The Jason Statham motion thriller that everybody is buzzing about, The Beekeeper 2, is now effectively underway, with the follow-up rounding out its supporting forged and bringing again a number of favorites. The Stath will as soon as once more shield the hive because the mysterious former murderer Adam Clay, with The Beekeeper 2 all set to be helmed by No person 2 and The Shadow Strays director Timo Tjahjanto.
Now, a brand new Selection report has revealed that, alongside The Stath, The Beekeeper 2 will deliver again Emmy Raver-Lampman and Bobby Naderi as FBI brokers Verona Parker and Matt Wiley, with Jemma Redgrave additionally set to return as Jessica Danforth, the (absolutely former?) President of the USA. They be part of fellow returning actor Jeremy Irons, who will as soon as once more painting the villainous Wallace Westwyld. One mysterious new recruit has additionally been added to the fray, with Black-ish and Peter Pan & Wendy star Yara Shahidi having now additionally been added to the forged in an as but undisclosed position.
Launched final yr, The Beekeeper noticed enormous success for Jason Statham, happening to gross $152.7 million on the worldwide field workplace and scoring 71% from critics alongside a massively spectacular 92% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. Plot particulars for The Beekeeper 2 stay below wraps, however followers are hoping that extra of the titular assassins will likely be unleashed.
‘The Beekeeper 2’ Will Rework Jason Statham into Timo Tjahjanto’s Model of The Punisher
Following such brutal and bloody motion thriller delights as The Evening Comes for Us and The Shadow Strays, Timo Tjahjanto has now smashed his approach into Hollywood, directing the sequel No person 2 with Bob Odenkirk. Talking solely with MovieWeb’s personal George Edelman, the filmmaker in contrast each Odenkirk and Statham and the way each follow-ups heart on getting old males who proceed to combat regardless of how “overwhelmed down they’re.”
“And as most like Jason’s movies that you recognize, I adore it, as a result of right here we’re telling the story of a person like, like, like Bob himself, you recognize, like Statham right here proper now, he is taking part in a personality who acknowledged that he is getting old, you recognize. And I feel I am positively drawn into characters who’re nonetheless going, no matter, you recognize, how kind of, like, overwhelmed down they’re, you recognize.”
Tjahjanto has additionally teased how The Beekeeper 2 will enable him to reside his dream of bringing a sure Marvel vigilante to life, along with his intention to rework Statham’s Adam Clay into his personal model of The Punisher. He defined to ScreenRant…
“I am positively drawn to the Beekeeper collection simply because once I watched it, I at all times felt that, “Wow, that is basically Statham taking part in certainly one of my favourite characters within the Marvel universe, which is The Punisher.
“If I am unable to make The Punisher movie, if the Gods of movie aren’t permitting me to do a Punisher movie but, then I am going to flip Adam Clay into my very own model of The Punisher. Which is nice! I feel Statham has that high quality in him. He has that very stoic Frank Fortress-esque high quality to him. And I really like that Adam Clay is certainly a man who is sort of colourful in his alternative of violence. He will get actually, actually inventive along with his violence.”
- Launch Date
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January 12, 2024
- Runtime
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105 minutes
- Director
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David Ayer