Maybe nobody remembers anymore as a result of it got here out proper earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic took over the world, however “The Gentlemen” was a giant hit for Guy Ritchie. It made $115 million on the field workplace, off a $22 million funds, did properly with critics, and showcased a giant bounce in Ritchie’s screenwriting talents. Miramax cherished it, too, a lot in order that they began creating a derivative TV sequence in October 2022, which Netflix concerned themselves in earlier this 12 months.
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Deadline experiences that the present now has its main man: Theo James, who at present stars in HBO‘s “The White Lotus.” In the upcoming series, James plays Eddie Halstead, a soldier who inherits his father’s property solely to find that one among Mickey Pearson’s weed farms is on the property. Does Halstead have the knack to be taught the British underworld’s darkish arts and take management of the operation?
Ritchie co-writes the present’s pilot with Matthew Read, who directs the primary two episodes. Both function government producers on the sequence. The sequence is a co-production between Miramax TV within the US and Moonage Pictures within the UK. Other government producers for “The Gentlemen” embrace Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies, and Bill Block, Ritchie’s fellow producers on the 2019 movie.
James’ different latest work past “The White Lotus” contains “Mr. Malcolm’s List,” HBO‘s “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” and “Dual.”
Expect extra casting information for “The Gentlemen” to drop quickly because the present heads into manufacturing in London subsequent week.