According to the tabloid rags, Guy Ritchie has his hands full with his marriage to Madonna, but he's also been busy trying to reinvigorate his career. We've got RocknRolla on the way, the story of a Russian mobster doing shady land deals and attracting the attention of London's crime world, and it stars Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Ludacris, and Idris Elba. But before we even see if that helps rip him from the sinking world of Swept Away, Thandie tells MTV that the new film will be one of three.The actress says: "RocknRolla is one of three films and Guy's keen to get going on that straight away." It will include Newton, who makes it through this first film, but she says many others have not, and that the sequel "will follow whoever's left." Apparently the shoot was swift, with only three weeks of pre-production, so Ritchie could get going on this at any time.
That being said, since this is a story where only some survive for the sequel, Ritchie might want to wait for 2 and 3 until after the first one premieres, to prevent potential spoilers and all. But maybe he just wants to get these in the bag before the verdict lands on the first. It could go either way, but since Tom Wilkinson has been on a hotter than hot roll lately, I'm hoping for good things. How about you?
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3-25-2008 @ 5:27PM
pete thomson said...
Ritchie's crime capers says as much about London as Pea-soup fog drama. His 15 minutes of influence with Lock Stock and that other one has long since past. His only hope is to be picked up as a director for hire as nobodys that interested in his cockney geezer stereotypes anymore. Sorry Guy!
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3-29-2008 @ 5:51PM
Anon said...
I'm hoping for good things too. The guy needs a break. The best thing he can probably do is ditch the deadweight round his neck thats his wife, but thats another story.
Apparently the film was screened to a private audience of a couple hundred people and they loved it. You're a decent bloke Guy and I'm rootin' for ya, even if no-one else is.
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