There has been no word on the proposed “sequel” to 2004’s Layer Cake but today Deadline reports that Statham will take over from Daniel Craig in Viva La Madness. The ending of Layer Cake was ambiguous and should have really been left there, and this will almost certainly change the strong dramatic tone of the original, but Statham is an enigmatic lead, and the last true action hero.
The official synopsis of the book reads: “From the many levels of the London underworld portrayed in Layer Cake, Viva La Madness moves to international crime with trans-Atlantic drug deals, money laundering and high tech electronic fraud, portrayed with the same uncanny believability. The anonymous hero is pulled back into the drug game before he can escape to a sunny retirement.”
Statham is set to appear in Homefront this month and he will also star in The Expendables 3, Fast & Furious 7 and Heat next year.
Originally published November 12, 2013. Updated April 15, 2018.
