“The Beekeeper 2,” distributed worldwide by Amazon MGM Studios and produced and financed by Miramax, is expected to start production this fall, with Jeremy Irons also returning. Details of Shahidi’s role are being kept under wraps.
Timo Tjahjanto, who recently helmed “Nobody 2” for Universal, following a string of massive Indonesian hits on Netflix, directs from a script by Kurt Wimmer, who penned the first film. Statham also returns to produce the sequel through his Punch Palace Productions shingle, alongside Chris Long (via Longshot Productions) and Wimmer.
In “The Beekeeper,” Statham stars as Adam Clay, a retired government assassin (a former “Beekeeper” operative turned actual honeycomb minder), who sets off on a quest for vengeance when his kindhearted landlady (Phylicia Rashad) is maliciously targeted in a phishing attack. The action-conspiracy thriller,…
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