The good news just keeps on coming: Lionsgate just announced that they have acquired domestic and Canadian distribution rights to Transporter 3. Lionsgate's head of Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Jason Constantine, said they're "delighted" with the prospect of adding another movie to the successful Transporter franchise. (He also went on to say it fits right in with other Lionsgate franchises, like Saw, The Punisher, and...Tyler Perry. Sure, I see that. I guess Madea is pretty scary.) Although some early talk about the movie had it slated for an early 2009 release, Lionsgate will release Transporter 3 over the profitable Thanksgiving weekend this year. That means a pretty regular schedule of releases for Statham over the next couple of years, starting with Death Race later this summer.

Good luck's been on Statham's side for a while, though. He could have wound up living a life of crime after hustling black-market merchandise in London. Instead, it eventually helped him to land his first movie role, as "Bacon" in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.