Amazon MGM Studios has dropped the first trailer for The Beekeeper 2, providing a first look at Jason Statham’s return as the action franchise heads back to cinemas on 15 January 2027. The film is the sequel to 2024’s original film which grossed $162.6 million worldwide and earned a 92% Verified Hot audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Statham returns in the lead, joined by an expanded ensemble that includes Jeremy Irons, Yara Shahidi, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, Jemma Redgrave, Pom Klementieff and Adam Copeland. Kurt Wimmer (Salt, Street Kings) returns as screenwriter, with Miramax financing and producing. Statham also serves as a producer through his Punch Palace Productions banner, alongside Chris Long’s Longshot Productions and Wimmer.
Directing duties fall to Timo Tjahjanto, whose career has followed a clear progression from boundary-pushing horror into large-scale, audience-facing action. Tjahjanto first gained international attention through his work in horror, including the V/H/S/2 segment ‘Safe Haven’ and the ferocious home-invasion thriller Killers, before further cementing his reputation with May the Devil Take You and its sequel.
Over the past decade, Tjahjanto has moved towards action in increasingly visible ways. Headshot marked an early step into full-on martial-arts mayhem, while The Night Comes for Us became a global sensation on Netflix for its relentless choreography and uncompromising energy. He continued broadening his range with The Big 4, a buddy action-comedy that also found an international streaming audience, and The Shadow Strays, another Netflix project blending stylised violence with narrative momentum. In 2025, Tjahjanto made a major move into mainstream Hollywood with Nobody 2, the sequel to the surprise 2021 action hit starring Bob Odenkirk.
Amazon MGM Studios secured The Beekeeper 2 in a reported deal exceeding $50 million, signalling confidence in the franchise’s global appeal. The sequel is scheduled to open against a Universal/Blumhouse event title and Paramount’s Children of Blood and Bone, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
