Hot off the news that THE TRANSPORTER is set to be rebooted by Luc Besson, minus a Jason Statham, we’re hearing via The Hollywood Reporter that the Stath will return for a sequel to one of his other, slightly less seen films.c
THE MECHANIC, released in 2011, was actually a loose remake of a Charles Bronson movie, and only took just above $50 million in box-office receipts around the world from a $40 million budget. That has not stopped Nu Image shopping around a proposed sequel to the film over in Berlin this week.
Rumour is that Dennis Gansel (THE FOURTH STATE) is all set to direct the film with Statham returning as assassin Arthur Bishop.
The first film also starred Ben Foster and was directed by Simon West who went on to direct Statham in THE EXPENDABLES 2 the following year.
Source: THR
