Jason Statham Reveals THE MEG 2 Will Now Shoot Early Next Year Jason Statham reveals director Ben Wheatley's THE MEG 2 is all set to start filming in January. Kill List and In The Earth director Ben Wheatley’s upcoming The Meg 2. Statham also revealed the new movie is all set to start filming next January. Statham tells Collider: “ We’re gonna start shooting in January if I get my dates right. Ben Wheatley is the director, I’m very excited to work with him. I’m thrilled to get going, it’s been a while. We’ve been waiting around for the right scripts to come in and the right director to turn up, and we’ve got all those things and they’re all stacked up now.”