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ANTHONY HOPKINS: Margam-born star tells a tale from hell in first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s Wife & Dog
Sir Anthony Hopkins tells the story of a man who dug his way down to hell in the first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s new thriller, Wife & Dog.
The Margam-born actor, 88, plays the head of the wealthy Fairbank family and narrates the teaser, released by the film’s makers Black Bear last week.
The film is in cinemas on 19 February 2027.
In the trailer, Hopkins tells of a man thrown into a deep pit who, unable to climb out, kept digging down until he found himself in hell.
His daughter, played by Rosamund Pike, asks what the man found there. His answer: “He found me.”
Rosamund Pike as the Fairbank patriarch’s daughter in Wife & Dog (Image: Black Bear Pictures)Benedict Cumberbatch plays a man apparently left for dead, and the teaser ends with him taking a bloody revenge.
Benedict Cumberbatch in the first trailer for Wife & Dog (Image: Black Bear Pictures)The cast also includes Cosmo Jarvis, James Norton, Paddy Considine and Pip Torrens.
Cosmo Jarvis in the first trailer for Wife & Dog (Image: Black Bear Pictures)View this post on Instagram
Guy Ritchie returns to the backstabbing British upper classes
Ritchie wrote and directed the film. The only plot released so far is a one-line synopsis: “The relentless greed of the Fairbank family and their associates fuels betrayal and murder in the battle for succession.”
When Variety reported the casting in 2024, it said the film would take Ritchie back to the backstabbing world of the British upper classes he explored in The Gentlemen.
A still from the first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s Wife & Dog (Image: Black Bear Pictures)It caps a busy run for the director, whose recent films include Wrath of Man, The Covenant and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
At 88, Port Talbot’s most famous son is not slowing down
Wife & Dog is one of several films lined up for Hopkins. Earlier this month he signed to play the villain in sci-fi thriller 2048, as the architect of an authoritarian regime in a ruined future.
He has also finished Eyes In The Trees, a reimagining of H.G. Wells’s The Island of Doctor Moreau, which is in post-production.
In the spring he was back in Wales filming the Dylan Thomas adaptation A Visit to Grandpa’s with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
In August, his first album for Decca Classics, Life Is A Dream, went straight in at number one on the Official Specialist Classical Chart.
The album draws on his childhood in Margam. One piece, Bracken Road, paints the streets, meadows and mountains around his 1940s home.
February is shaping up as a Hopkins month in Swansea as well, with the first stage version of The Silence of the Lambs reaching Swansea Grand Theatre and John Partridge taking on Hannibal Lecter, the role that won Hopkins his first Oscar.
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Two Welsh stars together on home turf.Anthony Hopkins
#AnthonyHopkins #film #GuyRitchie #Margam #PortTalbot #WifeDog
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ANTHONY HOPKINS: Margam-born star tells a tale from hell in first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s Wife & Dog
Sir Anthony Hopkins tells the story of a man who dug his way down to hell in the first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s new thriller, Wife & Dog.
The Margam-born actor, 88, plays the head of the wealthy Fairbank family and narrates the teaser, released by the film’s makers Black Bear last week.
The film is in cinemas on 19 February 2027.
In the trailer, Hopkins tells of a man thrown into a deep pit who, unable to climb out, kept digging down until he found himself in hell.
His daughter, played by Rosamund Pike, asks what the man found there. His answer: “He found me.”
Rosamund Pike as the Fairbank patriarch’s daughter in Wife & Dog (Image: Black Bear Pictures)Benedict Cumberbatch plays a man apparently left for dead, and the teaser ends with him taking a bloody revenge.
Benedict Cumberbatch in the first trailer for Wife & Dog (Image: Black Bear Pictures)The cast also includes Cosmo Jarvis, James Norton, Paddy Considine and Pip Torrens.
Cosmo Jarvis in the first trailer for Wife & Dog (Image: Black Bear Pictures)View this post on Instagram
Guy Ritchie returns to the backstabbing British upper classes
Ritchie wrote and directed the film. The only plot released so far is a one-line synopsis: “The relentless greed of the Fairbank family and their associates fuels betrayal and murder in the battle for succession.”
When Variety reported the casting in 2024, it said the film would take Ritchie back to the backstabbing world of the British upper classes he explored in The Gentlemen.
A still from the first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s Wife & Dog (Image: Black Bear Pictures)It caps a busy run for the director, whose recent films include Wrath of Man, The Covenant and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
At 88, Port Talbot’s most famous son is not slowing down
Wife & Dog is one of several films lined up for Hopkins. Earlier this month he signed to play the villain in sci-fi thriller 2048, as the architect of an authoritarian regime in a ruined future.
He has also finished Eyes In The Trees, a reimagining of H.G. Wells’s The Island of Doctor Moreau, which is in post-production.
In the spring he was back in Wales filming the Dylan Thomas adaptation A Visit to Grandpa’s with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
In August, his first album for Decca Classics, Life Is A Dream, went straight in at number one on the Official Specialist Classical Chart.
The album draws on his childhood in Margam. One piece, Bracken Road, paints the streets, meadows and mountains around his 1940s home.
February is shaping up as a Hopkins month in Swansea as well, with the first stage version of The Silence of the Lambs reaching Swansea Grand Theatre and John Partridge taking on Hannibal Lecter, the role that won Hopkins his first Oscar.
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
ANTHONY HOPKINS: At 88, the Margam-born star is playing the villain again
His role as the architect of a police state in 2048.PORT TALBOT: Sir Anthony Hopkins, 88, signs record deal for album inspired by his Margam childhood
The Decca album that went to number one.Catherine Zeta-Jones joins Anthony Hopkins in new Dylan Thomas film, shot in Wales
Two Welsh stars together on home turf.Anthony Hopkins
Author
All our coverage of Port Talbot’s most famous son.Kit Peters is a journalist and the editor of Swansea Bay News, covering Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire since 2020.
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Four Neath Port Talbot vape shops shut down in crackdown on illegal sales
A District Judge at Swansea Magistrates Court approved three‑month closure orders against:
- Vape Land, Commercial Road, Taibach
- Vape Zone, Queen Street, Neath
- Classic Vape, Station Road, Port Talbot
- Pontardawe Vape, James Street, Pontardawe
It is the second time in six months that Vape Land has been issued with a closure order.
Pattern of illegal sales
The court heard that test purchases and inspections over the past two years had repeatedly found counterfeit cigarettes, non‑tax‑paid tobacco and oversized or non‑compliant vapes on sale.
In September, joint inspections by South Wales Police, Neath Port Talbot Council Trading Standards and Waste Enforcement Officers led to seizures of vapes, leaf tobacco and cigarettes. Further complaints were also received about sales to under‑18s.
Despite being notified of the council’s intention to apply for closure orders, the owners of Vape Land, Vape Zone and Pontardawe Vape did not attend their hearings. Classic Vape’s new owner contested the application, but the judge accepted the council’s evidence that the business had changed hands repeatedly following inspections.
What Trading Standards do
Trading Standards teams work to protect consumers and communities by tackling illegal, unsafe or unfair trading practices. Their work includes:
- Carrying out test purchases to check if shops sell age‑restricted products like tobacco, alcohol or vapes to under‑18s
- Inspecting premises for counterfeit or non‑compliant goods
- Seizing unsafe or illegal products, including oversized or disposable vapes
- Taking enforcement action through the courts, including closure orders
- Advising businesses on compliance with consumer protection laws
Residents can report concerns about illegal sales to their local council’s Trading Standards team.
Wider crackdown
The closures come just days after Swansea Magistrates extended closure orders on vape shops in the city, underlining a wider regional clampdown on illegal sales.
Since June 2025, the sale of disposable single‑use vapes has been banned across the UK. The ban was introduced to tackle environmental concerns and to protect children and young people, with many illicit products found in child‑appealing packaging and flavours.
Council response
Cllr Cen Phillips, Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet Member for Nature, Tourism and Wellbeing, said:
“Trading Standards work hard at protecting the public and the vulnerable from illegal tobacco and vape sales. Considerable work has gone into obtaining these closure orders, and the team will continue to use the resources at their disposal to combat this illegal trade.”
He urged residents to report any information about illegal tobacco or vape sales to the council.
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