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Guy Ritchie’s MobLand renewed for second season despite mixed reviews

Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren fronted the British crime drama

The Independent UK

Paramount+ Just Quietly Released A Surprising New Guy Ritchie Crime Thriller

The Guy Ritchie-produced 'MobLand' sometimes feels like an all-too-familiar gangland tale, but a terrific cast elevates the show from its genre trappings.

Inverse

MobLand review – Tom Hardy can pull off miracles! And this show needs a few

Sure, this Guy Ritchie gangster drama is so cartoonish you could dismiss it as crass twaddle. But watching Hardy threaten people is irresistible

The Guardian - UK

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A London crime drama from Guy Ritchie starring Tom Hardy? MobLand should work, but it doesn’t

2/5 Even the presence of Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Paddy Considine can’t save this swagger-free spectacle

The Independent UK

‘Must-have genre’ for uncertain times: why spy thrillers have taken over TV

Experts say success of shows such as The Night Agent and Prime Target reflects growing public distrust of the state

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Until I Kill You; The Day of the Jackal; Junior Taskmaster; Asia – review

Anna Maxwell Martin and Shaun Evans grip in an edgy true crime drama; Eddie Redmayne’s suave lone assassin meets his match; Junior Taskmaster is a chip off the old block. Plus, sea bunnies with David Attenborough

The Guardian - UK

Eddie Redmayne: ‘I won a prize for worst performance of the year’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The Oscar-winning star of ‘The Theory of Everything’, ‘Fantastic Beasts’ and (gulp) ‘The Danish Girl’ is playing a hitman-for-hire in his new TV adaptation of ‘The Day of the Jackal’. He speaks to Adam White about famous friends, weathering backlash, and why the acting industry is ‘deeply…

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Eddie Redmayne reveals the big differences between The Day of the Jackal TV series and the best-selling thriller novel

Exclusive: The Fantastic Beasts star teases what to expect – or what not to? – from his upcoming Day of the Jackal reboot

Total Film

The Day of the Jackal: Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch play cat and mouse in first trailer

The Sky thriller series is based on Frederick Forsyth’s acclaimed 1971 novel

Evening Standard

Rapman on Supacell, his Jay-Z approved superhero series: ‘I can tell when a black TV show has a white creator’

The rapper turned filmmaker behind Netflix’s new superhero show talks about the furore around Blue Story, gangs and The Little Mermaid

Evening Standard

Ray Donovan Spinoff 'The Donovans' Set For Paramount+ Premiere

The Donovans, a new spinoff series of Ray Donovan, follows a family of elite fixers in Europe, promising high-stakes drama and unpredictable twists.

Top News

Say no more: Netflix in talks to make a Top Boy spinoff series

Netflix is in talks with Top Boy creator about making a spinoff series of the British crime drama.

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The Independent UK

Ashley Walters says ‘it would have been ideal’ if Top Boy was written by Black writer

Show about east London gangs was created by writer Ronan Bennett

The Independent UK

Top Boy review: Bleak but cinematic vision of modern urban life smashes to a close on Netflix

The final season of the London-set hit pulls no punches, showing that a big American streamer can be trusted to tell Black, British stories

The Guardian - UK

From council estates to celebrity superfans: farewell Top Boy, the drama that changed TV for ever

It launched movie stars, redefined what gangster stories could be and grew into a mature, world-class drama. As the London gangster epic’s final series looms, it leaves Black British culture on the ascent

The Independent UK

Top Boy review: Bleak but cinematic vision of modern urban life smashes to a close on Netflix

The final season of the London-set hit pulls no punches, showing that a big American streamer can be trusted to tell Black, British stories

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Evening Standard

Top Boy final season on Netflix review: a fitting finale for a show bowing out at its peak

With so much anticipation for the last series of a landmark London show that has brought through such talent, the question was whether it could land it. Fans needn’t have worried...

Evening Standard

Top Boy series 3: Netflix releases first look images and trailer for the London crime drama’s final season

Sully and Dushane return to face down their challengers one last time

The Guardian - UK

Dead Shot review – IRA man and British soldier lock horns in Troubles revenge drama

There’s a crunchy veracity to the script for this evocative story of two men on opposing sides of the Northern Ireland conflict

Evening Standard

Eddie Redmayne to star in new Sky series The Day of the Jackal

The 41-year-old actor is set to play the Jackal

Irish Mirror

Barry Keoghan and Brian Gleeson confirmed to join Netflix hit Top Boy for third and final series

The streaming site announced the Irish actors will both play new characters in the crime drama

Irish Mirror

Top Boy: The Irish writer behind the Netflix hit - and how Ireland influenced its success

Ronan Bennett sat down with Ciaran Bradley to discuss season two of the hit Netflix drama

Belfast Live

Top Boy: The Belfast writer behind the Netflix hit - and how the city influenced its success

Ronan Bennett, creator and writer of the Netflix hit series, sits down with Ciaran Bradley

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