Trust cinema – According to Mehr news agency, quoted by Variety, Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan signed a contract to play in the Guy Ritchie and Ronan Bennett series and officially became the actors of this series.
The project was first introduced as “The Donovans” and was supposed to be a spin-off of the “Ray Donovan” series created by Liev Schreiber for 7 seasons, but now it is said to be an independent series and not related to that series.
Production on the series is currently underway in London, and while the series is currently untitled, it is set to premiere on the Paramount Network in 2025.
Tom Hardy and Ritchie previously worked together in 2008’s Rock and Roll, and Helen Mirren starred with Paramount in Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel 1923.
It is said that this series will be made with the center of 2 warring families based in London, each of which has extensive companies in all corners of the world, and each of them strongly intends to protect their income at any cost.
Hardy will play the role of Harry D’Souza, a professional mediator on behalf of the Harrigan family, Pierce Brosnan will play the role of Conrad Harrigan, the head of a very successful Irish crime family based in London, and Helen Mirren will play the role of Conrad’s wife and matriarch of the Harrigan family. will do
The gangster drama series will be produced in hour-long episodes, with Ronan Bennett writing the series and Ritchie directing.
Bennett is the creator of the British crime series Top Boy and the author of novels including The Catastrophe, Subverted by Strangers and Ruined, in the Third Year, as well as the screenplay for Michael Mann’s The Public Enemy. He also produced and wrote the adapted series “Day of the Jackal” starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch.
This project is Guy Ritchie’s latest TV project after creating the series “Gentlemen” for Netflix, which was an adaptation of his 2019 crime film of the same name. Ritchie has directed films such as “Ministry of Illegal War”, “Covenant”, “Heist”, “Uncle’s Man” and “Aladdin”.