ROAD HOUSE Sequel Reteams ‘The Covenant’ Star And Director
Guy Ritchie will direct the follow-up to Doug Liman’s reboot of the 1989 action classic.
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THE GENTLEMEN Official Trailer Reveals The Next Chapter Of The Guy Ritchie-Directed Crime Saga
Netflix unveiled the official trailer for the eight-part first season of The Gentlemen, premiering March 7. The series marks the next chapter for director Guy Ritchie’s crackling 2019 crime flick which now sees him back at the wheel with none other than Theo James leading the charge. THE GENTLEMEN sees Eddie Horniman (Emmy nominated Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizeable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. What’s more, a host of unsavoury characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation…Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. Also starring are Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Serafinowicz and the indomitable Vinnie Jones. Take a look!
THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE: Watch Henry Cavill And His Band Of Ungentlemanly Men Kill Nazis In The Official Trailer
April 19 is the day folks can watch director Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and the official trailer is finally here. Author Damien Lewis’s 2016 publication of“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops” serves as the basis for Ritchie’s script, here co-penned with Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Arash Amel, with an ensemble cast to boot that ought to help supplement the post-Expendables moviegoing crowd. Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE is an action-comedy that tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission […]
Netflix’s THE GENTLEMEN Introduced In New Stills For Guy Ritchie’s Crime Drama Series Spin-Off
With The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare still in toe among other prospects, director Guy Ritchie is also adding streaming to his 2024 itinerary with the upcoming episodic premiere of The Gentlemen, loosely spinning off his crackling British 2019 crime drama thriller of the same name which starred Matthew McConaughey. The series follows Eddie Halstead, who has inherited his father’s sizeable estate only to discover that it’s sitting on top of a weed empire owned by the legendary Mickey Pearson. Has this straight-up soldier got what it takes to master the dark arts of the British criminal underworld and take control of the entire operation? Ritchie directs the first two episodes as well as serves as executive producer, and co-writer alongside Matthew Read. The Gentlemen stars Theo James and Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, along with Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Chanel Cresswell, Michael Vu, Max Beesley, Jasmine Blackborow, Harry Goodwins, […]
OPERATION FORTUNE: Lionsgate Reveals Official Trailer For Long-Awaited Action Adventure From Guy Ritchie
Reviews are mixed following early screenings of Guy Ritchie’s newest venture, Operation Fortune, which has since suffered a long stalemate when its release through STX was kiboshed early last year. Say what you may of the reasons now that we’re a year later, but the film is now in the hands of Lionsgate for its stateside release, and on top of Ritchie’s pairing with leading man of action Jason Statham once more and an ensemble cast therein, the addition of the phenomenal Aubrey Plaza feels like the ultimate sweetener of a long-awaited deal. In the film, super spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds (Hugh Grant). Reluctantly teamed with some of the world’s best operatives (Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone), Fortune and his crew recruit Hollywood’s biggest movie star Danny Francesco […]
THE COVENANT: Jake Gyllenhaal Makes The Only Choice He Can In The Official Trailer
Director Guy Ritchie is off to galavant some more as he revs up The Ministry With Gentlemanly Warfare with Deadline‘s latest casting announcements made late early Thursday. For this, we turn to MGM and the official trailer revealed for Jake Gyllenhaal starrer, The Covenant, which opens this April. The trailer also comes with this week’s poster debut teasing Gyllenhaal’s new role alongside actor Dar Salim with a story centered on a U.S. military sergeant who returns to Afghanistan to repay his debt to a local interpreter who helped rescue him during a botched survey mission on the last day of his tour. The Covenant also stars Emily Beecham and Antony Starr. Lead pic: Dar Salim (top) as Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal (bottom) as Sgt. John Kinley in THE COVENANT, directed by Guy Ritchie, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film. Credit: Christopher Raphael / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures© 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures […]
Super Spy Thrill Ride OPERATION FORTUNE Gets New Trailer
Set to release in 2022, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is the latest action comedy vehicle from veteran writer and director Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Sherlock Holmes [2009]). Led by action film mega-star Jason Statham (The Transporter, Crank, The Expendables), it sets Statham as super spy Orson Fortune as he teams up with a crew of the world’s top operatives to take down a billionaire arms broker. Supported by a cast including Aubrey Plaza (Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Child’s Play [2019]) , British Grime artist Bugzy Malone, and Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Stranger Things), he and his crew recruit Hollywood’s biggest star Danny Francesco (Josh Hartnet, Lucky Number Slevin, 30 Days of Night) to attempt to stop arms dealer Greg Simmonds (Hugh Grant, Cloud Atlas, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) from selling a deadly new weapon techhnology. The adventure promises to take our crew around the globe and, if the […]
STX Starts The Clock With Official Poster Reveal For OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE
Up for some more Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie? STX is signaling fans with a new poster released on Tuesday for Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre, which opens in theaters on January 21, 2022. Peep the artwork just beneath the plot details below, and keep an eye out for the trailer which drops Tuesday. In the film, super spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds (Hugh Grant). Reluctantly teamed with some of the world’s best operatives (Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone), Fortune and his crew recruit Hollywood’s biggest movie star Danny Francesco (Josh Hartnett) to help them on their globe-trotting undercover mission to save the world.
THE INTERPRETER: Jake Gyllenhaal To Topline Action Thriller From Guy Ritchie
News fresh from the AFM ticker tape brings word of the casting of Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (The Guilty, Prisoners, Source Code, Jarhead) for The Gentlemen helmer Guy Ritchie’s latest action-thriller, The Interpreter. Filming is set to commence on January 10, 2022, on location in Spain, with Ritchie directing from a script he co-wrote with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. In The Interpreter, Gyllenhaal will play Sergeant John Kinley, on his last tour of duty and teamed with Ahmed, a local interpreter, to survey the region. When their unit is ambushed on patrol, Kinley and Ahmed are the only survivors. With enemy combatants in pursuit, Ahmed risks his own life to carry an injured Kinley across miles of grueling terrain to safety. Back on U.S. soil, Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given passage to America as promised. Determined to protect his friend and repay his debt, Kinley […]
WRATH OF MAN Review – Jason Statham & Director Guy Ritchie Bring The Fury
Jason Statham has had a long and varied career as an actor. If you close your eyes though and picture a “Jason Statham” movie, I would hazard a guess that the mental image that is conjured up is one of two possible archetypes from his filmography: one the “action hero”, stoic and invincible, the other the “charming hoodlum” funny and quick-witted with just a bit of grime under his fingernails. Both are capable but in very different ways. These two sides of Statham have never really coexisted in the same film. They feel pulled from two different eras of his performing life- a divide between the days of him as a “character actor” and as a “movie star.” With his latest film, WRATH OF MAN, those two aspects are fully represented under the guidance of the filmmaker who gave him his first big break, writer/director Guy Ritchie (THE GENTLEMEN). WRATH […]
WRATH OF MAN: Jason Statham Pops Off In The Latest Red-Band Trailer
Word has it that Jason Statham will be back in cinemas punching sharks again soon enough if Ben Wheatley’s involvement on a Meg sequel is any hint. In the meantime, you can look for the ole’ cockey bloke to punch regular Bobs in the face instead, along with a whole ‘nother list of violent gratuities in the new revenge thriller, Wrath Of Man, which now has a red-band trailer to help show you just how vengeful our man gets. A mysterious and wild-eyed new cash truck security guard (Jason Statham) surprises his coworkers during a heist in which he unexpectedly unleashes precision skills. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman’s ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score. Guy Ritchie reunites with Statham to direct from a script co-written with Ivan Atkinson and Marn […]
WRATH OF MAN: Jason Statham Unleashes It All In The Official Trailer
It’s been two years since Jason Statham thrilled us with high-seas fracas in The Meg and the boorish and macho shenaniganry alongside The Rock that was Fast And Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. Now he’s back and in full-‘Stath’ regalia, having since rejoined director Guy Ritchie for the first of two films together, and thus, we now have a look at what’s in store for Ritchie’s Le Convoyeur revisal, Wrath Of Man apart from last week’s poster reveal. A mysterious and wild-eyed new cash truck security guard (Jason Statham) surprises his coworkers during a heist in which he unexpectedly unleashes precision skills. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman’s ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score. It’s good to see Stath back in action. The past year has seen a few revists of […]
WRATH OF MAN: Jason Statham Broods With Bloody Knuckles In The Official Poster
Nicolas Boukhrief’s 2004 pic Le Convoyeur, has stood the test of time enough to warrant the remake interest of The Gentlemen helmer Guy Ritchie. Adding on the prospective director/actor reunion with action star Jason Statham for their fourth outing together, fans of the two can now stake their claim for the new action thriller, Wrath Of Man, previously twice delayed due to the pandemic and now setting course for a May 7 theatrical release from United Artists Releasing, and a brand new poster to ring in the occasion! A mysterious and wild-eyed new cash truck security guard (Jason Statham) surprises his coworkers during a heist in which he unexpectedly unleashes precision skills. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman’s ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score. Wrath Of Man is toplined by Statham […]
News Briefs: BOND 25 + Other Release Date Delays; THE SINNERS Sells From Arclight; RAGE Lands At Gravitas For U.S.; Guy Ritchie Actioner Casts Grant, More
Cary Joji Fukunaga’s No Time To Die now faces another delay with a date instead slated for October 8. The film, which sees Daniel Craig reprising the role for one final outing as secret agent, James Bond, sees our hero forced out of his tranquil life with a rescue mission that turns out to far more treacherous than expected. No Time To Die was previously set for a November 2019 release before enduring multiple delays and setbacks due to the global pandemic which affected theatrical exhibitors, in addition to the tens of millions more spent by MGM in advertising. Craig is joined by Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Ana de Armas, Billy Magnussen, Rory Kinnear, David Dencik and Dali Benssalah. Other film delays include Sony’s Morbius now moved to January 21, 2022, and Uncharted, to February 11, 2022. Writer […]
FIVE EYES: Jason Statham Leads New STX Action Thriller With ‘Snatch’ Director
Freshly off crime ensemble, The Gentlemen, a reunion is reportedly in order for Snatch and Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrells director Guy Ritchie, and actor Jason Statham with Miramax thriller, Five Eyes. As Dave McNary notes at Variety, cameras are set to roll in Europe this October with Statham set to play an agent recruited by the titular global intel alliance, Five Eyes, and reluctantly paired with a high-tech CIA expert to infiltrate a billionaire arms broker, to track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapon that threatens to disrupt the world order. Ritchie is directing and producing from a script he revised from a previous draft by Marn Davies, and Ivan Atkinson who will also produce. STXinternational is handling world sales at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. STXfilms will distribute the film in the U.S., U.K. and Ireland. Statham and Ritchie recently worked together on […]
New Trailer For THE GENTLEMEN: Lions, Dragons And Gangsters…Oh My!
January 24 will be the day Guy Ritchie’s new gangster action comedy thriller, The Gentlemen arrives in theaters. STX has unveiled a second official trailer as of Monday to keep eyes looking which shouldn’t be too hard if you’re keen on the gangster genre or any of the ensemble cast on hand. From writer/director Guy Ritchie comes THE GENTLEMEN, a star-studded sophisticated action comedy. THE GENTLEMEN follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him (featuring an all-star ensemble cast including Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, and Hugh Grant). The official Twitter account has also been busy ramping up a slate of fan posters […]
Jason Statham, Guy Ritchie Reunite For Return-To-Form Action Thriller Inspired By 2004 French Crime Pic
Nicolas Boukhrief’s 2004 film, Cash Truck, is said to be the motivator for a new untitled thriller at Miramax. The project follows Jason Statham in the role of H, described as “a cold and mysterious character” tasked with moving hundreds of millions of dollars every week. Mike Fleming Jr. at Deadline goes on to elucidate the film’s vision as one that weaves through “a suspenseful and carefully constructed narrative”, shifting between various timelines and perspectives “for a thrilling and mind-bending experience.” As the report confirms, the tentatively untitled film will see Statham pair-up once more with Guy Ritchie, returning the director to the kind of “frenetic Cockney action-comedy” titles he doled out years earlier with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. Miramax CEO Bill Block and Ivan Atkinson will produce. Ritchie just came off of Disney’s live-action Aladdin with upcoming gangster ensemble, The Gentlemen, currently in tow for […]
THE GENTLEMEN Rough It Up In The Official Trailer For Guy Ritchie’s Latest
Methinks it’s a good thing that the first official trailer for Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen makes no mention of King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword. It’s a nice watch from time to time but The Gentlemen looks like a proper reset for Ritchie in reunion with actor Charlie Hunnam, and for a witty gangster comedy thriller touting action that looks ten times better than mentioned in their medieval 2017 outing. From writer/director Guy Ritchie comes THE GENTLEMEN, a star-studded sophisticated action comedy. THE GENTLEMEN follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him (featuring an all-star ensemble cast including Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, […]
SHERLOCK HOLMES 3 Sets The Game Afoot In 2021
Without a doubt, director Guy Ritchie’s treatment of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has lended a visual, cinematic appeal between the raw, wry comedic delivery of actors Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Coupling with robust action sequences and fiery, explosive set pieces certainly offered plenty of bang for the buck, and since then it’s been a question of when production on a third installment would move past the writing limbo it’s been stuck in for several years now. Narcos series co-creator Chris Brancato has since been tapped to pen the next installment as of reports from last May, and now with its previous December 25, 2020 date reset to December 22, 2021 according to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday. Downey Jr. and Jude Law, both who have a stake in Disney’s MCU this summer with respective releases of Avengers: Endgame and this Friday’s Captain Marvel, are officially slated […]
Newcomer Mena Massoud Headlines Disney’s ALADDIN With Naomi Scott
Disney hasn’t really had it easy in recent days as news began circulating of its casting woes regarding Guy Ritchie’s live-action adaptation, Aladdin. Frankly, I was hoping Ritchie would get back to focusing on a third Sherlock installment but I reckon there’s still some script work to be done while that film’s star moves forward on finishing what he has left on a certain Marvel flick coming next year. At any rate, those aforementioned casting troubles regarding Aladdin came to a halt on Saturday at D23 Expo with the announcement of newcome actor Mena Massoud for the coveted title character. The original 1992 animated film sees our tale set in the fictional city of Agrabah where an adventure of love, swashbuckling heroics and magic await a street urchin who discovers a mystical lamp and its residing genie who grants him three wishes. Massoud will also reportedly join actress Naomi Scott […]
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