The british director Guy Ritchie could be in charge of bringing the history of the construction of the Empire State to the big screen in «Empire Rising«.
Warner Bros has taken over the rights to the novel by Thomas Kelly, who could also be in charge of the script, and wants Guy Ritchie to be the director who materializes it.
Guy RitchieWhoever made his name with the films "Lock and Stock" and especially with "Snatch" could take over directing this film when his next job "The Man from UNCLE" is finished.
The film will be set in the 30s, when the emblematic building of New York City began to be built and will tell the story of two men, a worker who works in the construction of the Empire State and a man related to the corrupt mayor of the city, who fall in love with the same woman.
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