Vs Kong (2021).

Tom Sizemore with Penelope Ann Miller in The Relic (1997)

Megalodon Rising is released by The Asylum and is the same studio that also brought us the Sharknado series, the - insert a number - Headed Shark Attack films, Ice Sharks (2016) and Megalodon (2018). Not that this is listed as being a sequel.

It may just feed the appetite of shark film fans waiting for the release of The Meg 2, which starts shooting in January 2022: Meg 2 Set To Start Shooting In January

There is also a book called Megalodon Rising, which was released in 2015, but only looks to share its title with this new film.

Megalodon Rising was released in the US on August 27.

Words by Dean Newman

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