If you are anything like me you are anxiously awaiting the next Guy Ritchie flick since Revolver ended up a bust that never even saw a release here in the States. Well, it looks like he is returning to what made him a name in the first place as the cast for his new flick RocknRolla has been announced.
Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Idris Elba and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges are set to star in the caper flick which is said to be more like Ritchie’s Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
In the film Butler stars as a One Two, a street-smart mobster who has learned to play both sides of the fence, and Wilkinson is playing the lethal head mobster, Lenny Cole, part of London’s old mob regime, which is quickly losing ground to the wealthier foreign mob.
Newton acts as One Two’s love interest, Stella, an accountant with ties to the underworld, and Elba acts as Mumbles, One Two’s partner. Ludacris is playing Roman, an American trying to break into the music scene in London.
The story is set in motion when a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal and millions of dollars are thrown up for grabs, with all of London’s criminal underworld players wanting in on the action.
Ritchie wrote the screenplay and will direct as filming is already underway as it began June 19 on location in London.
