According to The Hollywood Reporter, Guy Ritchie has signed on to rewrite and direct the gangster odyssey STATIC for Columbia Pictures.

The story centers on a wrongly imprisoned gangster who, with the help of his loyal posse, must make his way across town through crooked cops and rival gangs in order to testify against the dirty cops who put him away. Ritchie is rewriting with Martin Askew.

In the ensuing years, helmers Stephen Kay ("Get Carter") and Chris Robinson ("ATL") have been attached to direct.