Summary
FollowingThe Beekeeper’scritical and commercial success, Jason Statham’s upcoming action thriller holds exciting promise.The Beekeepercashed in at the box office early this year, more than tripling its estimated $40 million budget for a total $152 million worldwide gross. Albeit far from thehighest-grossing movies of Statham’s career, which are often installments of big-name blockbuster franchises,The Beekeeperstill achieved impressive accomplishments, including the title of the 13thhighest-grossing film of 2024(as of this writing). Against previous box office hits, likeThe MegorFast X,The Beekeeperalso securedStatham’s best Rotten Tomatoes score since 2015.
2015’sSpyis Statham’s highest-rated film effort onRotten Tomatoesat 95%.
The Beekeeper, featuring Statham as a retired human intelligence agent seeking vengeance on a covert criminal organization, was regarded well by critics but thoroughly revered by general audiences. While critics ratedThe Beekeeperwith a decent 71% on Rotten Tomatoes, audiences bestowed it with 91%, the highest RT score any Statham movie has received in over a decade. Overall, the film’s critical and commercial reception has proven that the legendary action star still has a lot to give and isan exhilarating precedent for his next action endeavor,Levon’s Trade, scheduled for release July 09, 2025.
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A Working Man
Cast
A Working Man follows Levon Cade, a former black ops soldier, as he navigates a quiet life working in construction. Upon the abduction of his boss’s daughter by human traffickers, Cade embarks on a mission to rescue her, uncovering a vast network of corruption in the process.
Statham isn’t necessarily breaking the mold set byThe Beekeeperfor his new role inLevon’s Trade, as he will playa former Special Forces operative named Levon Cade who returns to a life of violence for a cause, but that doesn’t make it any less exciting.Levon’s Tradewill star David Harbour, Jason Flemyng, and Michael Peña alongside Statham’s lead and comes from a screenplay written by action icon Sylvester Stallone. Its premise is based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Chuck Dixon, best known for his seminal work on Marvel and DC comic books.
2025
2026
Pre-production
TBD
Assuming the upcoming film aims to stay true to Dixon’s source novel,Levon’s Tradewill be a fast-paced and brutal portrayal of Cade’s unsought infiltration of a criminal conspiracy. At the outset of the story, Cade, having left his former profession to live a simple life raising his daughter, is a construction worker. However, when his boss' daughter goes missing, Cade is called on to recover her and gets caught amid a much larger, darker dilemma. When his involvement threatens to upend the quiet life he built, Cade is led to reawaken the trained killer he once was.
The Beekeeper Makes Levon’s Trade Much More Exciting
Levon’s Trade Reunites Jason Statham With David Ayer
Levon’s Tradeis more exciting when considering that it’ll mark a reunion between Statham andThe Beekeeperdirector David Ayer. Ayer is already seasoned in the genre, having worked on several great action entries, such asBirds of Prey,Fury, andEnd of Watch-buthis collaboration with Statham onThe BeekeeperputsLevon’s Trade,which he will also direct,at an even better advantage. The high-octane and somewhat identical premise ofLevon’s Trademeans that Statham and Ayer theoretically shouldn’t have much of a problem recreating or exceeding the critical and commercial success that came out ofThe Beekeeper.
IfThe Beekeeper 2doesn’t ever come to fruition,Levon’s Tradealso has a better chance of developing into Statham’s next big action franchise.
Audiences are already primed and ready fora sequel toThe Beekeeper,and seeing as it’s yet to be confirmed,Levon’s Trademay be their best option to tide them over in the meantime. IfThe Beekeeper 2doesn’t ever come to fruition,Levon’s Tradealso has a better chance of developing into Statham’s next big action franchise. WhereasThe Beekeeperwas an original concept,Levon’s Tradeis based on the first of a novel series that Statham and Ayer can continually draw from.
The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper follows a man’s quest for vengeance that escalates to a national level when he is revealed as a former operative of a covert organization known as Beekeepers. The story intertwines personal motives with broader implications, highlighting the intricate web of secrecy and power within the organization.
