Henry Cavill and Eiza Gonzalez have been set as the leads of Guy Ritchie’s new WW2 espionage action thriller “The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare” at Black Bear International.
Jerry Bruckheimer will produce, and Ritchie will direct the project as his next film, with shooting slated to begin in January in Turkey.
Inspired by real events, the film charts a secret WWII combat organization created by UK PM Winston Churchill and James Bond scribe Ian Fleming.
The clandestine squad’s unconventional and entirely ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis helped change the course of the war and in part, gave birth to the modern Black Ops unit.
Cavill will play the leader of the organization, while Gonzalez will play a military sniper with extraordinary abilities. The film boasts a bunch of colorful characters and is intended as a potential franchise launcher.
Ritchie and Arash Amel penned the script based on war correspondent and military historian Damien Lewis’ popular book. The project was initially in development at Paramount but is now in active discussions regarding U.S. distribution and international deals.
Chad Oman, Ivan Atkinson and John Friedberg will produce.
Source: Deadline
