EXCLUSIVE: Jason Statham and Miramax are partnering for a 3rd time with The Bee Keeper, a spec script by Kurt Wimmer which the studio has shelled out seven figures for.
A September 2022 manufacturing begin is being eyed in London and Atlanta.
The Bee Keeper is a lightning-paced thriller deeply steeped within the mythology of Bee Holding. Miramax is presently trying to find a director. Statham, Wimmer and Miramax CEO Invoice Block are set to provide.
“The Bee Keeper explores common themes with an unconventional story that can have followers sitting on the sting of their seats. We’re excited to deliver one other iconic and irresistible movie to audiences across the globe,” stated Block.
Statham lately shot Miramax’s Untitled Man Ritchie Challenge aka 5 Eyes and starred in Ritchie and Miramax’s Wrath of Man which has grossed near $104M on the international field workplace. Miramax’s earlier Ritchie film, The Gents, launched by STX stateside, grossed $115.1M WW.
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Statham counts effectively over $7.8 billion on the international field workplace fueled by the Quick and Livid franchise, The Meg, The Expendables collection, Spy, and the Transporter films amongst a number of different motion titles.
Wimmer has written such films because the upcoming Kids of the Corn, Salt, Level Break, Legislation Abiding Citizen, The Recruit and 1999’s reboot of The Thomas Crown Affair.
Statham is represented by Patrick Knapp of GGSSC. Wimmer is represented by Verve and legal professional Barry Littman.
Different upcoming Miramax initiatives embody He’s All That starring Addison Rae and directed by Mark Waters; Mom Android starring Chloe Moretz and directed by Mattson Tomlin; Halloween Kills starring Jamie Lee Curtis, co-produced with Trancas Worldwide Movies and Blumhouse Productions; The Georgetown Challenge starring Oscar-winner Russell Crowe and directed by Joshua John Miller; and Uncle Frank, directed by Alan Ball and starring Paul Bettany which premiered on the 2020 Sundance Movie Competition and was bought by Amazon. There’s additionally Silent Retreat, a comedy from Isn’t It Romantic director Todd Strauss-Schulson, and The Perfection, directed by Richard Shepard, starring Allison Williams and Logan Browning, which premiered at Implausible Fest 2018 and was acquired by Netflix. Miramax Tv concluded manufacturing on a six-part collection titled Spy Metropolis, co-produced with Leonine, and starring Dominic Cooper.