Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham reuniting for spy thriller Five Eyes

Jason Statham, right, is set to play an MI6 agent in spy thriller Five Eyes, which will see him reunited with director Guy Ritchie (Ian West/PA)

Jason Statham is set to play an MI6 agent in spy thriller Five Eyes, which will see him reunited with director Guy Ritchie.

Statham’s character is recruited by the Five Eyes global intelligence alliance to track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapon which threatens world safety.