US EditionShelter Director Reveals Movie’s First Trailer and Why Jason Statham Is the Best “Dance Partner”
Shelter, starring Jason Statham as Mason, explores themes of morality and wrongful accusation through his bond with a young girl on an isolated island, director Ric Roman Waugh said.
- During an IGN interview led by Michael Peyton, director Ric Roman Waugh unveiled Shelter's first trailer and confirmed its exclusive theatrical bow on January 30, 2026.
- Mason has lived isolated in an abandoned lighthouse for over 10 years, and Waugh says events force him to rejoin the world, framing the story as about morality and a wrongfully accused man protecting Jessie, inspired by The Professional and Man on Fire.
- A chemistry test sealed Bodhi Rae Breathnach's casting as Jessie after immediate rapport with Jason Statham, whom Ric Roman Waugh calls `This is Jason Statham at his best,` praising his perfect on-screen 'dance partner' role.
- Waugh says Shelter will make audiences want to `put their 'ass in a theater'` when it opens next year, promising a big action ride with emotional resonance as two lost souls find family.
- Waugh compares Shelter's heart to The Professional and Man on Fire, framing it as a tear-jerking action drama with Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie and Daniel Mays rounding out the cast.
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Shelter Director Reveals Movie’s First Trailer and Why Jason Statham Is the Best “Dance Partner”
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Nobody will say that Jason Statham doesn't make entertaining films but he does seem to play one kind of character in one kind of role, at least as of late. Following up to appearances in {Fast and Furious}, {Expendables}, {The Beekeeper}, {A Working Man}, {Mechanic}, and more, Statham's next film is called {Shelter} and in it he plays... drum roll please... an "elite operative", who after being found discovered from his self-imposed isolation, g…
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