The Beekeeper 2: Yara Shahidi joins Jason Staham in sequel to one of last year’s best action movies

Variety reports that Yara Shahidi (Grown-ish) will star alongside Jason Statham in The Beekeeper 2. The first film was a surprise hit, and Amazon MGM Studios wasted little time getting the ball rolling on a sequel.

Production on The Beekeeper 2 is expected to kick off this fall. 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. Shahidi’s role is being…