{"id":542433,"date":"2026-03-24T14:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/542433\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:01:10","slug":"jason-stathams-the-beekeeper-2-picked-up-by-germanys-leonine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/542433\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Statham&#8217;s &#8216;The Beekeeper 2&#8217; Picked Up by Germany&#8217;s Leonine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGermany\u2019s leading independent <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/leonine-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_leonine-studios\" data-tag=\"leonine-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leonine Studios<\/a> has acquired distribution rights in German-speaking Europe, excluding a Pay-1 window on Prime Video, to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/miramax\/\" id=\"auto-tag_miramax\" data-tag=\"miramax\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miramax<\/a>\u2019s sequel \u201cThe Beekeeper 2,\u201d starring <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/jason-statham\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jason-statham\" data-tag=\"jason-statham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Statham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLeonine will release the action thriller across theaters in Germany on Jan. 14, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe first installment, distributed theatrically in Germany by Leonine in January 2024, was a smash hit \u2014 debuting at number one at the box office and drawing over 800,000 admissions locally, while also generating more than one million digital transactions as the country\u2019s most successful TVOD title of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGlobally, \u201cThe Beekeeper\u201d achieved a $162.6 million box office and a 92% \u201cVerified Hot\u201d rating on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe Beekeeper 2,\u201d produced and financed by Miramax and releasing outside of German-speaking Europe via Amazon MGM Studios, is directed by Indonesian director Timo Tjahjanto (\u201cNobody 2,\u201d \u201cThe Night Comes For Us\u201d), working from a script by Kurt Wimmer, who penned the original. The sequel once again stars Statham as Adam Clay and is produced by Statham\u2019s Punch Palace Productions, Chris Long\u2019s Longshot Productions and Wimmer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe cast brings together Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons, Emmy Raver-Lampman (\u201cThe Umbrella Academy,\u201d \u201cCentral Park\u201d) as FBI agent Verona Parker, Bobby Naderi (\u201cThe Better Sister\u201d) as Matt Wiley, and Jemma Redgrave (\u201cDoctor Who,\u201d \u201cThe War Between the Land and the Sea\u201d) as U.S. President Jessica Danforth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFranchise newcomers include Yara Shahidi (\u201cBlack-ish,\u201d \u201cGrown-ish,\u201d \u201cSitting in Bars With Cake,\u201d \u201cStreet Smart\u201d), Pom Klementieff (\u201cGuardians of the Galaxy,\u201d \u201cMission: Impossible \u2013 Dead Reckoning,\u201d \u201cWestworld,\u201d \u201cBlack Mirror\u201d), and pro wrestler and actor Adam Copeland (\u201cPercy Jackson and the Olympians\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s leading independent Leonine Studios has acquired distribution rights in German-speaking Europe, excluding a Pay-1 window on Prime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,13032,242558,139113,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-542433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-jason-statham","10":"tag-leonine-studios","11":"tag-miramax","12":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}