Overview

• Amazon MGM Studios confirms The Beekeeper 2 is in development, but the studio has not set production dates or a release window.
• David Ayer moves into an executive producer role as screenwriter Kurt Wimmer returns for the follow-up.
• Tjahjanto says he will shape Adam Clay as his own version of The Punisher, praising Statham’s stoic, Frank Castle–like presence and inventive on-screen violence.
• The director is planning larger-scale action with bigger, more colorful villains and what he calls environmental-type takedowns.
• Jason Statham is expected to reprise Adam Clay and is producing through Punch Palace Productions, following the first film’s reported $152 million global haul on a $40 million budget.