Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English film and stage director, producer and screenwriter. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1994), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013).
For directing the play The Ferryman, Mendes was awarded the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019.
In their first collaboration since the 2005 film Revolver, Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie will join forces once again for the new film, Wrath of Man.
The film was released in many countries back in 2021 (including the US in May of that year). Alongside Statham, the film also stars Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Chris Reilly, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso, Raúl Castillo, DeObia Oparei and Eddie Marsan. READ MORE: Puzzled Corrie viewers asking the same thing as Natasha is shot instead of Leanne Peter Debruge (Variety) said of the film, "A few years ago, when Sam Mendes left the Bond franchise, Ritchie's name was floated as a possible replacement.
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