Colin Farrell, Michelle Dockery Join TOFF GUYS

Colin Farrell and Michelle Dockery have joined the cast of the British crime drama "Toff Guys," according to Variety. The film stars Matthew McConaughey and Guy Ritchie will direct.

The film is described as being in the vein of the British gangster movies that Ritchie shot earlier in his career such as "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch."

Farrell's deal is not yet closed, but he will portray a trainer of MMA fighters. Dockery will play the wife of McConaughey's character, who is attempting to cash out of his highly profitable drug empire, and she is replacing Kate Beckinsale. Henry Golding will play a Vietnamese gangster and Hugh Grant is on board as a blackmailing photographer.

Ritchie co-wrote the script with Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson.

Miramax paid $30 million to pick up worldwide rights to "Toff Guys" at the Cannes Film Festival. Production is already under way in England.

Farrell currently stars in "Widows." and he will be seen in Disney's live-action remake of "Dumbo," which opens March 29. Dockery played Lady Mary Crawley in the "Downton Abbey" series and returned to reprise the role in the movie version, currently in post-production.

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