Well, for those of you out there who are fans of Jason Statham's Transporter franchise, I've got some good news for you: Variety reports that Statham has signed to star in a third installment! He will reprise his role as the butt-whooping mercenary driver/delivery man Frank. The film will be produced by EuropaCorp, who were behind the first two flicks. However, there have been some personnel changes for the film; the previous director for the last two films, Louis Leterrier, has been replaced by Hitman's 2nd Unit director, Olivier Megaton -- which might not exactly be a step up if you consider the reviews for that particular cinematic gem. Joining Statham in the cast is Prison Break's Robert Knepper, who judging by some of his creepy performances will probably star as the bad guy in this scenario.
The first two films in the franchise were written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, but the two have not been confirmed to pen the new script. Just like for the first two films, Besson will not be pulling any directing duties, but will be involved as a 'hands-on' producer. There is no word yet on the story, but I'm sure that Besson is keeping in mind that the franchise has a running box-office total of $130 million, so it shouldn't take long to put one together. Transporter 3 will shoot for 16 weeks on location in Russia and France starting sometime in March or April. There is no release date so far, but let's be honest, we aren't dealing with Citizen Kane here so it shouldn't take long before Transporter 3 hits theaters.
Jason Statham Signs for 'Transporter 3'
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2-26-2008 @ 12:41PM
Wayne said...
Transporter 3 makes a lot more sense than Crank 2...
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2-26-2008 @ 12:42PM
madgamer said...
I look forward to a third one, and IMO hitman was better than the second transporter movie, so I don't really consider that a step down direction wise. As long as it has some cool car chases.
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2-26-2008 @ 1:18PM
Mr_A said...
Of course there should be a Transporter 3. It's to make life more interesting since Statham passed over as the OBVIOUS best choice for Hitman.
And I agree with the first comment, better decision than a Crank 2...
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2-26-2008 @ 1:24PM
Christian Toto said...
Statham can't seem to get out of the action B-movie graveyard. He's good enough to star in bigger budgeted films, but apparently the powers that be don't agree.
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2-26-2008 @ 2:01PM
Erin said...
of course there needs to be a transporter 3. that shouldn't even be a question. where else are you going to find hardcore awesomeness with jason statham leading the way? besides pretty much any movie he's in...
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2-26-2008 @ 2:12PM
Scott K. said...
If it's more of the first movie, then a third installment is welcome. If it's the second... I'll probably just catch it on cable like I did this week for the second (and tivo through the non-fight scenes).
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2-26-2008 @ 3:09PM
John said...
Jason i am so looking forward for a 3rd one i wish that you could meet me in person cause i don't have that much longer to live i got cancer i would love to meet my favorite actor before i die i only got 6 months to live i hope you get this Jason your biggest fan
John
my email address is rockerdude19285@yahoo.com
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2-26-2008 @ 9:31PM
Ray said...
Hell yes, we need a third Transporter.
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3-02-2008 @ 12:38PM
Jeda21 said...
I just saw T2 on TV, a 3rd installment should be interesting. There's potential.
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