First poster for The Sweeney starring Ray Winstone and Plan B

Seventies small-screen classic The Sweeney is getting the big-screen treatment.

Ray Winstone and Ben Drew (better known as Plan B) assume the leads, while Hayley Atwell and Damian Lewis support.

Directed by Nick Love, of The Football Factory and The Firm fame, here’s The Sweeney synopsis…

Based on the original ITV cult classic TV show, THE SWEENEY will be a modernization of the London Flying Squad, directed by Nick Love (THE FOOTBALL FACTORY, THE FIRM) and co-written by Bafta Winner John Hodge (TRAINSPOTTING).

Set in present day England, THE SWEENEY will be packed full of fast cars, action and wise cracks as it follows Flying Squad detectives Jack Regan, (originally played John Thaw,) George Carter (original played by Dennis Waterman) and their team, as they work to keep the bad guys down!

The script was co-written by Love in partnership with Oscar nominee John Hodge (Trainspotting, The Beach).

Catch The Sweeney on the big screen from September 12. Until then, here’s the poster…