The director’s next project is based on Damien Lewis’ 2015 novel Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops.
As first reported by Deadline, the upcoming film is titled Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and Ritchie is attached to both write and direct.
Guy Ritchie will be teaming up with Paramount Pictures for the WWII film, which will follow Great Britain’s first black-ops unit and their daring escapades behind enemy lines.