{"id":587283,"date":"2026-04-16T07:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/587283\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:04:09","slug":"jason-statham-stars-in-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/587283\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Statham Stars in Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJason Statham<\/a> is helping to build the buzz for his sequel movie, The Beekeeper<\/a> 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring Amazon MGM Studios<\/a>\u2018 CinemaCon<\/a> presentation on Wednesday, the star appeared in a pre-recorded bit, pouring honey into his tea as he introduced exclusive clips from the new movie. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe footage showed Statham\u2019s character, former government assassin Adam Clay, as he learns that the Beekeepers, an elite\u00a0clandestine human intelligence\u00a0organization tasked with protecting the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0and operating above governmental jurisdiction, have gone rogue and will kill anyone in their way. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe group has kidnapped the president, as Jeremy Irons<\/a>\u2018 character, Wallace Westwyld, a former CIA Director, tells Clay that he\u2019s the only one who \u201ccan stop all this madness.\u201d And so Clay jumps into action, wielding plenty of machine guns, a flamethrower and at one point, even harnesses bees as a weapon as he sets out to make things right.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmazon MGM Studios is set to release director Timo Tjahjanto\u2019s feature in theaters Jan. 14, 2027. David Ayer helmed the 2024 original that surpassed $160 million at the global box office. <\/p>\n

\n\tIrons, Emmy Raver-Lampman<\/a>, Bobby Naderi and Jemma Redgrave are among the cast members reprising their roles from the first film, while the sequel\u2019s newcomers to the franchise include Yara Shahidi, Pom Klementieff and Adam Copeland.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe first Beekeeper film centered on Clay, who was setting out on a revenge mission. In the sequel, Clay is now a wanted man as he continues his vendetta against those who wronged him.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast year, Ayer spoke to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> about feeling grateful for the success of The Beekeeper. \u201cI made that movie on a thesis of really making something for the audience and intentionally making a commercial film,\u201d the director said. \u201cAt the same time, I was showcasing my filmmaker\u2019s heart. To have that work, I don\u2019t want to say I was surprised, but it was really reaffirming, for sure.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tCinemaCon is the annual event for exhibitors and Hollywood studios that runs this year from April 13-16. It is the official convention of Cinema United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Statham is helping to build the buzz for his sequel movie, The Beekeeper 2. During Amazon MGM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[12779,232746,255240,111619,88,13032,55889,206,256874,48481],"class_list":{"0":"post-587283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-amazon-mgm-studios","9":"tag-cinemacon","10":"tag-cinemacon-2026","11":"tag-emmy-raver-lampman","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-jason-statham","14":"tag-jeremy-irons","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-the-beekeeper","17":"tag-trailer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587283","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=587283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}