Warner Bros has dropped the first trailer for summer shark pic The Meg. The Jason Statham-starrer is a sci-fi thriller about a prehistoric 75-foot-long predator, the Megalodon, who threatens the lives of a research team trapped underwater — and, yes, the fate of the ocean itself. As far as summer popcorn fare, the…

EXCLUSIVE: The H Collective, the newly-launched film finance, production, marketing and distribution company, is adding H Management to its business operations. The LA-based studio that kicked off in June 2017 to finance and produce at least four films per year is expanding with the new management division to rep…

Kellan Lutz and Kelsey Grammer are joining Li Bingbing in the 3D creature feature Nest, in which they battle giant killer spiders in an ancient labyrinth. The project from Arclight Films genre label Darclight has begun pre-production in Australia. Lutz’s resume includes The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn 1 & 2 and Expend…

Stan The Man is teaming up with Chinese production and distribution outfit Fundamental Films through his Stan Lee Global Entertainment imprint for Realm, a new movie set to star Li Bingbing. Plot details are under wraps for now, but the film is based on an original idea by Lee with the script to be written by Alex…

Chinese star Li Bingbing has signed on as the lead in Nest, set to be the largest-ever budgeted Chinese/Australian coproduction. To be filmed in 3D, Nest tells the tale of a team of scientists who discover a swarm of deadly, intelligent and carnivorous funnel web spiders. Battling through an ancient labyrinth, the…