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Metro
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Gripping crime drama fans called utterly addictive 'facing axe after one season'
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Guy Ritchie's latest thriller MobLand is reportedly facing cancellation after just one season. Starring Hollywood heavyweights Dame Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan, the crime drama debuted on Paramount Plus in March. MobLand centres on a turf war between two powerful families, the Harrigans, headed up by matriarch Maeve (Dame Helen) and Conrad (Brosnan), and the Stevensons, in modern-day London. Caught in the crossfire as tensions escalate and violence erupts is the Harrigans' fixer Harry Da Souza (Hardy), who's married to Jan Da Souza (Joanne Froggatt). After its release, MobLand received a mixed reaction, with some viewers calling it 'superb' and 'outstanding', while others rinsed James Bond star Brosnan for his 'horrific' Irish accent. Now, the show's future is undecided due to the conflicting audience feedback, according to The Sun. Metro has reached out to Paramount for comment. However, MobLand broke Paramount's records, becoming the biggest global series ever to launch on the streaming platform on its first day. It scored 2.2million viewers on its release date, and 9.7m in total on social, while also boasting a 76% score on Rotten Tomatoes' reviews aggregator, the Tomatometer. On Google, Judd was among viewers praising MobLand, writing: 'If Shakespeare rose from the dead, lit a cigarette, and wrote a mob epic with a blood-stained fountain pen while chugging espresso in a Brooklyn alleyway, Mobland would be the result. 'And at the pulsing, snarling, mesmerising centre of it all is Tom Hardy, devouring every scene like it owes him money.' Echoing their sentiment, Bruce said: 'It's like you take the Sopranos and cross it with The Gentlemen.' Other fans, though, complained about accents and the 'predictable' plot. Several critics' reviews were even less praiseworthy, with The Telegraph's reading: 'Hardy makes it all worthwhile but it's the tiresome Ritchie cliches that grate — and they're everywhere.' 'MobLand is in need of a good fixer,' the Financial Times stated, while The Irish Independent quipped: 'MobLand was written, shot, edited and packaged in a hurry, and you know what? It shows.' Pierce, 71, who was born and raised in Ireland as a child, previously revealed his anxiety over using an Irish accent in MobLand as his own had 'dissipated to the midst of time.' More Trending 'Last summer I spoke to Guy (Ritchie) for the first time about it and having read the five episodes he said not to worry about it,' he told Dave Moore on Today FM. ' [He said] 'We'll just do it 15 minutes on the day, clear your mind, we'll sort it out, don't worry about it.' Of course, I put the phone down and did worry about it! 'Five weeks later I was on the set with Tom Hardy and Guy, first day, important dialogue, important information and he just said, 'more Irish, more Irish' and my Irish accent has dissipated into the midst of time. It's somewhat Californian and everything. So, I asked myself, 'What kind of accent would he have?' It was Kerry.' View More » MobLand is available to stream on Paramount Plus. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Amazon Prime confirms iconic 90s gameshow revival with WWE legend as host MORE: Popular TV series that has fans 'screaming' set to return for another season MORE: Jo Joyner: 'People think my TV thriller is the new Big Little Lies – I'm flattered'
Express Tribune
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Crime clans clash in Ritchie's 'MobLand'
British filmmaker Guy Ritchie takes viewers back into the dark world of organised crime in MobLand, his latest television series that features a stellar ensemble cast including Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren. The 10-episode show follows two feuding London crime families, the Harrigans and the Stevensons. Hardy plays the Harrigans' well-connected fixer Harry Da Souza. "I was interested in the traditional genre, so to speak, that it's gangsters in one family. I haven't done that before," director and executive producer Ritchie said at the show's global premiere in London on Thursday. MobLand comes hot on the heels of Ritchie's hit 2024 Netflix series The Gentlemen. Ritchie, who made his feature film debut with the 1998 crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and went on to direct movies including Snatch, Sherlock Holmes and Aladdin, said he was enjoying the smaller screen work. "I quite like that it goes on for a long time, to be fair. I quite like TV, so it's fun to oscillate between TV and film. I just think one informs the other," the 56-year-old said. MobLand stars Brosnan as the Harrigan family head, crime boss Conrad, with Mirren playing his influence-wielding wife, Maeve. Brosnan received the script from Ritchie last summer while he was working with Mirren on their upcoming movie The Thursday Murder Club and the two agreed to embark on the project. The experience marked a first for the 71-year-old, who said shooting on the series had only wrapped the day before the premiere. "This is bonkers. I've never had something like this happen in life where you work for five months, finish and then the next night you're on the red carpet. But that's the way the world is going – fast," he said. MobLand, which is written by Ronan Bennett and Jez Butterworth, premieres on Paramount+ on March 30. Reuters
Reuters
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Crime families clash in Guy Ritchie's starry new series 'MobLand'
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) - British filmmaker Guy Ritchie takes viewers back into the dark world of organised crime in "MobLand", his latest television series that features a stellar ensemble cast including Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren. The 10-episode show follows two feuding London crime families, the Harrigans and the Stevensons. Hardy plays the Harrigans' well-connected fixer Harry Da Souza. "I was interested in the traditional genre, so to speak, that it's gangsters in one family. I haven't done that before," director and executive producer Ritchie said at the show's global premiere in London on Thursday. "MobLand" comes hot on the heels of Ritchie's hit 2024 Netflix series "The Gentlemen". Ritchie, who made his feature film debut with the 1998 crime comedy "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and went on to direct movies including "Snatch", "Sherlock Holmes" and "Aladdin", said he was enjoying the smaller screen work. "I quite like that it goes on for a long time, to be fair. I quite like TV, so it's fun to oscillate between TV and film. I just think one informs the other," the 56-year-old said. "MobLand" stars Brosnan as the Harrigan family head, crime boss Conrad, with Mirren playing his influence-wielding wife, Maeve. Brosnan received the script from Ritchie last summer while he was working with Mirren on their upcoming movie "The Thursday Murder Club" and the two agreed to embark on the project. The experience marked a first for the 71-year-old, who said shooting on the series had only wrapped the day before the premiere. "This is bonkers. I've never had something like this happen in life where you work for five months, finish and then the next night you're on the red carpet. But that's the way the world is going - fast," he said. Brosnan, who previously starred in the series "The Son", said he was excited to return to TV. "It keeps you on your feet. And if the writing's really good and you have people who know how to create an ensemble and create drama, then it's hard work, but it's exhilarating," he said. The show also provided a brand-new experience for Muse frontman Matt Bellamy, who created its music with composer Ilan Eshkeri. "I'm familiar with scoring, but this was different because of the sheer length of music involved," Bellamy said. "Normally a film would be 90 minutes or something, but this is like 10 hours." "We were trying to combine this kind of gritty London gangster feel with the more privileged kind of luxury of the Harrigans. We were combining quite industrial electronic music with string quartet music," he added. "MobLand", which is written by Ronan Bennett and Jez Butterworth, premieres on Paramount+ on March 30.
