The new film will also star Benedict Cumberbatch and Rosamund Pike Anthony Hopkins will be starring in Guy Ritchie’s next feature film, Wife & Dog , alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Rosamund Pike. READ MORE: Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen’ review As per Deadline , filming on the project looks set to begin in February 2025 and the film is described as a “return to the colourful, back-stabbing world of the British aristocracy Richie explored in The Gentleman film and TV series.” The screenplay for the film has been written by Ritchie, who will also produce the film alongside Black Bear’s John Friedberg, and Ivan Atkinson.
This will be Black Bear’s third collaboration with Ritchie and Atkinson following The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and In the Grey . It’s not yet clear what part Hopkins will play in the film. Meanwhile, last month reports suggested that Tom Hardy , Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan are set to appear together in a new series directed by Ritchie.
According to the reports, the trio are in final negotiations to star in a new Paramount+ show called The Associate (as per Deadline ). The drama series is set to follow two generations of gangsters, the businesses they run, the complex relationships they weave, and the man they call upon to fix their problems. Hardy is set for the role of a fixer by the name Harry while Mirren and Brosnan will star as the crime family’s matriarch and patriarch, respectively.
Ritchie’s most recent work was the s.