Guy Ritchie to Direct WWII Film ‘Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ at Paramount “Sherlock Holmes” director will also write via story based on Winston Churchill’s team of secret soldiersBrian Welk | February 22, 2021 @ 11:07 AM Last Updated: February 22, 2021 @ 12:45 PM Daniel Smith Guy Ritchie is set to direct and write the World War II film “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” that is set up at Paramount. The film is based on a non-fiction book by Damien Lewis called “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops” and looks at the Special Operations Executive set up during the war by Winston Churchill.