Guy Ritchie's THE GENTLEMEN Series Casts Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, and More
Guy Ritchie is producing a series followup to his fantastic film The Gentlemen, and he recently set his main cast for the show. Last week it was announced that Theo James was set to star as a character named Eddie Halstead, “who has inherited his father’s sizeable estate only to discover that it’s sitting on top of a weed empire owned by the legendary Mickey Pearson. Has this straight-up soldier got what it takes to master the dark arts of the British criminal underworld and take control of the entire operation?”
James will be joined by an ensemble cast that includes Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul, The Mandalorian), Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick), Vinnie Jones (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,” Snatch), Kaya Scodelario (Crawl, The Pale Horse), Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), and Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley’s Lover). The series will see Jones and Ritchie reunite for the first time since the 2000 film Snatch, so that’s fun!
Ritchie said in a statement: “The world of The Gentlemen is a little bit of me. I’m thrilled that with Netflix, Miramax and Moonage we have this opportunity to inhabit it once again. We’re looking forward to bringing fans back into that world, introducing new characters and their stories and I am excited to be doing it with this extremely talented cast.”
The original movie followed Mickey Pearson, “an American expatriate who became rich by building a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business, it soon triggers an array of plots and schemes -- including bribery and blackmail -- from shady characters who want to steal his domain.”
This series is set in the same world as The Gentlemen film, but will feature an entirely new cast of characters. Production begins in the U.K. on November 7th.
Ritchie created the series and co-wrote the pilot with Matthew Read. Ritchie is also an executive producer and will direct the first two episodes.