Shark - Il primo squalo

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At one point, director Jon Turteltaub did ask the question, "Would it be appropriate for The Meg to [...]	D
Another weapon in Imageworks' arsenal was Ziva Dynamics' muscle- and skin-simulation plugin, Ziva VF [...]	D
Imageworks had been able to craft a realistic shark and a realistic underwater environment, but ther [...]	D
The name of the Yorkie in this movie is Pippin. The Labrador in Lo squalo (1975) was named Pippit.	D
Although Jonas never actually sees a Meg in the beginning, he DOES see the bite imprint in the hull [...]	D
How and why there are megalodons (believed to have been a shallow-water predator) in a deep sea tren [...]	D
Imageworks provided quick versions of the shots using Viewport 2.0 to get sign-off before continuing [...]	D
In the book, the megalodons are pure white, almost luminescent, from living in an environment with v [...]	D
Jason Statham plays a character called Jonas Taylor. Jason is an anagram of Jonas. This is a coincid [...]	D
Cliff Curtis was in the similar Deep Rising - Presenze dal profondo (1998).	D
Breaking from the stereotype of action/horror movies, the lone black character, DJ (Page Kennedy), d [...]	D
The opening of the film features Jonas attempting to rescue the crew of a sunken nuclear submarine, [...]	D
Sue Rowe and her team looked at a multitude of cavitation reference (cavitation actually occurs when [...]	D
In addition to the shark itself, Imageworks had to imagine an underwater environment, parts of which [...]	D
Ruby Rose almost drowned on the set.	D
The Meg is the first ever Megalodon based film to be released in theaters. Previous films about this [...]	D
The names of the submarines are 'Origin' and 'Evolution' referring to Charles Darwin's 'On the Origi [...]	D
Few sharks are known to inhabit the abyssal regions - such as sites down to 4,000 meters (2.5 miles) [...]	D
The megalodon might be gigantic and has too thick of a hide for the bullets to pierce, but it's stil [...]	D
The animators built multiple types of coral, different types of rock and sand, and had some fish in [...]	D
When Meiying encounters a megalodon for the first time, she's wearing an angel outfit. In the books [...]	D
When asked how they builded up upon with Meiying's encounter with the Meg Erik Aadahl stated: "That' [...]	D
The young boy on Sanya Beach who begs his mother to be allowed to go swimming is another homage to L [...]	D
The Megalodon in the movie is 75 feet (23 m) long, and the species as a whole is given a size range [...]	D
Winston Chao plays Bingbing Li's father, but he's only 13 years her senior.	D
The film is based on the book "MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror," the first book that author Steve Alten [...]	D
In the book the Meg is killed when Jonas drives his submersible down the throat of the meg and slice [...]	D
The movie was considered an early favorite for the Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the 'Razzi [...]	D
Actresses Bingbing Li and Ruby Rose both appeared in films from the "Resident Evil" franchise. Li ap [...]	D
(at around 1h 27 mins) At the beach you can see some children riding a "banana" boat. This is most l [...]	D
Water sequences were filmed in two tanks built in Kumeu, New Zealand. One was relatively shallow but [...]	D
One of sound supervisors Erik Aadahl favorite scenes, "was when you do not see or hear it, but becau [...]	D
When asked what was the most challenging scene for sound. Erik Aadahl stated: "There's a rescue scen [...]	D
It is likely that the name Jonas was a nod to Jonah, the biblical character in the Bible who was swa [...]	D
(at around 1h 30 mins) During the climactic scene in the film with hundreds of people on a beach and [...]	D
Sue Rowe explained about The final frames, "This is what I always say to people who start out in the [...]	D
The humpback whales Lucy and Gracie appear to be named for 1950s TV housewives Lucille Ball of Lucy [...]	D
Heller's dislike of Jonas in the earlier part of the film parallels the novel - unsurprisingly given [...]	D
(at around 1h) Just before the Meg attacks Suyin in the plastic shark cage, you can hear a fast pace [...]	D
When Disney Hollywood Pictures first bought the rights to the novel in 1996, they hired Tom Wheeler, [...]	D
In the book, the Meg only attacked at night since living in the deep water made its eye sensitive to [...]	D
In the book, Jonas is trying to fix a broken UNIS system. In the film, however, he is trying to save [...]	D
Despite being gigantic, the megalodons can still attack suddenly and out of nowhere. Sharks are stil [...]	D
The Meg marked the return of noted producer Gerald R. Molen to Hollywood filmmaking.	D
(at around 1h 7 mins) The scene where Jonas realizes from the Meg's bite pattern that it's too small [...]	D
Rainn Wilson and Page Kennedy also both starred in Backstrom (2015).	D
The first Meg dies in a similar way to the shark in the original book Jaws (which was changed for th [...]	D
Jason Statham and Cliff Curtis reunited again in Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (2019).	D
"When we modeled the Meg using correct shark proportions, it looked too sleek and thin, with a too-s [...]	D
Megalodon generally isn't considered to be in the genus Carcharodon anymore, usually it's considered [...]	D
The animators looked at how the jaws behave when a shark attacks, what the gills are doing when it t [...]	D
(at around 1h 30 mins) The scene where Meg is pulling one, then two, then three of the floating dock [...]	D
The megalodon counts as non-malicious, since it doesn't specifically target humans over other prey, [...]	D
Given its shark is 70 feet long, believability was already pushed to the limits. Still, that did not [...]	D
At the end when the shark is killed the same sound effect is heard that was used in the original Lo [...]	D
When asked about the sub-bass sounds in that scene with Meiying's encounter with the Meg Erik Aadahl [...]	D
Sound editor Jason W. Jennings: liked the scene in the submersible shark cage where Suyin (Bingbing [...]	D
Water cavitation effects played a big role, in selling the final shots.	D
The effects team built a Meg buck for use underwater when Jonas interacts with it. For instance, for [...]	D
Ã“lafur Darri Ã“lafsson plays a character named "The Wall". Earlier, in True Detective (2014), [...]	D
Sound editor Ethan Van der Ryn stated: "In regards to perspective in that scene regarding the giant [...]	D
When the second shark attacks it is very similar to the movie Lake Placid - Il terrore corre sul lag [...]	D
"When the production supervisor Adrian De Wet and visual effects producer Steve Garrad came to us, t [...]	D
The megalodon is relatively docile while swimming near the beach full of people, seeming more curiou [...]	D
(at around 42 mins) Kronosaurus gets a quick cameo while our heroes are looking up details on the me [...]	D
Whenever the scene goes underwater, director Jon Turteltaub wanted the audience to feel extremely un [...]	D
In its early stages of development, the film was touted as a George Clooney vehicle.	D
Author Steve Alten's daughter appeared as an extra in the film.	D
Production design was done by Grant Major, who is famous for his work on The Lord of the Rings trilo [...]	D
(at around 53 mins) At one point, Jonas jumps into the water and starts singing to himself, "Just ke [...]	D
As in the original novel, one of the characters is Jonas' ex-wife - but unlike the book's publicity- [...]	D
Both Rainn Wilson and Bingbing Li have appeared in Transformers - La vendetta del caduto (2009) and [...]	D
Similarly, there were moments when the filmmakers felt that some underwater shots were still missing [...]	D
When asked how they handle the sound of the underwater world Erik Aadahl stated: "Jay [Jennings] jus [...]	D
Director Jon Turteltaub wanted something that looked prehistoric, so the Meg was designed with a mou [...]	D
One of the early things that the director and the picture editor Steven Kemper mentioned was that th [...]	D
When asked how were they able to build the tension of an impending attack, or to enhance an attack, [...]	D
The scene with the giant squid could be an allusion to The Beast, a novel written by Peter Benchley, [...]	D
The supposed megalodon teeth dated to just before the ice ages found by the HMS Challenger are now b [...]	D
(at around 1h 40 mins) In the book, the Meg gives birth to three pups, two of which die. The lone su [...]	D
This is the second Jason Statham movie where he befriends a Chinese girl, the first being Safe (2012 [...]	D
In the novel, Jonas became a paleo-biologist after his final diving venture (where he allegedly saw [...]	D
For the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) sounds, the sound editors parked a car in a quiet location at [...]	D
Featured on Episode #196 on the podcast "How Did This Get Made?".	D
(at around 42 mins) When explaining the Megalodon to the group using a presentation, there is a phot [...]	D
With a $130-$178 million production budget, and a $140 million marketing budget, the film will need [...]	D
By using Viewport 2.0, Imageworks could turn around versions quickly in a kind of 'post-vis' workflo [...]	D
Eli Roth was attached as director before being replaced by Jon Turteltaub. Roth left due to creative [...]	D
The idea that was employed for shark was, adds Sue Rowe, "if you ever look at a thoroughbred horse a [...]	D
The name of the boat at the end of the film is "Charlotte." This is also the name of the ship that t [...]	D
To enable Imageworks to turn around so many shots for the third act so quickly, Sue Rowe employed se [...]	D
The megalodon consistently ignores smaller prey if larger prey is readily available and primarily at [...]	D
Jonas was a DSV pilot for the navy in the original book whereas in this one he was a rescue diver (t [...]	D
As regards her role, Suyin is roughly comparable to Tanaka's son DJ in the novel; she doesn't believ [...]	D
Adrian De Wet stated "The creature is described in the books as looking like a huge albino great whi [...]	D
Since real sharks can't make sounds, but Hollywood sharks do, director Jon Turteltaub wanted to appr [...]	D
In real life, Jason Statham is an expert swimmer. In the 1990 Commonwealth Games, he represented Eng [...]	D
Adrian De Wet notes that real great white sharks can almost look too 'smiley' when they appear head- [...]	D
The Gliders used in the climax are named for Richard E. Byrd and Ernest Shackleton, two early explor [...]	D
In 1997, when the book was first published, Disney bought the film rights for almost $1 million. The [...]	D
Poisoning the first meg doesn't instantly kill it; rather, it takes several minutes during which it' [...]	D
Visual effects studios are constantly being asked to deliver more shots more quickly than ever befor [...]	D
Production VFX supervisor Adrian De Wet spent months with teams of effects artists refining the shap [...]	D
When asked how they made being underwater feel uncomfortable Erik Aadahl stated: "That's an interest [...]	D

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