Guy Ritchie's THE GENTLEMEN Is Being Adapted Into a TV Series by Miramax TV
Guy Ritchie’s 2019 crime action-comedy The Gentlemen is getting a series adaptation thanks to Miramax TV. I thought the movie was awesome, and it was great to see Ritchie go back to his early film roots with the project.
Ritchie isn’t done with the story yet as he is set to write, direct, and produce the series. The Gentlemen movie follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever, it triggers plots, schemes, bribery, and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
What’s interesting is that The Gentlemen was originally pitched as a TV series before it ended up being developed as a movie. I assume the series will tell the same story, but in a different, more detailed way. The movie was filled with so many fun and interesting characters, and what I like about the story being developed as a series is that it will be able to flesh out and play with these characters a lot more.
Miramax’s Head of Worldwide Television, Marc Helwig, said in a statement:
“Miramax Television is thrilled to break new creative ground in our partnership with Guy Ritchie on The Gentlemen. One of the most distinctive and prolific filmmakers working today and someone whose creativity I have admired for many years, we couldn’t be more excited to bring the cinematic journey of The Gentlemen forth into the realm of global premium television.”
The movie also starred Colin Farrell, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding and Hugh Grant. But, I imagine Ritchie will bring in a whole new cast for the series. I do want to say, Farrell was my favorite part of the film.
The Gentlemen joins the recently announced series adaptation of another Miramax movie with an A-list filmmaker attached, Mimic, directed and exec produced by Paul WS Anderson.
Source: Deadline