#Jake Gyllenhaal In Talks To Star In Guy Ritchie’s Next Movie

As for Richie, his next release is the unfortunately titled “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre,” which reteams him with Jason Statham and is coming to theaters on January 21, 2022. Statham made his feature film debut in Ritchie’s directorial debut, “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels,” and he would take on a larger role as the trench-coated Turkish in “Snatch,” upstaging Brad Pitt.

Since then, Statham has obviously gone on to become a big action star in his own right. This year, he and Ritchie reunited for “Wrath of Man.”

Cards on the table: it’s been a full decade since I saw a Guy Ritchie movie. The last one was “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” in 2011. I had to remind myself that he directed Disney’s live-action “Aladdin” remake, and I’m afraid I missed out on other films of his like “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” and “The Gentleman.”

However — and this is pure wishful thinking — if there’s a snowball’s chance in heck that Ritchie’s two-movie Statham reunion might somehow carry over into three, all I can say is, I would personally pay to see a movie with both Gyllenhaal and Statham in it. Throw a British accent on Gyllenhaal and have him play the bad guy. Resurrect the old TBS show, “Movies for Guys Who Like Movies,” and call it a day.

We’ll let you know if and when the deal goes through and more concrete details become available about this potential Ritchie and Gyllenhaal film.