Lionsgate has just dropped the first trailer for the most prolific filmmakers going of late, Guy Ritchie‘s (Sherlock Holmes, The Gentlemen, Wrath of Man) action-comedy The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare which is based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events.
Directed and co-written for the screen by Ritchie, from a screenplay he wrote with Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson and Arash Amel, adapted from Damien Lewis’ book “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops,” The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare tells the extraordinary story of the first-ever special forces organisation set up in the Second World War by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials, including author Ian Fleming. The covert combat unit, comprising a motley crew of rogues and misfits, embarks on a daring mission against the Nazis using highly unorthodox and downright ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques. Their reckless tactics ultimately changed the course of the war and laid the foundations for the British SAS and modern Black Ops warfare.
All Richie films come packing huge ensemble casts and this is no different with the feature starring Henry Cavill (Man of Steel, Mission: Impossible – Fallout), Eiza González (Baby Driver), Alan Ritchson (“Reacher”), Alex Pettyfer (In Time, Sunrise), Hero Fiennes Tiffin (“After”), Babs Olusamokun (Dune), Henrique Zaga (Beyond the Universe), Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds), with Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) and Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride).
The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare releases in theaters this April 19 and we’ll leave you with a glimpse of the Ministry’s highly unorthodox tactics.
