Jason Statham & Guy Ritchie’s Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Gets Release Date
After more than a year of delays, we finally know when we will be graced with the action-comedy delights of director Guy Ritchie’s Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre. Originally scheduled for release in January 2022, the official Twitter account for the movie has now revealed that Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre will land in theaters next month on March 3, 2023.
Led by action movie superstar Jason Statham and Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (formerly titled Five Eyes) finds The Stath starring as the superbly named super spy Orson Fortune, who must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds. Reluctantly teamed with some of the world’s best operatives, played by Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, and Bugzy Malone, Fortune and his crew recruit Hollywood’s biggest movie star Danny Francesco to help them on their globe-trotting undercover mission to save the world.
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The newly revealed release date puts the action movie exploits of Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre up against the highly anticipated sports drama, Creed III, which sees Michael B. Jordan return as both star and director as boxer Adonis Creed finds himself facing a ghost from his troubled past.
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Sees Guy Ritchie Reunite with Jason Statham
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Directed by Guy Ritchie, and written by Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, and Marn Davies, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre stars Jason Statham as Orson Fortune and Aubrey Plaza as Sarah Fidel alongside Josh Hartnett as Danny Francesco, Cary Elwes as Nathan Jasmine, Bugzy Malone as J.J. Davies, and Hugh Grant as Greg Simmonds. The rest of the cast includes Peter Ferdinando, Eddie Marsan, Lourdes Faberes, Max Beesley, Bestemsu Özdemir, Kaan Urgancıoğlu, and Antonio Bustorff.
“Guy and Jason have repeatedly impressed audiences with their collaborations, and we’re looking forward to bringing this production to the city of Doha, Qatar, a growing market in the entertainment and media space,” said Nasser Al-Khelaifi, chairman of Miramax-owner beIN Media Group of the reunion between director and star. “This film marks our third collaboration with Guy Ritchie, adding to our expanding list of nearly 20 projects having been released or currently in production since beIN’s acquisition of Miramax – a testament to our continued success achieving the target goals we set forth for the studio’s evolution while remaining committed to prioritizing investments in innovative and culturally relevant films.”
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is just one of several projects in the pipeline for director Guy Ritchie. The filmmaker has two very different war movies on the go, with the first being The Covenant starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim. The thriller follows Gyllenhaal as Sergeant John Kinley, who returns to war torn Afghanistan in order to rescue the interpreter who once saved his life.
Ritchie’s second war movie, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, meanwhile has been described as a spy action flick, and will star Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, and Henry Golding.
So, once again for those perhaps not paying attention, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is now scheduled to be released in theaters on March 3, 2023.
