Overview
- Ritchie will write and direct, with Statham attached as star and producer in their sixth feature collaboration.
- The film is based on J. J. Connolly’s 2011 novel, the literary follow-up to Layer Cake, yet it is positioned as an original stand-alone feature.
- Jason Statham and Thomas Benski initiated the project, producing via Punch Palace Productions and Lumina Studios alongside Toff Guy Films.
- Black Bear is producing and handling international sales, with domestic distribution unconfirmed despite the company’s recent U.S. expansion.
- Statham is the only confirmed cast member so far, and the story source centers on an anonymous London drug dealer drawn into international crime.