It had been in development hell since right after the book got published in like 96 or somethin. Steve Alten probably an old ass man now. Only reason it csme out was Chinese backers, hence the hamfisted "who would do such a thing??" shark finning scene. Yeah buddy wow, who would- oh wait a sec-

The book was actually really great. Ive read it a couple times. Good pulp. The sequel wasnt great so at least the movies were faithful