The sequel toJason Statham’s $162 million hit action movie gets an update from the director, and it’s exciting news.
One of worldwide cinema’s most bankable stars, Statham in 2025 has added another hit movie to his list of successes, as the gritty David Ayer-directedA Working Mangrossed $100 million on a budget of $40 million.
Statham’s bruising thriller about a former commando seeking to rescue a friend’s kidnapped daughter has also been a hit on streaming. That’s no surprise,as Statham is just as popular on services like Netflix and Prime Video as he is in theaters around the globe.
2026 will see Statham back in theaters withMutiny, an action thriller about a man wrongfully accused of murder, who goes looking for the real killer. Statham is also set to return in the sequel to his big 2024 hit, which has nabbedThe Night Comes For Usdirector Timo Tjahjanto after the departure of the original movie’s helmer, Ayer.
Timo Tjahjanto Gives An Update On Statham’s Beekeeper 2
The Beekeeperwas a surprise hit in January 2024, grossing $162 million,andBeekeeper 2is now going into production, with director Tjahjanto offering a recent status update. Details onBeekeeper 2’s plot are under wraps, but the original was a wild, action-packed outing starring Statham as a peaceful former special ops agent out for justice.
WithBeekeeperdirector Ayer out of the fold,the sequel’s director Tjahjanto is hard at work putting together his latest action effort, revealing in a recent interview that he was just scouting locations for the Statham-led movie, while discussing what he loves about the first film(viaMovieWeb):
Literally two days ago, I was in London scouting for locations [for Beekeeper 2], and now I’m here in LA … I can’t wait, because Beekeeper is obviously one of those movies where it sort of walked the fine line … something absurd about it in a great way, right? I think that’s what I’m drawn to, because I love this absurdist world of Beekeeper and secret agents and all that stuff. But also, there’s something that is really earnest in its sense, where it can be really violent, it can be suddenly very gritty.
Tjahjanto happens to also have directed Bob Odenkirk inNobody 2, and discussed the similarity between Odenkirk’s character and Statham’s titular Beekeeper:
And as most like Jason’s films…I love it, because here we are telling the story of a man like Bob himself, like Statham here right now, he’s playing a character who acknowledged that he’s aging. And I think I’m definitely drawn into characters who are still going, regardless of [how] beaten down they are.
Our Take On Tjahjanto’s Beekeeper 2 Update
Beekeeperhelmer Ayer is one of the most-respected action directors in Hollywood, but hisBeekeeper 2replacement Tjahjanto also boasts an impressive filmography, including international hitsMay the Devil Take YouandThe Night Comes for Us.That Tjahjanto landed bothBeekeeper 2andNobody 2only demonstrates how fast his star is ascending in the world of action cinema.
Beekeeperscreenwriter Kurt Wimmer also penned the sequel.
Tjahjanto sounds as though he’s excited to be leading Statham, one of the world’s biggest action stars, in making a sequel toThe Beekeeper. He’s particularly high on the original movie’s mix of tones,and from that one can infer that the sequel will be similarly absurd-but-gritty.
Tjahjanto’s revelation that he has been scouting London locations also seemingly confirms thatBeekeeper 2is set to go overseas. Statham’s Beekeeper character is some kind of mysterious special forces agent, who moves in a shady world not dissimilar to that ofJohn Wick. It’s no surprise, then, that the sequel could have an international flavor.
