Producer Ken Atchity, Who Made The Meg Films, Dies at 82
Ken Atchity, the literary manager and producer behind The Meg and its sequel, died of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Ken Atchity, the literary manager, author and producer whose credits include The Meg and its sequel, died on Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of kidney failure. He was 82.
Atchity produced the 2018 shark thriller The Meg and Meg 2: The Trench in 2023, both starring Jason Statham. The first film was directed by Jon Turteltaub and the sequel by Ben Wheatley.
His producing credits also included Joe Somebody (2001), starring Tim Allen, and Hysteria (2011), starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, as well as Life or Something Like It (2002) and Gospel Hill (2008). He produced 16 romantic telefilms under the Shades of Love banner, released internationally by Warner Bros.
Born Kenneth John Atchity on Jan. 16, 1944, in Eunice, Louisiana, he taught at Occidental College before entering show business in the 1980s. He headed Story Merchant Books and wrote more than 20 books.
He is survived by his wife Kayoko, whom he married in 2003, his children Vincent and Rosemary, and his grandchildren.
Quick answers
How did Ken Atchity die?
He died of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at age 82.
Which films did Ken Atchity produce?
His credits include The Meg (2018) and Meg 2: The Trench (2023), both starring Jason Statham, as well as Joe Somebody and Hysteria.