EXCLUSIVE: After making a name for himself for his British gangster pics, Guy Ritchie has set his sights on the World War II genre as sources tell Deadline Ritchie has signed on to write and direct Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare for Paramount Pictures.
Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman will produce on behalf of Jerry Bruckheimer Films.Based on the book Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops by Damien Lewis, Paramount has had the rights since 2015, when the studio outbid a handful of other suitors to land the book rights.
The latest draft is penned by Arash Amel with previous writers including Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. This tale takes place in 1939, when
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