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Guy Ritchie has finally shared a fresh update on the long-discussed follow-up to his 2008 crime film starring Tom Hardy and Gerard Butler. The update comes as Ritchie also revealed new details about his upcoming Jason Statham thriller, Viva la Madness, which recently finished filming.
Guy Ritchie would love to make a RocknRolla 2
Nearly 18 years after RocknRolla hit theaters, Guy Ritchie says the sequel is still alive in some form, even if progress has been painfully slow. During a recent interview with Collider, the filmmaker admitted the project has been stuck in what he called an “administrative, boring quagmire of nonsense.”
Still, he made it clear that interest from his side has not disappeared. “I’d love to,” Ritchie said when asked about making RocknRolla 2. He also joked that everyone involved may end up “older and grayer” before it finally happens.
Ritchie also confirmed that several unused ideas originally planned for the sequel eventually found their way into his 2019 hit The Gentlemen. According to him, “quite a lot” of concepts drifted into that film over time. That explains why fans have often noticed similarities between the stylish crime worlds of both movies.
Released in 2008, RocknRolla followed a tangled criminal story involving London gangsters, a Russian billionaire, a missing painting, and a dangerous real-estate scam. The movie featured a stacked cast including Gerard Butler, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Thandiwe Newton, and Mark Strong. Hardy’s role as the unpredictable Handsome Bob became one of his early breakout performances.
The film earned more than $25 million worldwide against an estimated $18 million budget. It currently holds a 7.2/10 score on IMDb and a 60 percent critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes. The interview also included updates on Ritchie’s other projects.
He revealed that Viva la Madness, his long-developing reunion with Jason Statham, wrapped filming about a month ago after spending more than a decade in development. Ritchie described the movie as “great fun” and said the title perfectly captures the film’s wild tone.
