As cameras continue rolling in London,Guy Ritchieis reinforcing his unnamed Paramount+ with Showtime global crime series with much more talent. Afterconfirming a star-studded main trioofTom Hardy,Pierce Brosnan, andHelen Mirrenat the end of last month, six new names have been announced as series regulars, withHouse of the Dragon’sPaddy Considineleading the charge. Joining him areJoanne Froggatt, Lara Pulver, Anson Boon, Mandeep Dhillon, andJasmine Jobson. Their addition mostly fleshes out the Harrigan family, which Hardy’s character Harry Da Souza has sworn to protect.
Considine is set to play Kevin, the son of Harrigan family patriarch Conrad (Brosnan), with Pulver playing his wife Bella, Boon embodying his son Eddie, and Dhillon portraying his half-sister. Ritchie’s new series puts the London-based Harrigans and their operations at the center of a global power struggle with another similarly wealthy family, meaning those four will have a big part to play asthe crime drama heats up. The other two new additions, Froggatt and Jobson, are instead related to Harry. TheDownton Abbeystar is set as Harry’s wife, Jan Da Souza, while Jobson plays Zosia, one of Harry’s closest associates who works underneath the fixer.
This new project brings Ritchie back into the space of one-hour television, coming hot offthe success ofThe Gentlemenat Netflix, which earned rave reviews for building on the already-successful movie of the same name. Coincidentally, the Paramount+ show was also initially billed as a spinoff. Originally going under the working title ofThe Associate, it was planned to bea continuation of sorts for the Showtime seriesRay Donovan, buthas since been reworked into a standalone series. In addition to directing, Ritchie is on board as an executive producer alongsideKeith Cox, Nina L. Diaz, David C. Glasser, Jez Butterworth, Ronan Bennett, Kris Thykier, Ivan Atkinson, Tom Hardy, Dean Baker, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, andBob Yari.
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Beyond his role as Viserys Targaryen, Considine brings a loaded resume with two BAFTA wins to the table, most notably for his role in the 2012 filmTyrannosaur. His most recent television appearance outside ofHouse of the Dragoncame in 2020 with the HBO seriesThe OutsiderandThe Third Day. Pulver, meanwhile, is coming fresh off of her role as Persephone in Netflix’s animated seriesBlood of Zeuswhile Boon was last seen in 2023’sWidow ClicquotandHulu’s 2022 seriesPistolasSex PistolsfrontmanJohn “Johnny Rotten” Lydonand Dhillon comes off ofCSI: Vegas. The three-time Emmy-nominated Froggatt is currently preparing to return to her old role withDownton Abbey 3, which is due out next year, while Jobson rounds out the group ahead of an upcoming role in the modernHamletadaptation led byRiz AhmedandMorfydd Clark.
Ritchie’s Paramount+ with Showtime project is due out in 2025. Stay tuned here at Collider for more updates.
