Jerry Bruckheimer Reveals How The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare Honors Real-Life Heroes

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is based on real-world events that happened during World War II. The movie follows Winston Churchill’s secret team, which carried out covert missions against the Nazis, including espionage and sabotage. Although they were unknown heroes for decades, they were instrumental to the success of the Allied forces, taking on a seemingly impossible mission in a strategic strike against German forces behind enemy lines.

Acclaimed producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Guy Ritchie are the perfect team to bring The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare to the big screen, honoring the sacrifice of the team’s brave men and women while enhancing the action to make the experience more cinematic. Henry Cavill brings his action skills to the movie while leading a team of talented performers in this ragtag action movie. Ritchie brings his own directorial spin to the story, elevating elements of the mission while keeping the hearts of these soldiers who left an indelible mark on the world.

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Screen Rant interviewed producer Jerry Bruckheimer about his new action movie, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. He praised Ritchie’s ability to enhance the script on the spot, why he likes to tell stories about real people, and how this story shocked him. Bruckheimer also gave an exciting update about the next Top Gun movie.

Jerry Bruckheimer Desires To “Tell Stories About Individuals That Should Be Remembered”

Screen Rant: The cool thing about this is that it feels like a throwback to movies that you’ve made that I’ve loved in the past, but it’s also educational. It was a pivotal part of the war. As a producer behind The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, what initially sparked your interest in telling this story for the big screen?

Jerry Bruckheimer: I always liked to tell stories about individuals that should be remembered, and every one of these men were heroic and should be remembered. None of them made it to the end of the war. Lassen was the last one to die in battle. So these are people that changed the course of the war. These were Churchill’s secret files that were released in 2016 that nobody knew about.

I love educating audiences and entertaining them, and that’s where Guy Ritchie comes in. He really entertains audiences. He has a wonderful sense of humor. He embraced these characters. He made them funny. Yet it’s a very serious subject matter. So it’s something that you’re sitting there enjoying, yet you’re getting a little history lesson at the same time.

Many may have seen this trailer and think this is a work of fiction, but it is not. Can you talk about some of the challenges in ensuring the real historical accuracy of the film while delivering an engaging and entertaining movie?

Jerry Bruckheimer: I think you’ll always try to find a location that will match what the original location was. And Guy found this place, they built this whole port, they built these ships, they did an amazing job with very little money and got it done in a pristine way where it looks just exceptional on that big screen.

It absolutely does and you’re right, Guy Ritchie, his films are phenomenal. Can you talk to me about working with him as a collaborator and what his directing style added to this film?

Jerry Bruckheimer: Well, what he does is he’ll take the script, the actors will come into his trailer in the morning, they’ll read the scene, and then they’ll say, Well, how can we make it better? How can we have more fun with it? So the actors are part of the process, and he’s such a good writer. He will write lines right in the moment that are classic.

The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare’s Plan Was “Brilliant, And It Actually Happened”

What aspect of World War II’s espionage and strategy from this film do you think will surprise audiences?

Jerry Bruckheimer: I think the fact that this changed the course of the war by the fact that they disrupted the supply chain for the U-boats where they were refueling and getting repaired. And the way they pulled it off, it’s amazing that they could, they got there, they were supposed to blow up this one ship that had all the repair equipment and everything to repair the U-boats, and they found out that the hull had been reinforced, and they didn’t have enough explosives to blow up the hulls. So they said, we’ll steal it. It’s brilliant, and it actually happened. That’s exactly what happened.

Top Gun: Maverick saved movie theaters straight up, and it was the first film, the first big film that I remember watching in theaters as the pandemic ended. Can you give us any update on the third Top Gun film at all, and will Tom Cruise be leading the team or will Hangman played by Glenn Powell be leading the team?

Jerry Bruckheimer: It’s going to be Tom Cruise. Tom is amazing. We spent some time with him. We had a story. Joe Kaczynski had a wonderful story idea for it and pitched him to it, and he says, I really liked that. So we’re developing it, but you never know when it’s going to get made because Tom is so busy. He’s doing Mission Impossible right now. He’s got a picture right after it. So hopefully we’ll get a screenplay that he loves, and we’ll be back in the air again.

About The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques.

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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a World War II film following a top-secret combat unit who were formed by Winston Churchill to hunt down Nazis. The film is directed by Guy Ritchie and based on the book The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops by Damien Lewis.

Release Date

April 19, 2024

Studio(s)

Black Bear , Jerry Bruckheimer Films , Toff Guy Films

Distributor(s)

Lionsgate

Writers

Paul Tamasy , Eric Johnson , Arash Amel , Guy Ritchie

Cast

Henry Cavill , Eiza González , Alan Ritchson , Alex Pettyfer , Hero Fiennes Tiffin , Babs Olusanmokun , Til Schweiger , Henry Golding , Cary Elwes , Henrique Zaga

Runtime

120 Minutes