The series is set to begin production in London late this summer, and will be a co-production between Fifty Fathoms and ABC Signature.
Along with Ridley and Elba, the executive producers will be Patrick Spence and Katie Swinden for Fifty Fathoms, Tracy Underwood for ABC Signature and Michael McDonald for Stearns Castle.
Guerrilla is a love story set against the backdrop of one of the most politically explosive times in U.K. history.
“I’m thrilled to be working with an artist like John Ridley who has written these compelling scripts filled with thoughtful and complicated characters,” said Pinto.