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Tom Hardy (Venom: The Last Dance), Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day), and Helen Mirren (The Queen) are officially set as the leads of Guy Ritchie‘s new Showtime and Paramount+ series, which is yet untitled. Production of the global crime series, previously known as The Associate (w/t), is currently underway in London.
Deadline previously revealed exclusively in October that the trio was in final negotiations for series regular roles.
Hardy will star as “Harry Da Souza,” a professional conciliator on behalf of the Harrigan family; Brosnan will play “Conrad Harrigan,” the head of a very successful Irish crime family based in London and Harry’s boss; Mirren will play “Maeve Harrigan,” Conrad’s wife and the Harrigan family matriarch.
The logline reveals the show is “an electrifying, new global crime series centered around two warring families based in London whose enterprises stretch all corners of the globe and the fiercely loyal ‘fixer’ charged with protecting one of them at all costs.”
Keith Cox, Nina L. Diaz, David C. Glasser, Guy Ritchie, Jez Butterworth, Ronan Bennett, Kris Thykier, Ivan Atkinson, Tom Hardy, Dean Baker, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari executive produce the series.
“Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren are masters at their craft and we are honored to have them lead the cast for Guy Richie’s new global, original series,” shared Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and President/CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. “Guy, Jez Butterworth and Ronan Bennett’s creative prowess, coupled with these gifted actors, is the perfect recipe for what we believe will be the next brand-defining series for Showtime on Paramount+.”
The project reunites Hardy and Ritchie, the latter directed the former in the big screen hit RocknRolla. Mirren recently wrapped work on the second and final season of Tyler Sheridan’s 1923, both shows hail from 101 Studios and MTV Studios. Mirren and Brosnan co-starred in Netflix’s The Thursday Murder Club which wrapped shooting early last month.
“The firepower on and off the screen in this new Guy Ritchie crime series will deliver exactly what audiences expect from Paramount + with Showtime: high-caliber acting, high-impact storylines, and high-level production from some of the best in the business,” Jeff Grossman, Executive Vice President of programming for Paramount+, said.
Hardy is repped by Range Media, United Agents, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Brosnan is repped by CAA and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman; Mirren is repped by CAA.
