The Gentlemen: New Guy Ritchie gangster film starring Hugh Grant praised as ‘delightful’ trailer premieres
The film, which has been described as 'vintage Ritchie', debuted its first look at a US cinema convention
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Guy Ritchie will return to his gangster roots with a new film that stars Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant.
The project, titled The Gentlemen, dropped its first trailer to an audience of exhibitors at CinemaCon in Las Vegas and it’s been described as a “huge delight”.
It follows a British drug lord who wants to sell off his empire to a dynasty of American billionaires. Grant’s character can be heard in the trailer, saying: “I can’t be specific about the heroes and zeroes, but the protagonist is a hungry animal and the antagonist explodes on the scene like a millennial f***ing fireworks.”
McConaughey plays a US kingpin opposite a cast that also includes Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell, Michelle Dockery and Crazy Rich Asians breakout Henry Golding.
It sounds like The Gentlemen could be a return to form for Ritchie who suffered a huge flop with his most recent film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.
According to Hunnam, it’s “vintage Ritchie” akin to his earlier films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch.
His next film, though, looks set to be a huge hit - the live-action version of Disney film Aladdin starring Will Smith as The Genie. It'll be released on 24 May.
The Gentlemen will be released later this year.
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