EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear is handling international sales in Asia and Middle East North Africa on Jason Statham action pic The Beekeeper 2, which is in production in London.
Amazon/MGM is handling the release in all other international markets and is aboard for North America, as we revealed earlier this year.
Statham stars with Jeremy Irons, Yara Shahidi, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, Jemma Redgrave, Pom Klementieff, and Adam Copeland.
Directed by Timo Tjahjanto and written by Kurt Wimmer, the sequel is produced and financed by Miramax. Jason Statham via Punch Palace Productions, Chris Long via Long Shot Productions, and Kurt Wimmer also produce. Miramax executives Jonathan Glickman, Alexandra Loewy, and Thom Zadra are executive producers.
The first movie, directed by David Ayer, followed a retired clandestine human-intelligence operative who sets out for revenge after his kind-hearted landlady becomes the victim of a phishing scam that steals millions of dollars from a charity she runs. It grossed $163M at the global box office and has a 92% Verified Hot rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Amazon MGM recently teamed up with Statham and Black Bear on A Working Man.
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