Amazon MGM Studios has premiered the first trailer for the Jason Statham-led “The Beekeeper 2,” which opens in cinemas on January 15th.
Miramax finances and produces the action sequel that will arrive three years exactly after the first film was released on the same MLK four-day holiday weekend in 2024.
David Ayer helmed the first film, which grossed $162 million worldwide. This time, Timo Tjahjanto (“Nobody 2”) helms the film from a script by returning writer Kurt Wimmer.
Jason Statham returns as Adam Clay, a former government assassin who came out of retirement in a quest for vengeance in the first film. In the sequel, he’s now a wanted man and he has to save the President of the United States from her own organization, the Beekeepers, who have gone rogue.
Also back are Jeremy Irons as former CIA director Wallace Westwyld, Emmy Raver-Lampman and Bobby Naderi as investigating FBI agents, and Jemma Redgrave as U.S. President Jessica Danforth.
Pom Klementieff, Adam Copeland and Yara Shahidi play new additions to the cast of the film, which was shot late last year with Statham, Wimmer and Chris Long producing.
