Guy Ritchie's New Action-Thriller With Jake Gyllenhaal Starts Filming
Guy Ritchie, who gained international fame and critical acclaim in the late '90s for directing crime comedies such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, is back with a new project. Filming has begun on the British director's upcoming action-thriller in Alicante, Spain.
The untitled feature stars Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal as Sgt. John Kinley, one of the sole survivors of a violent ambush during a patrol in Afghanistan. After Ahmed, the local interpreter he's been teamed up with, risks his own life to carry Kinley's injured body to safety, all while still being followed by dangerous local militias, Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family are not allowed on US soil as promised. Our hero then decides to return to the ravaged warzone to rescue Ahmed and his family before the militias get to them.
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Joining Gyllenhaal is Dar Salim, known for his work in the Danish action miniseries Warrior, in the role of Ahmed. The rest of the cast includes Anthony Starr (Amazon's The Boys), Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games), Emily Beecham (Cruella), and Bobby Schofield (Anne). The film also features Jason Wong and Sean Sagar, both of whom previously starred in 2019's The Gentlemen, which marked Ritchie's highly-awaited return to the gangster genre that had garnered him widespread acclaim. Fresco Film, a Spanish production company located in Malaga, is currently supplying local production services in Alicante. The Mediterranean city serves as a replacement for the Afghanistan locations. Deadline reported on the project officially starting production.
Besides taking the director's chair, Ritchie co-wrote the script with Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson, who are frequent
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