Taken 2 director Olivier Megaton is back for a third instalment, and now the casting is taking shape too.

Whether or not we were ever going to see more kick-ass action from retired CIA agent Bryan Mills always depended on star Liam Neeson, who seemed hesitant at first. Luckily a huge bag of money changed his mind and now plans are well in place for Taken 3 .

Deadline ꧋reports that director Olivier Megaton🐻 is set to return to the series to helm the project, with a start date for filming that could be as early as March.

Not only that, but Forest Whitaker is in talks to star in t🍒he film. He will be joining Neeson and most likely Maggie Grace, who played Neeson’s daughter in the previous two films.

As with Taken and Taken 2 , the third film is to be based🌄 on a screenplay written by creator-producer Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen.