Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives is a 2013 film that aired on the Discovery Channel about the potential survival of the prehistoric shark. Purported to be a documentary, the story revolves around numerous videos, "photographs", and firsthand encounters with a megalodon and an ensuing investigation that points to the involvement of the prehistoric species, despite the long-held belief of its ...
Megalodon subsequently began to feature in films, such as the 2002 direct to video Shark Attack 3: Megalodon, and later The Meg, a 2018 film based on the 1997 book which grossed over $500 million at the box office.
The titular prehistoric "sea monsters" encountered throughout the series include the giant orthocone (Cameroceras), an enormous primitive cephalopod, the armor-plated giant predatory fish Dunkleosteus, the giant pliosaur Liopleurodon, the early whale Basilosaurus, and megalodon, the largest shark to ever live.
Megalodon sharks were “the size and weight of a railroad car” and reigned over the world’s oceans “roughly 23 to 3.6 million years ago,” according to the National Museum of Natural History.
“We waited for one of the rods to go off.”
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon is the second sequel to Shark Attack, released in 2002 direct-to-video. The film is notable for featuring John Barrowman , who later found fame in popular shows such as Doctor Who and Torchwood .
The reviews are in for Meg 2: The Trench – and the critics’ teeth are sharper than a prehistoric shark’s. Directed by Ben Wheatley , the film, released on Friday (4 August), is a sequel to ...