Guy Ritchie now has a third movie, titled Wife and Dog, in development. Ritchie has just come off of directing The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which released in theaters last month. Embedded in the world of the British aristocracy, the WW2 action film told a based-on-a-true-story narrative of a group of soldiers hired by the British military to strike down Nazi forces. It features a leading cast including Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, and Eiza González.
Now, Variety announces another project from Ritchie titled Wife and Dog. This film will return Ritchie to the world of the British upper class, telling the story of a “colorful, back-stabbing world of the British aristocracy.” The exact plot and cast is as of yet under wraps, but it will supposedly feature a group of A-listers. Black Bear is launching sales for Wife and Dog, which is written by Ritchie and produced by Ritchie alongside Ivan Atkinson, John Friedberg, Teddy Schwarzman, and Michael Heimler.
Even with Wife and Dog’s plot largely unknown, the return to a British aristocratic setting is an exciting one for Ritchie. The director succeeded in this recently with The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which featured memorable characters. He has also explored similar worlds in films such as his adaptation of Sherlock Holmes in 2009 as well as its follow-up Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Wife and Dog will be the 18th feature film directed by Ritchie. This number is a starling feat on its own, but its impressiveness is even further compounded by the fact that Ritchie has had such an active year already. In addition to The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Ritchie was behind the Netflix series The Gentleman, which is an adaptation of his own 2019 film of the same name. As such, Wife and Dog is re-establishing Ritchie as one of the most active directors out there.
Proving his activeness, Wife and Dog is also not the only Ritchie project currently in development. Ritchie is reportedly adapting a live-action adaptation of Hercules, though that is likely far from release. The director is also helming the 2025 action film In the Grey, which is set to feature The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’s González and Cavill alongside Rosamund Pike, Fisher Stevens, and Jake Gyllenhaal. He is also working on a mystery film called Fountain of Youth, starring Natalie Portman and John Krasinski. Between these projects and the just-announced Wife and Dog, Ritchie’s packed slate rages onward.
Source: Variety