The trailer for an upcoming blockbuster filmed on a Kent bridge has been released.

Production for The Beekeeper, starring actors Jason Statham and Jeremy Irons, shut the Kingsferry Bridge, between the Isle of Sheppey and Sittingbourne.

During the two days of filming in October last year a truck was seen flying off the bridge – which was closed to the public – before being retrieved from the water.

Jet skis were also captured racing through the waters in some incredible up close drone footage of the flick which is due for release next year.

Hollywood hardman Statham, who appears as the lead in the action thriller, was pictured at the time in a brown coat walking along the bridge.

American actor Josh Hutcherson, of Hunger Games fame, is also set to feature.

Directed by David Ayer, The Beekeeper follows a man's brutal campaign for vengeance after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organisation known as The Beekeepers.

Known for playing tough, male characters, Statham has starred in films such as The Expendables alongside Sylvester Stallone and Eric Roberts.

He was an untrained unknown when director Guy Ritchie cast him as a con artist in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in 1998. He more recently starred in Ritchie's Wrath of Man.

The shoot had also been coordinated by the Kent Film Office.

The Kingsferry Bridge first opened back in 1960.

It was built by British Rail at a time when ships kept hitting the old, now demolished, bridge and cutting off the Island.

The Beekeeper, produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax, is due to be released in US and UK cinemas on January 12, 2024.

Sky has picked up UK distribution rights for the film which after appearing in cinemas will feature on channel Sky Cinema.