‘The Gentlemen’: Guy Ritchie TV Series Based On His Film From Miramax TV Eyes Netflix Greenlight
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Netflix is in negotiations for a green light to The Gentlemen, a series adaptation of the 2019 Guy Ritchie movie, sources said.
Ritchie co-wrote the pilot script, will direct the first two episodes and will serve as an executive producer on the series, which Miramax TV is producing alongside Moonage in the UK.A series pickup would make it a full circle for The Gentlemen, which started off as a TV series pitch before it became a feature.
It also marks a rare foray into television for Ritchie, who created and co-wrote the 2000 Channel 4 series Stock, Lock…, based on his film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. (Ritchie had no creative involvement in the Crackle series Snatch, also based on his movie.)Ritchie executive produces alongside Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies and Bill Block, his fellow producers on the movie.
Marc Helwig executive produces for Miramax TV; Will Gould and Matthew Read for Moonage Pictures.The Gentlemen movie follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London.
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