Amazon MGM Studios has today slated The Beekeeper 2 for January 15, 2027, once again anchoring the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. The original film debuted on the same stretch in January 2024, ultimately grossing $162.6 million worldwide and earning a 92% Verified Hot audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Jason Statham returns in the lead, joined by an even deeper 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 writer, with Miramax financing and producing. Statham also serves as a producer via his Punch Palace Productions banner alongside Chris Long’s Longshot Productions and Wimmer.
Directing duties now fall to Timo Tjahjanto, a filmmaker 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 pivoted toward action in increasingly visible ways. Headshot marked an early step into full‑on martial 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 that blended stylized violence with narrative momentum. In 2025, Tjahjanto made a major leap 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, signaling confidence in the franchise’s global draw. The sequel is set to open against a Universal/Blumhouse event title and Paramount’s Children of Blood and Bone, directed by Gina Prince‑Bythewood.
