The Sweeney (2012 film) the gun. Some time later, Regan returns to the now reactivated Flying Squad offices, reinstated. He and the rest of the Squad leave on a case, with Inspector Lewis watching Carter and Regan as they go. A film version of the television series was first announced in 2008. The film was to be produced by DNA Films, and to be written and directed by Nick Love. Love was asked to write the film alongside Ian Kennedy Martin, the creator of the original series. Filming was originally planned for Spring 2009, with Ray Winstone's name confirmed for the role of Jack
The Sweeney a sharp put-down to a corrupt copper in "Bad Apple", and refuses to take a bribe in "Golden Fleece". In the Squad, informality is everything. Everyone calls DCI Haskins simply "Haskins" (except to his face), though Regan occasionally calls him by his first name, Frank. No one ever calls Regan "Mister"—except the villains, or sometimes Carter when talking to Haskins. To the Squad, he is always simply "the Guv'nor", or just "Guv". In turn, he invariably calls Carter and the other Squad members by their first names. When off duty, he and George Carter are friends and drinking buddies, so