During his press tour, the actor hinted at the future of the Transporter franchise. Ed Skrein, who originated the role of Daario Naharis on Game of Thrones, is taking over the role of Frank for Statham in The Transporter Refueled. In the prequel, Frank inadvertently becomes a getaway driver for a group of sexy bank robbers, landing him in hot water with an evil Russian kingpin. Without Statham, The Transporter writer and director Luc Besson, who co-wrote the reboot, decided against going ahead with a different hero in this new film, and instead went the way of the prequel, casting a new, fresh face to play a young Frank Martin. 4) is the first in the franchise to not star Jason Statham as the badass driver and action hero Frank Martin. But will The Transporter Refueled get a sequel? It'd make sense, given the changes that occurred with this film - Refueled (out Sept. The reboot/prequel is the first Transporter film since 2008's Transporter 3, and the fourth since the series began in 2002. The Transporter series is being revived this year with a brand new prequel to the popular action series, appropriately titled The Transporter: Refueled (get it, 'cause it's about fast cars?).

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