15 Upcoming Movies That Might Be Surprisingly Awesome

9. The Meg

The Meg Jason Statham
Warner Bros

Release Date: August 10

Why It Should Suck: Someone spent $150 million on a Jason Statham-starring giant shark movie directed by Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure). It's quite reasonable to expect this to be nothing short of a glorious trainwreck.

Why It Might Be Awesome: Tone is absolutely crucial with a project like this, and the loony trailer does at least suggest that The Meg won't be taking itself a might too seriously.

Genuinely fun shark movies are in depressingly short supply - outside of the Sharknado franchise, anyway - so if Turteltaub makes even half-decent use of that ridiculous budget, perhaps The Meg could pull a Piranha 3D and serve up unexpectedly impressive thrills amid basement-low expectations.

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