The starry cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Rosamund Pike, James Norton and Paddy Considine

Filming is underway in the UK on Guy Ritchie’s Wife & Dog starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Anthony Hopkins and Rosamund Pike.

Ritchie is calling the shots from his own screenplay, directing a stellar cast that includes James Norton, Cosmo Jarvis, Paddy Considine (pictured left, courtesy of Black Bear) and Pip Torrens.

The film sees a return for Ritchie to the flamboyant, back-stabbing world of the British aristocracy that he visited in The Gentlemen. He also produces alongside long-time producing partner Ivan Atkinson and Black Bear’s John Friedberg.

Executive producers include Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler for Black Bear, as well as Louise Killin.

The film marks the company’s third collaboration with Ritchie and Atkinson following The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and In the Grey.

Production Intelligence subscribers have had access to the exact shoot dates and key UK HoDs on Wife & Dog since November last year; click here to request a free walkaround of the site .

Having recently completed directing duties on The Young Sherlock in Wales, Ritchie is also lining up a second series of The Gentlemen for Netflix, to shoot after Wife & Dog; full details on that can also be found on Production Intelligence including exact shoot dates and crucial UK department heads on board.

Images: Benedict Cumberbatch by Gage Skidmore via CC Images, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Paddy Considine image courtesy of Black Bear.