Jason Statham’s $152 million action hit on Amazon Prime makes this upcoming film very exciting

Followed The Beekeeper‘S Jason Statham’s upcoming action thriller is a huge success with both critics and at the box office and promises promising innovations. The Beekeeper The film cashed in at the box office earlier this year, tripling its estimated $40 million budget to a total of $152 million worldwide. Although it is far from being one of the highest-grossing films of Statham’s career, which are often sequels to major blockbuster franchises, The Beekeeper has nevertheless achieved impressive success, including the title of the 13th highest-grossing film of 2024 (at the time of this writing). Compared to previous box office hits such as The Meg or Fast X, The Beekeeper Statham also secured the best Rotten Tomatoes rating since 2015.

The Beekeeperin which Statham plays a retired secret agent seeking revenge on a secret organization called the Beekeepers, was well received by critics but adored by the general public. While critics described it as The Beekeeper with a decent 71% on Rotten Tomatoes, audiences gave it 91%, the highest RT rating a Statham film has received in over a decade. Overall, the critical and commercial reception of the film proved that the legendary action star still has a lot to give and an exciting precedent for his next action project, Levon’s TradeExpected release: January 17, 2025.

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What Jason Statham’s next film “Levon’s Trade” is about

Levon’s Trade is based on Chuck Dixon’s thriller of the same name

Levon’s Trade

Based on the book series by Chuck Dixon, “Levon’s Trade” is an action thriller directed by David Ayer and starring Jason Statham. Levon Cade leaves his life as a secret agent behind, takes care of his daughter and enjoys a civilian life – until his new boss’s daughter disappears. In search of her, Levon returns to his old life and becomes involved in a dangerous conspiracy that threatens to consume everything he loves.

director

David Ayer

Studio(s)

Black Bear, Cedar Park Studios, Punch Palace Productions, BlockFilm

Sales Partner

Amazon MGM Studios

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Statham does not necessarily break the mold, the The Beekeeper for his new role in Levon’s Tradebecause he will play a former special forces agent named Levon Cade who returns to a life of violence for a causebut that doesn’t make it any less exciting. Levon’s Trade In addition to Statham, the film also stars David Harbour, Jason Flemyng and Michael Peña. The screenplay was written by action icon Sylvester Stallone. The plot is based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Chuck Dixon, who is best known for his groundbreaking work on Marvel and DC comics.

Provided the upcoming film stays true to Dixon’s novel, Levon’s Trade will be a fast-paced and brutal portrayal of Cade’s unintentional infiltration of a criminal conspiracy. As the story begins, Cade is a construction worker, having given up his previous profession to live a simple life raising his daughter. However, when his boss’s daughter goes missing, Cade is called in to find her and finds himself caught up in a much larger, darker dilemma. When his involvement threatens to destroy the quiet life he has built, Cade is driven to resurrect the trained killer he once was.

The beekeeper makes Levon’s job much more exciting

Levon’s trade reunites Jason Statham with David Ayer

Levon’s Trade is more exciting when you consider that it is a reunion between Statham and The Beekeeper Director David Ayer. Ayer is already experienced in the genre and has worked on several great action films, such as birds of prey, FuryAnd End of the watch – But his collaboration with Statham on The Beekeeper puts Levon’s trade, which he will also direct, with even better advantageThe high-octane and somewhat identical premise of Levon’s Trade means that Statham and Ayer should theoretically have no big problem replicating the critical and commercial success of The Beekeeper.

The audience is already looking forward to the sequel to The Beekeeperand since it is not yet confirmed, Levon’s Trade is perhaps the best way to bridge the situation in the meantime. If The Beekeeper 2 never comes into effect, Levon’s Trade also has a better chance of becoming Statham’s next big action franchise. While The Beekeeper was an original concept, Levon’s Trade is based on the first in a series of novels from which Statham and Ayer can draw again and again.

The Beekeeper

The Beekeeper is a 2024 action thriller film directed by David Ayer. Jason Statham plays “Mr. Clay,” a former member of a secret organization called the Beekeepers, who returns to work after a close friend is scammed by a phishing scam. To make things right, Mr. Clay wages a violent war when he discovers that the truth behind the scammers may be more sinister than he thought.

director

David Ayer

Release date

January 12, 2024

Studio(s)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MiraMax, Cedar Park Studios, Punch Palace Productions

Sales Partner

Amazon MGM Studios

Authors

Kurt Wimmer

Duration

105 minutes

budget

40 million US dollars

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