The Meg 2: Wu Jing Replacing Li Bingbing In Sequel!

Jason Statham’s love interest oceanographer Suyin (Li Bingbing) from The Meg will no longer be returning to the sequel, Meg 2: The Trench.

Well this sucks in a major way. It appears after filming recently began on the upcoming sequel Meg 2: The Trench, some major casting shakeups have just been announced…

CelebnMovies247.com has learned via Variety that original Meg star Li Bingbing will not be reprising her role as the oceanographer Suyin as had been expected.

But that is not it, along with the exit of Li Bingbing from the film comes the addition of Wu Jing, brings in the highest-grossing male actor in China in a substantial role. Though, IMDB.com has yet t change the cast names.

With the exit of Bingbing, this means that means that “there is no female Chinese lead at this time, but there is Sophia, the teenage daughter, lots of women, and an incredibly diverse cast.”

This suggests that Sophia Cai, who played Li’s daughter in The Meg, is returning alongside original star Jason Statham.

In addition, Ben Wheatley is in the director’s chair for Meg 2: The Trench, though screenwriters Dean Georgari, Jon Hoeber, and Erich Hoeber returned to pen the screenplay. Along with Statham and new cast member Wu Jing, the sequel stars Ray Strachan, Sienna Guillory, Skyler Samuels, and Sergio Peris-Mencheta. Filming began earlier this month.

A former martial artist, Wu Jing has found great success in China on both sides of the camera. Though he previously appeared in 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor with Brendan Fraser and Jet Li, he is best known for his work in China. This notably includes writing and directing 2015’s Wolf Warrior, which struck well with $80 million earned at the box office. Its sequel, 2017’s Wolf Warrior 2, went on to become one of China’s highest-grossing films ever at $870 million.

Wu Jing’s casting will be bringing a lot of attention to Meg 2: The Trench when the anticipated sequel is released.

Directed by Jon Turteltaub and based on the book Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Allen, The Meg was a big hit at the box office when it was released in 2018.

The Original The Meg Movie:

The film follows a group of scientists who encounter a 75-foot-long megalodon shark while on a rescue mission on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. It stars Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winton Chao, and Cliff Curtis.