Sting like a bee
The Beekeeper 2 has been boiling in the pot for quite a while, but soon we will be able to see Jason Statham take on a new horde of baddies with Timo Tjahjanto now at the helm. Amazon MGM Studios has just released the new teaser trailer for the film, which shows us just some of the hectic action we’re in for. David Ayer was a good director to introduce us to this world, but Tjahjanto looks like one who will ratchet up the absurd fun up to 11! Check out the trailer in the embed above! The Beekeeper 2 releases only in theaters on January 15.
Beekeeper 2 details
Statham will return as Adam Clay, “a retired clandestine human intelligence operative who sets out for revenge after his kind-hearted landlady becomes the victim of a phishing scam that steals millions of dollars from a charity she runs.” Jeremy Irons will also return as Wallace Westwyld, the former CIA Director, now head of security for Danforth Enterprises.
David Ayer directed the first film, but Timo Tjahjanto, who recently directed Nobody 2, took over for the sequel. Kurt Wimmer has returned to pen the script. Tjahjanto had said that he was drawn to The Beekeeper sequel because the character resembles one of his favourite Marvel characters: The Punisher. “I’m definitely drawn to the Beekeeper series just because when I watched it, I always felt that, ‘Wow, this is essentially Statham playing one of my favorite characters in the Marvel universe,’ which is The Punisher,” he said. “If I can’t make The Punisher film, if the gods of film aren’t allowing me to do a Punisher film yet, then I’ll turn Adam Clay into my own version of The Punisher. Which is great! I think Statham has that quality in him. He has that very stoic Frank Castle-esque quality to him. And I love that Adam Clay is definitely a guy who is quite colorful in his choice of violence. He gets really, really creative with his violence.“
CinemaCon Footage
At the Amazon MGM Studios panel at this past year’s CinemaCon, we also saw some footage from The Beekeeper 2, as Statham attacks Jeremy Irons’ Westwyld (with a Cybertruck!), only to end up on the same team as him (kind of) when it’s discovered that all the remaining Beekeepers have gone rogue, kidnapping the president and trying to take over the country. Everything we love about the first film is amped up here, with more bee puns and even a scene where Statham heals himself by covering himself with bees in a weird healing tube. He also uses bees to kill some bad guys. It looks like Statham and his new director, Timo Tjahjanto, are a good match.
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