Guy Ritchie is known for his comedic gangster movies and action films, but of late he’s been branching out. Last year he released The Covenant, a harrowing military thriller based on an incredible true story. And while he’s stayed busy with multiple projects simmering, he’s also found time to embark on an Indiana Jones-style swashbuckling adventure, Fountain of Youth. EW has dropped the first images from the film featuring stars Natalie Portman, John Krasinski, Domhnall Glesson, Carmen Ejogo, Eiza González, Stanley Tucci, Arian Moayed, and Laz Alonso.
Releasing in 2025 on Apple TV+, Fountain of Youth stars Krasinski and Portman as estranged siblings on a global heist to find the legendary Fountain of Youth, using their knowledge of history to decipher the clues and possibly lead them to immortality.
The film has a script by James Vanderbilt, whose diverse screenwriting career includes the recent Scream films, The Amazing Spider-Man, Truth, and David Fincher’s Zodiac.
“I found myself feeling like if I wasn’t too careful, I was ending up in a comedy-action-gangster genre, of which, of course, I’m comfortable and enjoy, but at some point, I thought, you have to spread your wings as a writer-director,” Ritchie told the outlet.
“They both come from a background of archeological endeavors in terms of finding archeological artifacts, so there’s a history there,” Ritchie adds about Portman and Krasinski’s characters. “They are estranged, but they find an alibi as to why they need to unify to find this particular treasure.”
