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EXCLUSIVE: After moving together connected The Beekeeper and A Working Man, David Ayer and Jason Statham are reteaming connected action-thriller John Doe, pinch Ayer directing from a book by blockbuster screenwriter Zak Penn (Ready Player One, The Avengers).
The movie will floor plan nan communicative “of a man pinch nary memory, nary past, and nary sanction — and only 1 look he can’t forget: Eliza. As fragments of his personality return, he discovers he was trained for a ngo still successful mobility and is being hunted by nan very group who sent him. With enemies closing in, John must take betwixt finishing what he started… aliases protecting nan 1 point that makes him consciousness human: love.”
Miramax is producing and financing, with Statham producing via Punch Palace Productions. Paul Schiff and Zak Penn are besides producing.
Black Bear will present nan movie to world buyers astatine nan upcoming Cannes marketplace wherever it’ll beryllium a beardown commercialized action acknowledgment to nan way records of nan creatives and backers. Production is being lined up to statesman successful September 2026.
Miramax and Black Bear person had caller occurrence pinch nan filmmaker-star duo, having produced The Beekeeper ($163M WW) and A Working Man ($89M), respectively.
Fast & Furious prima Statham remains a container agency pull. His films person grossed much than $8.5BN astatine nan container office. Upcoming films see aggregate Black Bear productions, including Guy Ritchie’s Viva La Madness, besides starring Ben Foster, Jason Isaacs, and Camila Mendes, and Jason Statham Stole My Bike, nan meta-action-comedy from David Leitch. He is besides collaborating pinch Miramax on The Beekeeper 2, alongside Jeremy Irons and Pom Klementieff.
Ayer is champion known for Suicide Squad, Fury, The Beekeeper, and A Working Man and upcoming has Paramount action-adventure film Heart of nan Beast pinch Brad Pitt and J.K. Simmons.
Penn served arsenic a writer connected 3 Academy Award-nominated blockbusters: Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, and Shawn Levy’s Free Guy. He besides wrote aliases co-wrote films including The Incredible Hulk, X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand, Elektra, Behind Enemy Lines, and Inspector Gadget.
Schiff’s credits include Rushmore, Mona Lisa Smile, My Cousin Vinnie, and How It Ends, arsenic good arsenic nan tv series Super Pumped.
“We’re thrilled to beryllium reuniting Jason and David connected John Doe, powered by Zak Penn’s sharp, propulsive script. With wildly inventive action and modern themes that will resonate pinch a world audience, this takes nan Statham/Ayer collaboration to a caller level,” said Jonathan Glickman, CEO, Miramax.
“Jason is simply a singular talent successful nan action genre who consistently delivers for his audience,” added John Friedberg, President of International for Black Bear. “David has besides firmly established himself arsenic 1 of nan apical action board moving today. Their erstwhile collaborations rank among nan astir successful independent action movies successful caller years, and we are thrilled to present their 3rd movie together successful John Doe.”
Statham is represented by GGSSC. Ayer is represented by WME and Sloane Offer. Penn is represented by WME and McKuin Frankel Whitehead. Schiff is represented by Lawrence Kopeikin.
