Guy Ritchie (“Snatch”) is busier than ever. While his old-school action thriller “Operation Fortune” is still in theaters, the trailer for “The Covenant” dropped a few days ago, in which Ritchie-directed Jake Gyllenhaal goes on a life-threatening wartime mission. torn Afghanistan. It’s safe to assume The Covenant will be released on Amazon Prime Video later this year. And that brings us to the keyword.
Because now it’s been announced that the next Guy Ritchie gag, the true-to-life war action movie “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare“, probably also directly in this country Amazon Prime video to appear.
This has now emerged as the European Film Market’s first major deal, taking place annually as part of the Berlinale. While Studio Lionsgate has acquired the US distribution rights, Prime Video covers Europe, India, Central and Southern Europe.
This is “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”
It’s all about the story of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s top-secret fighting organization that was active during World War II. The rather unconventional and not exactly tame methods used in the fight against Hitler played a major role in changing the course of the war. It was also here that the first modern black ops unit emerged.
Looking in front of the camera are Henry Cavill, with whom Guy Ritchie already collaborated on “Codename UNCLE”, Eiza González (“Ambulance”) and Til Schweiger (“Manta, Manta – Zwoter Teil”). Also included are Alan Ritchson (Reacher), Henry Golding (The Gentlemen), Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike), Cary Elwes (Robin Hood), Babs Olusanmokun (Dune), and Henry Zaga (“New Mutants”).
Paul Tamasy (The Outpost), Eric Johnson (The Fighter), Arash Amel (Grace Of Monaco) and Guy Ritchie write The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare. These adapt the bestseller of the same name by war correspondent and military historian Damien Lewis. The movie would look like a cross between James Bond and Inglourious Basterds. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who recently received the first Oscar nomination of his life in the Best Picture category for “Top Gun: Maverick,” underlines that there will be a blast here too.