Director Timo Tjahjanto revealed what followers can anticipate from the villains in The Beekeeper 2. The primary Beekeeper film, helmed by David Ayer, was launched in 2024 and starred Jason Statham as a former murderer named Adam Clay who leaves retirement in an effort to search revenge after a phishing rip-off impacts his landlady. Josh Hutcherson performed the villain, Derek Danforth.
Statham is returning for the sequel, The Beekeeper 2, this time with Tjahjanto on the helm. Tjahjanto advised The Direct that there are “so many” antagonists within the upcoming movie and added that the villain aspect of The Beekeeper 2 will likely be very “unpredictable and colourful,” which was one in every of his objectives when he got here on board as director.
Tjahjanto additionally praised the script for The Beekeeper 2, and he “personally cannot wait” for followers to have the ability to watch the Amazon MGM Studios movie.
“I personally can’t wait. The script is so nice, and there are such a lot of new villains which can be coming within the movie. And a movie is at all times nice, as a result of – particularly a movie like Beekeeper – it’s at all times nice as a result of the villain aspect goes to be so unpredictable and colourful, and that’s what we wish to do within the second movie.”
The director beforehand teased that The Beekeeper 2 would really feel prefer it got here straight out of an anime or manga comedian.
Together with Statham and Hutcherson, The Beekeeper additionally starred Emmy Raver-Lampman, Minnie Driver, Bobby Naderi, David Witts, Taylor James, Michael Epp, Jemma Redgrave, Phylicia Rashad, Enzo Cilenti, Don Gilet, Megan Le and Jeremy Irons.
The movie, which was launched in January 2024, grossed $162.6 million on the field workplace in opposition to a $40 million funds.
The Beekeeper obtained principally optimistic evaluations from critics (with a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes), and overwhelming reward from audiences (who gave the motion thriller a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes). A number of critics praised Statham’s motion hero standing in The Beekeeper, even when a few of them felt the plot itself left a lot to be desired.
The actor reunited with Ayer, the director of the primary movie, for the motion thriller A Working Man in 2025. Statham’s different appearing credit over time embody The Transporter, The Italian Job, The Expendables, Quick & Livid 6, Spy, The Meg and Hobbs & Shaw.
Statham is not the one solid member returning for The Beekeeper 2. Raver-Lampman and Naderi are reprising their roles as FBI brokers Verona Parker and Matt Wiley, as are Redgrave as President Jessica Danforth and Irons as Wallace Westwyld. New solid members embody Grown-ish alum Yara Shahidi, Mission: Unimaginable‘s Pom Klementieff and professional wrestler Adam Copeland.
Tjahjanto, who lately helmed the Bob Odenkirk movie No person 2, is directing from a script written by Umair Aleem, with Statham, Chris Lengthy and Kurt Wimmer on board as producers.
Filming for The Beekeeper 2 wrapped in late 2025, with the director calling it an unbelievable expertise and praising the solid and crew for all of the arduous work they put into the undertaking.
Whereas a launch date hasn’t been introduced but, anticipate The Beekeeper 2 to be launched within the latter half of 2026 or 2027, with Statham again in motion as Adam Clay.
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Timo Tjahjanto
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Kurt Wimmer