The Gentlemen trivia: 29 amazing facts about the new Guy Ritchie film

The Gentlemen is the new film by director Guy Ritchie. It has been recieved well by critics and they call it a return to form for the director.

So let’s dig into some trivia and facts about the new film!

1. The Gentlemen is a 2019 action crime film
2. It is written and directed by Guy Ritchie
3. From a story by Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies, and Ritchie
4. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell and Hugh Grant
5. The Gentlemen premiered at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema on December 3, 2019
6. It was released in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2020
7. It was released in the United States on January 24, 2020, by STXfilms
8. It was announced in May 2018 that Guy Ritchie would be directing and writing a film that would be in the same spirit as Ritchie’s earlier films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch
9. The project was unveiled at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
10. There Miramax acquired the distribution rights
11. Filming was expected to begin in October
12. In October, Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale, Henry Golding and Hugh Grant were cast
13. With Jeremy Strong, Jason Wong and Colin Farrell joining in November
14. Michelle Dockery also joined, replacing Beckinsale in her role
15. In December 2018, Lyne Renée joined the cast of the film
16. Principal photography began in November 2018.[14] Filming locations included West London Film Studios and The Princess Victoria pub in Shepherd’s Bush
17. In February 2019, STX Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film
18. The film had its world premiere as a VIP special screening at Curzon Mayfair on 3 December 2019
19. It was released in the UK on 1 January 2020 and in the US on 24 January 2020
20. In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside The Turning
21. It is projected to gross around $10 million from 2,100 theaters in its opening weekend
22. As of January 20, 2020, The Gentlemen had grossed $18.4 million worldwide
23. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 72%
24. Based on 118 reviews
25. With an average rating of 6.19/10
26. The website’s critics consensus reads: “It may not win writer-director Guy Ritchie many new converts, but for those already attuned to the filmmaker’s brash wavelength, The Gentlemen stands tall”
27. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score 51 out of 100
28. Based on 36 critics
29. Indicating “mixed or average reviews”