In the upcoming movie “Jason Statham Stole My Bike,” Jason Statham, a Hollywood actor, will play himself. David Leitch, the director of “The Fall Guy,” “Deadpool 2,” and “Bullet Train,” is behind the next action-comedy.
Jason will play “global action superstar Jason Statham in the role of a lifetime” in the movie, according to “Female First UK.”
The big-budget comedy will begin filming in May, but the script, written by Alison Flierl, the author of the “School of Rock TV” and “BoJack Horseman” series, is being kept under wraps.
According to “Female First UK,” Statham is producing for Punch Palace Productions, John Friedberg is producing for Black Bear, Meredith Berg and Ethan Erwin are on board for Beryllium Entertainment, and David Leitch and his wife Kelly McCormick are producing for 87 North.
Despite being well-known for his action films, such as “The Meg” and “Fast Furious,” Statham, 58, has also demonstrated his comedic abilities in the films “Spy,” “Snatch,” “Lock Stock Two Smoking Barrels,” and “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre.”
Both skill sets will be used in “Jason Statham Stole My Bike.” The film that is being contrasted with the 1999 film Currently, being John Malkovich is being shopped around at Berlin’s European Film Market.
In the meantime, Jason Statham, who plays reclusive former government assassin Michael Mason in the forthcoming film Shelter, has a “different side” that director Ric Roman Waugh recently disclosed he wants to show.
“When we did Snitch with Dwayne Johnson, that was a learning lesson for me because I’m really proud of that movie, and I think a lot of people really dug it,” Ric Roman Waugh told Collider. However, once more, it might have pushed him a bit beyond his comfort zone than was desired at the moment.
“So, there’s this needle that you’re trying to thread, where you’re trying to make sure you’re protecting the commerciality of a big movie star, especially like Jason Statham, and what fans are going to expect from him,” he added. People frequently fail to notice that it is the content he typically receives. What you’re known for, you get.
“I got everything that was bigger, faster, and more expensive when I was coming out of stunts,” the former stuntman continued.
