News broke over the weekend that Meg, the gigantic-freaking-shark movie based on the novel of the same name by Steve Alten, is “dead in the water” (no one could resist the pun, nor should they have) at New Line. They lose the rights in October, and Alten says he’s trying to make something happen elsewhere.
In googling around for this info, I discovered that Alten has written a Loch Ness Monster thriller called The Loch, which centers on the premise that the beastie is a gigantic (wait for it) eel. In a publicity stunt, Alten commissioned the creation of a six-foot replica skull of what such a critter would look like, which is awesome.