23 February 2021
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Guy Ritchie has reportedly signed up to write and direct a new World War II action thriller.
The 52-year-old filmmaker will helm the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which follows the true story of the U.K. s first black ops unit, according to Deadline.
Ritchie will pen the script alongside Arash Amel, with Jerry Bruckheimer set to serve as a producer on the Paramount Pictures flick.
The war epic is based on the 2015 book Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops by British war historian and author Damien Lewis, and Paramount has had the rights to the book for almost six years.
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In
Five Eyes, MI6 guns-and-steel agent Orson Fortune (Statham) is recruited by a global intelligence alliance ‘Five Eyes’ to track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order. Reluctantly paired with CIA high-tech expert Sarah Fidel, Fortune sets off on a globe-trotting mission where he will have to use all of his charm, ingenuity, and stealth to track down and infiltrate billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds.
Joining Jason Statham are Josh Hartnett (
30 Days of Night), Aubrey Plaza (
Ingrid Goes West), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), and British rapper Bugzy Malone. Production is currently underway and is set to shoot in Turkey and Qatar.
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Following a week in which:
- Christian Eriksen proved that he s still quite good with a derby winning goal.
- Liverpool proved that they re still pretty great with a comprehensive win over Tottenham
- Joshua Kimmich proved that he s still the best footballer in the world with a hat trick of assists.
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Jason Statham‘s big screen career came under the direction of Guy Ritchie in
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and
Snatch, while he starred in three of the filmmaker’s first four movies after also taking top billing in
Revolver. They haven’t collaborated since the widely panned 2005 crime thriller, but that’s all set to change in a big way. And we couldn’t be more excited about it.
In the sixteen years since, Statham has more than cemented his status as one of cinema’s premiere action heroes, while Ritchie’s filmography has been plagued by inconsistency, especially following his move into big budget blockbuster territory. His two