Black Bear and Stampede Ventures today announced Jason Statham’s (The Beekeeper, The Meg, Fast & Furious franchise) next action thriller will be helmed by acclaimed director Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns, Everest, Contraband). The currently untitled film will be based on a script penned by Ward Parry.

Producers on the picture include Statham (Levon’s Trade, The Beekeeper) for Punch Palace Productions, Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, Contraband) for RVK Studios, John Friedberg (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Ferrari) for Black Bear, and Jon Berg (Wonder Woman, Dr. Sleep, Aquaman) and Greg Silverman, former President of Creative Development and Worldwide Production for Warner Bros., for Stampede Ventures, who developed the film. Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler will serve as Executive Produce for Black Bear.

Principal photography is scheduled to commence in November in the UK and Iceland with production services and filming to take place at Kormákur’s RVK Studios facility in Reykjavik. Black Bear will be introducing the film to buyers this week in Cannes and co-representing the U.S. rights alongside Range Select.

Mason (Statham) lives in isolation in a remote Scottish island. When he rescues a young girl from the ocean in a terrible storm, he sets a chain of events in motion that brings a violent attack to his hideaway, forcing him back into the world to confront the ghosts of his past.