Miramax Television recently confirmed Deadline that Guy Ritchie is going to turn the Gentleman into a TV Series. This hugely successful movie managed to win viewers’ hearts and gross $115 million worldwide.
And now the success of this movie is turning it’s way to television. The concept branches out into a Television series and Ritchie is going to take writing and direction in his hands. But now the makers are planning to turn The Gentleman Into A TV Series.
The Head of Miramax, Marc Helwig recently made a statement that “Miramax Television is thrilled to break new creative ground in our partnership with Guy Ritchie on The Gentlemen. He added, “One of the most distinctive and prolific filmmakers working today and someone whose creativity I have admired for many years, we couldn’t be more excited to bring the cinematic journey of The Gentlemen forth into the realm of global premium television.”
Along with Writing and Directing Ritchie is also the producer of this series with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, his fellow producers on the original The Gentleman film. Now the original film will be turning, as a result, fans will see The Gentleman Into A TV Series.
According to Deadline, the new series will mean The Gentlemen has come full circle, as it originally began life as a TV pitch before being made into a feature film.
The Gentleman Into A TV Series, The Original Film Had A Good Cast
The original film was decorated with some extremely good actors like Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, and Eddie Marsan.
A synopsis said that “The Gentlemen follows American ex-pat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London.” To this, he added that “When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery, and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.”
While having a conversation with Entertainment weekly Ritchie told them that he wanted both sides of the Atlantic to come together, he said: “What I wanted to do was to bring subcultures together from both sides of the Atlantic.”
“An American comes to England to be clever and get a job in the conventional fashion, but then takes his smarts through his connections at Oxford and realizes there’s more money to be made in the marijuana game and capitalizes on the entrepreneurial New World spirit with the comfortable and exciting juxtaposition of the British aristocracy.”
“So what I wanted was British aristocracy, New World American drive, and all of the fun to be had with bringing those two worlds together. Marijuana’s kind of fun, but nevertheless serious and there’s money involved.”
It will be interesting to see The Gentleman Into A TV Series.
