The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Henry Cavill World War II movie adds ensemble of actors to cast

Last Updated on February 8, 2023

Fans of Henry Cavill needn’t worry. Although he’s been put through the wringer having to walk away from coveted projects, the Man of Steel actor is moving forward. He’s been tapped to star in a World War II film titled The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. The new film is based on a true story from director Guy Ritchie and produced by mega-action movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer with Eiza Gonzalez as his co-star. Deadline has the scoop that the movie has added a bevy of actors for the supporting cast.

The movie’s cast list now welcomes Alan Ritchson (Fast X, Reacher), Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians, The Gentlemen), Henry Zaga (Beyond The Universe), Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike, The Butler), Cary Elwes (Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre), Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After franchise), Babs Olusanmokun (Dune, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) and Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds, Atomic Blonde).

The plot for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is about “UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s and Ian Fleming’s secret WWII combat organization. The clandestine squad’s unconventional and ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis helped change the course of the war and gave birth to the modern Black Ops unit.”

Penning the script are Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Arash Amel, and Guy Ritchie. The screenplay is based on war correspondent and military historian Damien Lewis’ best-selling book of the same name. Tamasy and Johnson jump-started the project and pitched their script to Bruckheimer and Paramount back in 2015.

Bruckheimer is currently enjoying the success of Top Gun: Maverick, which dominated for most of last year until Avatar: The Way of Water came around, as the Tom Cruise vehicle (pun intended) garnered a number of Academy Award nominations. He is joined in producing duties by Chad Oman, Guy Ritchie’s producing partner Ivan Atkinson, and John Friedberg for Black Bear International. The executive producers include Scott Lastaiti, Olga Filipuk, Damien Lewis, along with the scriptwriters Tamasy and Johnson.

Ritchie had previously worked with Cavill on the spy movie, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, which was based on the television series. Cavill would star with Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, and Hugh Grant.