The Covenant - Guy Ritchie Film Starring Jake Gyllenhaal

[Cremildo]

Following strong reviews for his new Netflix movie, The Guilty, and a big night at the Tonys, Jake Gyllenhaal looks to have found his next movie as he is in negotiations to star in the new untitled film from Guy Ritchie. The film will be produced by Miramax with Ritchie writing and directing.

Not much is known about the pic other then it fitting into Ritchie’s visual style that audiences have loved for years. Sources say this will be Gyllenhaal’s next film as it is expected to shoot at the end of the year. [+]

[DanTheMan]

This news, while still exciting due to the talent behind it, and coming off the heels of two of Ritchie’s best IMO, would’ve made me super happy back in 2015 or so when Gyllenhaal’s career was red hot.

Nevertheless, I’m fairly optimistic that this duo could do some solid work together.

[Poya]

Confirms that Ritchie only directed Aladdin so he can get the money to make a movie every year. His career would've been over after King Arthur.

[Monterey Jack]

Damn, does Ritchie ever sleep?

[SPilgrim]

[BloodshotUSA]

Sounds different than anything Ritchie has done before. I'll check it out.

[NKB2017]

Wasn't there already a sizable film called 'The Interpreter' not that long ago.
I think it starred Sean Penn, Nicole Kidman and Catherine Keener ?

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by NKB2017

Wasn't there already a sizable film called 'The Interpreter' not that long ago.
I think it starred Sean Penn, Nicole Kidman and Catherine Keener ?

Yeah. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Interpreter

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Originally Posted by NKB2017

Wasn't there already a sizable film called 'The Interpreter' not that long ago.
I think it starred Sean Penn, Nicole Kidman and Catherine Keener ?

Sometimes movies change titles after they're announced. It wouldn't surprise me if it happened to this project.

[Darth Marcus]

Source: Deadline

Amazon & MGM Ink Big Deals With STX For Jake Gyllenhaal & Guy Ritchie Action Movie, Filming To Begin This Month In Spain
Andreas Wiseman - January 18, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: MGM and Amazon have struck big deals for U.S. and international rights, respectively, to the upcoming Jake Gyllenhaal-Guy Ritchie untitled Afghan war movie, we can reveal.

Filming is due to get underway on January 24 in Alicante, Spain, with additional casting set to be revealed soon. Significant deals have also closed with local buyers in a handful of overseas markets with STX handling the sales and financing (which is now complete) for Ritchie.

In the $55M-budgeted action-thriller, Gyllenhaal will play Sgt. John Kinley, who is on his last tour of duty in Afghanistan when he is teamed with local interpreter Ahmed to survey the region. When their unit is ambushed on patrol, Kinley and Ahmed are the only survivors, and with enemy combatants in pursuit, Ahmed risks his 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 returns to the warzone to retrieve Ahmed and his family before the local militias reach them first.

This was an interesting one to follow given its hybrid streamer/theatrical and studio/indie distribution model, indicative of the evolving independent landscape. In recent years, a few of these in-demand packages have been snapped up by streamers in global deals that were too good for producers to turn down. This project had a different journey. Either way, Ritchie and his partners on the movie, including regular writing-producing collaborator Ivan Atkinson and former studio exec Josh Berger in his first movie since he left Warner Bros, positioned themselves to be able to drive their own financing strategy and ultimately retain a high level of creative and financial control.

While the U.S. and international deals were done separately, the outcome is intriguing for what it means for the combined buying power of Amazon and MGM going forward. Will this model be something the pair look to do more of in coming years as the dust settles on Amazon’s $8.4BN mega-deal for the James Bond studio.

It was Amazon that stumped up more than 50% of the budget on this one, we understand. Prime Video has picked up rights in Europe, Australia, Canada, Latin America, and South Africa, and also has the post-theatrical window in the U.S. MGM have a traditional theatrical window in the U.S. and will release via its United Artists Releasing banner.

However, Amazon and MGM weren’t the only key partners. Significant pre-production finance came from Russian financier and tech company Yandex, which owns local streamer Kinopoisk. Kinopoisk has all rights in CIS territories. Their investment marks the first time a Russian streaming service has played a key role in co-financing a film by a top international director.

Indie distributors have also taken rights to the film in Asia and Middle East. Buyers include Kino in Japan, Joy N Cinema in Korea, Moviecloud in Taiwan and Phars in the Middle East. Local tax credits in Spain and Comerica bank also make up pieces of the finance puzzle.

Ritchie will direct from a script he co-wrote with Atkinson and Marn Davies. Ritchie and Atkinson are producing via their Toff Guys production banner alongside Berger and STXfilms’ John Friedberg. Olga Filipuk will executive produce for Yandex-owned Kinopoisk.

Oscar-nominee Gyllenhaal is coming off Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty and Michael Bay’s The Ambulance.

Ritchie said today: “Jake Gyllenhaal is a fantastic talent. At last I have found a perfect project on which we can collaborate.”

STX’s John Friedberg commented: “This will be our third collaboration with Guy and STX is proud to be in a position to support extraordinary filmmakers like him, especially when working with such strong material – I’m thrilled that we were able to put this film together alongside Ivan and Josh.”

“Guy Ritchie is one of the most beloved directors in Russia. Supporting a top global filmmaker with a massive following in Russia is a key strategic step for Kinopoisk as we commence developing and co-producing international projects. We are excited to begin our relationship with Guy, Josh and Ivan on such an important film,” added Olga Filipuk.

Ritchie and MGM/UAR recently teamed up on Wrath Of Man, starring Jason Statham. The director and STX combined on The Gentlemen and upcoming action pic Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre, also starring Statham. While President and MD Of Warner Bros UK, Ireland, and Spain, Berger oversaw releases of Ritchie’s movies including RocknRolla, Man From Uncle and King Arthur.

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Rated R for violence, language throughout and brief drug content.

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Originally Posted by Poya

Confirms that Ritchie only directed Aladdin so he can get the money to make a movie every year. His career would've been over after King Arthur.

i completely forgot he directed aladdin

[Pieter V]

GUY RITCHIE’S THE COVENANT | Official Trailer - YouTube

[Star Lord]

Wow this looks good and different than anything he has directed before!

[BloodshotUSA]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

GUY RITCHIE’S THE COVENANT | Official Trailer - YouTube

Movie looks like a lot of fun and way different than anything else Ritchie has done.

It's debuting against the new Evil Dead and Ari Aster movies. I'll be there opening weekend for this. This movie is my jam.

Now when are they going to release that Guy Ritchie movie he did with Jason Statham and Josh Harnett? Operation Fortune I think it was called.

[Pieter V]

Runtime: 123 minutes

[DVD Josh]

This looks really, really good.

[Maximux]

look great!

[MathTeacher]

What's with Guy Ritchie's movies not getting a whole lot of buzz lately? Operation Fortune, now this? You would think him as director, with Jake Gyllenhaal, would come off as a bigger deal.