Jason Statham and director David Ayer found success with both The Beekeeper ($162M) and last year’s A Working Man ($98M). Now they’re going for a third hit, as Deadline reports they are reuniting for John Doe, an action film from The Avengers and Ready Player One writer Zak Penn.
In John Doe, Statham plays the Man with No Name, “a man with no memory, no past, and no name — and only one face he can’t forget: Eliza. As fragments of his identity return, he discovers he was trained for a mission still in motion and is being hunted by the very people who sent him. With enemies closing in, John must choose between finishing what he started… or protecting the one thing that makes him feel human: love.”
Coming up for Statham is Guy Ritchie’s Layer Cake sequel, Viva La Madness. He’s also due to reunite with Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch for meta action-comedy Jason Statham Stole My Bike. Next up for Ayer is the Brad Pitt-led adventure movie Heart of the Beast.
Production on John Doe is expected to begin in September.
