Open this photo in gallery: Director David Ayer (left) and actor Jason Statham on the set of The Beekeeper.Daniel Smith/Amazon MGM Studios As a filmmaker, David Ayer has fought on the mean streets of L.A. (End of Watch, Harsh Times, Street Kings), behind enemy lines in Nazi Germany (Fury), and inside the editing suites of major studios (one day audiences might actually get to watch his director’s cut of the much-maligned DC adventure Suicide Squad). But Ayer has never faced quite as, ahem, sticky a situation as making his latest film, The Beekeeper. “I learned a lot about bees, so...