Overview
- Amazon MGM screened first-look footage at CinemaCon 2026, with Jason Statham returning as Adam Clay and introducing the clips by video.
- The preview sets up a crisis in which the secretive Beekeepers go rogue and abduct the U.S. president, with Clay singled out to stop them.
- Action scenes feature heavy weapons including machine guns and a flamethrower, plus a moment where bees are used as a weapon.
- The studio announced a January 14, 2027 theatrical release, while Collider’s listing shows January 15, signaling minor date discrepancies in early coverage.
- Timo Tjahjanto directs, with Jeremy Irons, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, and Jemma Redgrave returning, and Yara Shahidi, Pom Klementieff, and Adam Copeland joining the cast.