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[Darth Marcus]

Source: Deadline

Guy Ritchie Returns To ‘Lock, Stock’ & ‘Snatch’ Turf With ‘Toff Guys’ – Cannes
by Mike Fleming Jr - May 3, 2018 9:00am

EXCLUSIVE: Guy Ritchie is returning to the style of filmmaking that launched his directing career with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. Ritchie will unveil in the Cannes market Toff Guys, a stylized and inherently British drama.

Toff Guys will be the next film Ritchie directs, and will be one of the buzzier titles when CAA Media Finance and Rocket Science introduce it at next week to foreign and domestic buyers. Ritchie will produce, and he wrote the script with Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson. Here’s what to expect, per insiders: Pic is set at the intersection of Sexy Beast and Downton Abbey, and follows a very English drug lord attempting to cash out on his highly profitable empire by selling it off to a dynasty of Oklahoma billionaires.

The propulsion is Ritchie’s signature hyper-real and high-energy shooting, with inherently English dialogue that is hard for some of us to understand as it’s delivered rapid-fire by fast-talking, quirky characters. The early films launched the careers of Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher, Vinnie Jones, Jason Flemyng and a bunch of other blokes. That style collides with the American “Okies,” who bring a lyrical banter all their own as urban and rural lifestyles collide. Insiders said it’s “about old money, new money, and show me the money.”

It’s a return to form for Ritchie, who’s been working squarely in the studio space with the Sherlock Holmes franchise, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., King Arthur and Aladdin, the Disney live-action adaptation of the animated classic that he just completed.

Ritchie is repped by CAA.

[imsounoriginal]

I'll be seeing it.

[Monterey Jack]

If it means fewer King Arthurs, then bring it on.

[DarkEco910]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

If it means fewer King Arthurs, then bring it on.

I wanted more King Arthur.

[P-Rock]

Not too excited. Seems like Ritchie has lost his magic touch for a while now. Maybe if can get the old gang back together: Statham, Strong, Jones, Flemyng, Fletcher...

[dgoswald]

YouTube

[Hoke Moseley]

Finally.

[Darth Marcus]

Source: Deadline

Guy Ritchie’s ‘Toff Guys’ Cast: McConaughey, Beckinsale, Golding
by Patrick Hipes - October 10, 2018 4:50pm

Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale and Crazy Rich Asians breakout Henry Golding have been set to star in Toff Guys, the new Guy Ritchie move that returns the director to his Lock, Stock and Snatch Brit gangster action roots.

The casting, which Deadline confirmed Wednesday, comes after Miramax Films closed a $30 million-plus world rights deal and committed to finance the pic in May ahead of the Cannes market.

The pic, penned by Ritchie with Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson, will explore the collision between old-money European wealth and the modern marijuana industrial complex with new gang entrants swarming.

Ritchie most recently finished shooting Aladdin, the live-action remake of the Disney animated classic that stars Will Smith as the Genie, Mena Massoud as Aladdin, Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine and Marwan Kenzari as Jafar. That pic has a May 24, 2019 release date.

Variety had the Toff Guys casting details first.

[dgoswald]

Good grief... that's unexpectedly good casting with McConaughey.

[Elgie]

McConaughey and Ritchie seem perfect for each other.

[aiman04]

No British toff guys in the cast thus far.

[Darth Marcus]

Source: Deadline

Hugh Grant Joins Guy Ritchie’s ‘Toff Guys’ Gang
by Anthony D'Alessandro - October 31, 2018 5:13pm

EXCLUSIVE: Hugh Grant is boarding Miramax’s Guy Ritchie-directed gangster feature Toff Guys.

Written by Ritchie with Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson, Toff Guys returns the British filmmaker back to his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch roots. The pic explores the collision between old-money European wealth and the modern marijuana industrial complex with new gang entrants swarming.

Grant joins Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale and Crazy Rich Asians breakout Henry Golding who have already been announced. The Four Weddings and a Funeral Star will play Fletcher, a British gossip journalist with a reputation of going into people’s lives, and undoing them. Miramax closed a $30 million-plus world rights deal and committed to finance the pic in May ahead of the Cannes market.

The new studio under beIN Media Group Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi and CEO Bill Block is on a roll this month with Halloween which they co-financed with Blumhouse and produced. The slasher sequel, made for around $15M, will ultimately close in on $200M at the global box office and instantaneously became the highest grossing pic in the 40-year old John Carpenter horror franchise. Miramax also had I, Tonya earlier this year which was nominated for three Oscars including best editing, best actress Margot Robbie, and best supporting actress Allison Janney, the latter who took home the Academy Award.

Recently Grant has won rave reviews for his turn as British Liberal Party Leader Jeremy Thorpe in the Amazon mini-series A Very English Scandal. Thorpe was accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979. Deadline Senior Editor Dominic Patten beamed in his review, “The Stephen Frears-directed and Russell T. Davies-penned series finds the expanse of Grant’s skills on display big time…Grant grimaces, growls and grandly takes this potential comedy of errors, which has already aired in the UK, beyond nonfiction farce to true tragedy with heartfelt candor over broken souls, a broken system, and a love that sadly could not and would speak its name.”

Grant starred earlier this year in StudioCanal/Warner Bros.’ Paddington 2 which made close to $227M worldwide. Grant won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for his turn in Four Weddings and a Funeral. His films have racked up close to $3 billion at the global box office. Grant is repped by CAA.

[Foggy]

Wonder if he’ll be reprising one of his Cloud Atlas characters.

[Markgway]

Is this the main character?

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[Hoke Moseley]

Colin Farrell joins.

[imsounoriginal]

Farrell and Ritchie working together is kind of a dream come true. Can’t wait.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Farrell and Ritchie working together is kind of a dream come true. Can’t wait.

Hopefully they hit it off and then Farrell can join Sherlock Holmes 3.

[imsounoriginal]

Honestly I’m surprised they haven’t crossed paths already. Had to think for a minute if they’d already worked together or not lol

[Elgie]

Well, Farrell did find himself a Martin McDonagh.

[Creed]

Originally Posted by Elgie

Well, Farrell did find himself a Martin McDonagh.

****, he was brilliant in In Bruges.