The Transporter Refueled (French: Le Transporteur : Héritage) is an French-Chinese action thriller film directed by Camille Delamarre and written by Bill Collage and Adam Cooper. The Transporter Refueled is the fourth film in the Transporter franchise, serving as both a prequel and a reboot to the series. The film stars Ed Skrein as Frank Martin with Ray Stevenson, Loan Chabanol, Gabriella Wright, Radivoje Bukvić, Wenxia Yu and Tatiana Pajković.
Cast[]
- Ed Skrein as Frank Martin
- Ray Stevenson as Frank Martin Sr.
- Loan Chabanol as Anna
- Gabriella Wright as Gina Guerra Lopez
- Tatiana Pajković as Maria Katju
- Wenxia Yu as Qiao Chang
- Radivoje Bukvić as Arkady Karasov
- Lenn Kudrjawizki as Leo Imasov
- Noémie Lenoir as Maïssa
- Yuri Kolokolnikov as Yuri Ulster
- Anatole Taubman as Stanislav Turgin
- Samir Guesmi as Bectaoui
Production[]
At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, a new trilogy was announced with EuropaCorp and China's Fundamental Films co-producing and distributing the titles.[2][3] The films will likely be budgeted between $30 million and $40 million each and at least one will be shot in China.[4] Luc Besson will co-finance, distribute, produce and write all the films.[5] English actor Ed Skrein will replace Jason Statham as Frank Martin in the fourth installment of the series.[6] In March 2015, the title was changed from The Transporter Legacy to The Transporter: Refueled.
Filming[]
Principal photography of the film began on August 1, 2014, in Paris, France.[7][8][9][10]
Release[]
The film was previously set to be released on March 6, 2015.[7] On November 5, 2014, EuropaCorp moved the film for a June 19, 2015 release.[11] On April 1, 2015, EuropaCorp again moved the film back to a September 4, 2015 date.[12]