Statham, Ritchie Team on Revenge Thriller Dogfight

Netflix will release Dogfight, a London-set revenge action film directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jason Statham.

Updated on Nov. 8, 2026 in Action/Adventure

Bold flat-color poster illustration in navy and crimson showing a solitary doorway on a rain-slicked night street, evoking a gritty London crime thriller. — Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie are teaming up for Dogfight, a London-set revenge action film for Netflix, their seventh collaboration. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie have announced Dogfight, a revenge action film set in London's criminal underworld for Netflix. Plot details have not been disclosed.

Why it matters

The project marks the seventh collaboration between Statham and Ritchie, a partnership that began when Ritchie cast Statham in his first film role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It reinforces the pairing's track record in the British crime-action genre for a national audience.

Dogfight is the seventh Statham-Ritchie collaboration, counting from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in 1998. No budget, release window, or box office projections have been announced.

The players

Jason Statham

British actor known for action franchises and collaborations with director Guy Ritchie, starting with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Guy Ritchie

British filmmaker known for crime comedies and gritty London-set thrillers, who first cast Statham in 1998.

Netflix

Global streaming service that has backed original films and series across genres, and will distribute Dogfight.

The details

Ritchie will write, direct, and produce Dogfight, with Black Bear Pictures, Toff Guy Films, and Punch Palace Productions producing and Ivan Atkinson and John Friedberg serving as producers. The film is expected to begin production in early 2027 in the UK, following the wrap of principal photography on Viva La Madness earlier in 2026.

1998: Ritchie casts Statham in his first film role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Earlier in 2026: Principal photography on Viva La Madness wraps.
Early 2027: Dogfight production is expected to begin.

Legacy Partnership

Dogfight extends the director-actor collaboration that began with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in 1998, the film that launched Ritchie's London crime cycle. The project continues a pairing now in its seventh film, a run that makes it one of the longer-running director-star partnerships in modern British action cinema.

Dogfight will premiere on Netflix, so viewers will need a Netflix subscription to watch it once released. No release date or subscription tier has been announced.

The takeaway

Statham and Ritchie's long partnership shows how a durable director-actor pairing can carry a genre across decades. Viewers following British crime action can track the project as it moves toward its planned 2027 production start.