Jason Statham lastly bought the gloriously ridiculous motion thriller they’ve been ready for because of final 12 months’s The Beekeeper. A sequel is on the best way, and it’s being helmed by one of the crucial underrated filmmakers within the motion sport proper now, Timo Tjahjanto, greatest recognized for the likes of The Evening Come for Us, The Shadow Strays, and the upcoming No person 2. Particulars surrounding The Beekeeper 2 stay largely underneath wraps, Tjahjanto has lastly revealed the primary perception into his method to the motion thriller follow-up whereas talking completely with MovieWeb’s personal George Edelman.
We presently know nothing concerning the plot or solid (other than The Stath) for The Beekeeper 2, however Tjahjanto has now teased the villains of the piece whereas revealing that the sequel will probably be very “style,” evaluating the follow-up to anime and manga and likening Statham’s former murderer Adam Clay to “a Bushido character.” Which, frankly, sounds past excellent.
“And I feel you are gonna admire this, as a result of, when it comes to, like, the villains that we now have for Beekeeper 2, particularly, like, you are gonna be blown away simply how ‘style’ it feels, you understand… virtually like a, like a, one thing out of, like an anime, like manga pages, you understand,… I am so grateful as a result of with Beekeeper I mentioned to Jason, “Jason, we gonna make this character anyone who has been by the ringer, you understand, like, and the one factor that retains him going is his precept.” He is just about like a Bushido character. He is a person out of his time, you understand, like, and I feel he respects that. Like, yeah, that is the explanation why he retains on going. To cite a favourite comedian of mine, “even when God stands in your means, minimize him down.””
May ‘Beekeeper 2’ Carry This Villain Again From the Useless?
Launched in January 2024, the primary The Beekeeper finds Statham on strong floor because the mysterious Adam Clay who, after shedding a pricey good friend to a rip-off, leaves his quiet beekeeping methods behind as he enacts a brutal marketing campaign for vengeance. After all, The Stath is not any mere lowly beekeeper and is shortly revealed to be a former operative of a strong, secret group referred to as “Beekeepers.”
Whereas Timo Tjahjanto is holding the id of those villains near his chest for now, the filmmaker has beforehand teased {that a} acquainted face from the primary film might return for The Beekeeper 2. Taking to his official X/Twitter account, the director teased that Lazarus, performed by Taylor James, a South African mercenary who has expertise killing Beekeepers, might be resurrected for the sequel. Whereas he’s seemingly very useless by the tip of the primary film, might his stunning comeback be what Tjahjanto means when he states that audiences will probably be “blown away simply how ‘style’” The Beekeeper 2 feels?
“IMO Lazarus was a fairly rattling attention-grabbing villain, hes an asshole however not fairly Evil, simply … a really eager Handicapped Mercenary with some alternative aesthetics,” the director mentioned of the character. Whereas it could appear unlikely that this explicit villain might return from the useless, his identify is Lazarus, in spite of everything.
Definitely, following this perception from Timo Tjahjanto, Jason Statham followers will probably be buzzing for The Beekeeper 2 greater than they (and we) already had been. No person 2 is scheduled to hit theaters on August 15, 2025.
The Beekeeper
- Launch Date
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January 12, 2024
- Runtime
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105 minutes
- Director
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David Ayer