Jason Statham‘s subsequent function will probably be his greatest but: himself.
The motion icon, who’s now connected to an upcoming meta comedy, initially had his breakout roles within the Man Ritchie motion pictures Lock, Inventory and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. Since then, he has gone on to be a staple of motion franchises, together with Crank, The Meg, Expendables, The Mechanic, and Transporter, along with showing in a number of Quick & Livid motion pictures.
Per Deadline, Jason Statham is now connected to play a fictionalized model of himself within the action-comedy Jason Statham Stole My Bike, which is at the moment on the market on the European Movie Market. The director connected is Bullet Prepare and Atomic Blonde‘s David Leitch, who beforehand collaborated with Statham on Quick & Livid Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
The film, which reportedly boasts an enormous funds of greater than $80 million, is set to kick off manufacturing this Could. Whereas plot particulars are at the moment unavailable, the screenplay was written by Alison Flierl (Conan, BoJack Horseman).
Producers embody Statham and Leitch (for Punch Palace Productions and 87 North, respectively), 87 North’s Kelly McCormick, and Black Bear’s John Friedberg, alongside Meredith Berg and Ethan Erwin from Beryllium Leisure.
Whereas there haven’t been many non-action Jason Statham motion pictures, the star has appeared in sufficient entries within the style to have been given no less than one main alternative to point out off his comedian chops prior to now. That got here when he took on a supporting function reverse Melissa McCarthy within the 2015 Paul Feig espionage comedy Spy.
In that film, he performed the overzealous CIA agent Rick Ford, whose harebrained makes an attempt to assist McCarthy’s character Susan Cooper on her mission usually land her in scorching water. Statham achieved an excessive amount of crucial consideration on the time for his comedian chops. The truth is, Flickering Fable‘s Robert Kojder mentioned that he “walks away with each single scene he is part of.”
If Jason Statham can deliver the identical stage of vitality to the function of himself, it’s potential that he might cement himself as one of the crucial iconic stars to painting themselves onscreen, alongside actors together with Nicolas Cage in The Insufferable Weight of Huge Expertise, Neil Patrick Harris within the Harold & Kumar motion pictures, and Jennifer Tilly in Seed of Chucky.
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July 26, 1967
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Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England, UK