Ah, speak of the devil and aren’t we so prescient? Last week we asked where in the world Guy Ritchie had disappeared to and wondered aloud if wifey Madonna had totally destroyed his career. Ask and ye shall find answers. This morning, news came from the Hollywood Reporter that Ritchie has returned to direct… suprise, suprise, another caper flick.
Titled, “RocknRolla,” the script written by Ritchie is said to be in the same vein as “Snatch” and “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” According to EW it’s about a “Russian mobster who orchestrates a crooked land deal, putting millions of dollars up for grabs, and attracting all of London’s criminal underworld, who scheme and double-cross one another to get their hands on the loot.” Gee, sounds fresh.
When you’re career falls off, might as well go back to what works, huh? If that’s the case, look for another pop soundtrack and not the miscast score of his straigh-to-video, “Revolver.” The film is eyeing a summer shoot with a reported modest budget (again, after a few failures, they take away the keys).
No actors attached to the project have been reported as of yet.
You didn’t think we had forgotten the “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” soundtrack did you? One of the things I really like about Ritchie’s soundtracks are the way he deftly uses music to underscore humorous moments
(like appropriating the “Zorba The Greek” theme) and give his bad-ass characters appropriate themes (funk tracks like James Brown and Stretch). We don’t feel like posting the obvious tracks, sue us.
Download: John Murphy & David Hughes – “Zorba The Greek”
Download: Stretch – “Why Did You Do It?”
Download: Junior Murvin – “Police and Thieves”
