MobLand

This article is about the 2025 television series. For the 2023 film, see Mob Land.

MobLand
Promotional release poster
Created by	Ronan Bennett
Starring	Tom Hardy Pierce Brosnan Paddy Considine Joanne Froggatt Lara Pulver Anson Boon Jasmine Jobson Mandeep Dhillon Daniel Betts Helen Mirren
Opening theme	"Starburster" by Fontaines D.C.
Composers	Ilan Eshkeri Matt Bellamy
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Executive producers	Ronan Bennett Guy Ritchie David C. Glasser Ron Burkle Bob Yari David Hutkin Ivan Atkinson Keith Cox Nina L. Diaz Jez Butterworth Kris Thykier Tom Hardy Dean Baker Anthony Byrne
Producer	Peter Heslop
Production location	United Kingdom
Production companies	Easter Partisan Toff Guy Films Ltd. Hardy Son and Baker 101 Studios MTV Entertainment Studios
Original release
Network	Paramount+
Release	March 30, 2025 (2025-03-30) – present

MobLand is a British crime drama television series created by Ronan Bennett, who is set to write the entire series. The series began as The Donovans, an origin story to the Showtime series Ray Donovan following the Donovan family. As the story was further developed, it was reworked as a standalone story unrelated to Ray Donovan. Guy Ritchie is attached to direct some episodes in the series. The series stars Tom Hardy as Harry, a fixer for the Harrigan crime family led by Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren.

The series premiered on March 30, 2025, on Paramount+.

Premise

The Harrigans, a London crime family, find themselves in a battle with the Stevensons that could end syndicates and their lives. Harry Da Souza is a street-smart and formidable "fixer" employed by the Harrigan family to navigate and mitigate the escalating conflict threatening their empire. As tensions between the families intensify, Harry is tasked with protecting the Harrigans' interests and preventing an all-out gang war.

Cast

Main

• Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza, a fixer for the Harrigan family
• Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan, patriarch of the family
• Helen Mirren as Maeve Harrigan, matriarch of the family
• Paddy Considine as Kevin Harrigan, Conrad's and Maeve's son, Seraphina's half-brother and Brendan's brother
• Daniel Betts as Brendan, Conrad and Maeve's oldest son and Seraphina's half-brother and Kevin's brother
• Mandeep Dhillon as Seraphina, Conrad's daughter and Maeve's stepdaughter, and Kevin and Brendan's half-sister
• Joanne Froggatt as Jan Da Souza, Harry's wife and Gina's mother
• Lara Pulver as Isabella "Bella" Harrigan, Kevin's wife and Eddie's mother
• Anson Boon as Eddie Harrigan, Kevin's and Isabella's rebellious son and Conrad's and Maeve's grandson
• Jasmine Jobson as Zosia, who works for Harry and is one of his closest associates
• Antonio González Guerrero as Kiko, Harry's henchman

Recurring

• Lisa Dwan as O’Hara Delaney, the Harrigan family's lawyer
• Geoff Bell as Richie Stevenson, the redoubtable leader of the up-and-coming south London Stevenson gang, Vron's husband and Tommy's father
• Annie Cooper as Vron Stevenson, wife of Richie and Tommy's mother
• Felix Edwards as Tommy Stevenson, Richie's and Vron's son
• Emily Barber as Alice, a new friend of Jan's whom she meets in group therapy
• Alex Fine as Donnie, an adversary of Harry's
• Janet McTeer as Kat, who is as charming as she is violent
• Teddie Allen as Gina Da Souza, Harry and Jan's daughter
• Luke Mably as DS Fisk
• Gemma Knight Jones as DC Mukasa
• Alex Jennings as Archie Hammond, Conrad's loyal friend and advisor
• Peter Ferdinando as Valjon, pub owner
• Grégoire Colin as Antoine Arloud
• Ethan Moorhouse as Hughie Campbell, the patron stabbed by Eddie
• Steven Pacey as Lord Pennock, Isabella's father and Kevin's father-in-law

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Stick or Twist"	Guy Ritchie	Ronan Bennett and Jez Butterworth	March 30, 2025 (2025-03-30)
Harry Da Souza, a fixer for crime family patriarch Conrad Harrigan and his wife Maeve, mediates a truce between two Harrigan-affiliated mob bosses after they were revealed to be stealing from Conrad. Eddie, Conrad's grandson, goes on a drug-fueled night out with Tommy Stevenson, son of rival crime boss Richie Stevenson, and two friends. They end up at a club where Eddie stabs a patron. At an operations front in a garage, Kevin and Bella, Eddie's parents, ask Harry to fix the mess. Harry forces the pub owner, Valjon, to delete CCTV footage, intimidates the stabbed patron, and disposes of Eddie's clothes at a Harrigan-owned mortuary. Harry returns home to his daughter, Gina, and wife, Jan, who has begun therapy to deal with his prolonged absences. She befriends Alice later. News arrives that Tommy has gone missing, and Richie knows Eddie was with him. Eddie denies any knowledge of Tommy's disappearance. Harry agrees to a sit-down. His team, Zosia and Kiko, wait as Harry asks for a day to investigate. Maeve and Conrad also call off a spontaneous hit on Richie as he and Harry leave. Conrad invites his eldest son, Brendan, Kevin, their half-sister, Seraphina, longtime advisor Archie, and family lawyer O'Hara to a meeting, announcing his decision to improve the family's finances by getting into the fentanyl trade controlled by the Stevensons. Archie objects, but Conrad shoots him dead after Maeve states his traitorous dealings with the Stevensons to the rest of the family.
2	"Jigsaw Puzzle"	Guy Ritchie	Ronan Bennett and Jez Butterworth	April 6, 2025 (2025-04-06)
Harry arrives to remove Archie's body via the morgue while Kevin recounts the events. Conrad and Maeve decide to move in on the fentanyl. Harry is arrested the following morning and revealed to be a tip-off. DS Fisk questions and coerces to give up the Harrigans before O'Hara gets him out. After a face-to-face meeting with Richie, Richie insists on questioning Eddie himself, and Kevin has Eddie moved to Conrad and Maeve's estate, the Cotswolds, by Zosia and Kiko. Richie's thugs attempt to kidnap Eddie en route, but they foil them. Brendan comes to Seraphina with a business proposition, but she leaves due to his ineptitude. Harry raises the possibility that Archie is a police informant and decides to find proof. Bella orchestrates a secret meeting between her estranged father, Lord Pennock, and Antoine in favour of access to his government contacts. Harry meets Richie in another mediation, but Richie reveals surveillance on Gina. Jan contemplates divorce, and Bella asks for Harry's help with her plan. Maeve comforts Eddie. Harry searches for Tommy by questioning his friends and indicates that Eddie knew Valjon, who had feigned ignorance. He returns to the club with Kiko and viciously beats Valjon. He leads Harry to a trunk in the back of the club containing Tommy's ravaged, dismembered corpse.
3	"Plan B"	Anthony Byrne	Ronan Bennett and Jez Butterworth	April 13, 2025 (2025-04-13)
A bomb goes off at Kevin's house, and Harry takes Jan and Gina to Mike, an indebted "friend". He threatens two of Richie's thugs and confronts Eddie at a covert shipyard, noting DS Fisk and his partner Mukasa are tailing. They confront Eddie with a bloodied Valjon, who confirms Eddie murdered Tommy and paid him £10,000 to get rid of the body. Kevin updates Conrad and Maeve, who don't berate Eddie. They privately agree to let Harry sort out the situation but will murder Richie's wife, Vron, and him as a contingency. Harry loses the police tail with Kevin's help and fulfils a promise to Jan by getting their helper's mother into a nursing home. He also spots a former corrections officer, Rusby, who had abused him and Kevin when they first met, incarcerated together as youngsters. Kevin and Harry convince Valjon to take the fall for Tommy's murder, using his children as leverage. Richie appears convinced but continues to torture him. Harry meets Bella again privately, who had requested assistance after her father's meeting, and Antoine went sideways. The police discover Archie's body after receiving another anonymous tip.
4	"Rat Trap"	Anthony Byrne	Ronan Bennett and Jez Butterworth	April 20, 2025 (2025-04-20)
The recovery of Archie’s body rouses suspicion of another mole in the family, especially from Maeve, as only Conrad and Harry knew where he was buried. Kevin and Harry continue to await Richie’s verdict from his torture of Valjon, where Kevin divulges a disturbing truth about Bella. A mysterious stranger, Donnie, claiming to be Harry’s friend, visits Zosia at the garage, promising Harry “good news”. Jan proceeds with couples’ therapy until Conrad visits her and Alice at the O’Hara home, threatening her to keep her silence about Harry and the family’s affairs. Maeve continues her manipulation of Eddie and her secret ploy. After a tense discussion, Jan tells Harry about Conrad’s visit, causing concerns, while it is also revealed that Alice is a mole for the police, working to get closer to Conrad. Harry visits Bella with the recordings he had earlier strong-armed from Antoine and warns her against the clandestine deal again, but she persists. As Harry leaves, he bumps into an arriving Kevin, leading to an awkward conversation between the husband and wife after. Harry is then asked to come alone by Richie to finish off Valjon as a sign of good faith, which he brutally does, appeasing the seemingly convinced Stevenson boss. However, Richie ominously requests that the Harrigans attend Tommy’s funeral.
5	"Funeral for a Friend"	Daniel Syrkin	Ronan Bennett and Jez Butterworth	April 27, 2025 (2025-04-27)
The Harrigans, of Conrad, Maeve, Kevin, Eddie and Harry discuss battle plans for Tommy’s wake and funeral, where the entire family, including Jan and Bella, are expected. They ultimately decide to follow Harry’s plan to attend, but to have weapons smuggled as a safeguard. A shunned Brendan approaches the similarly omitted Seraphina with another offer to step up for the family, which she accepts on her terms. Kevin recalls his traumatic abuse at the hands of Rusby. Harry then meets Freddie, a disgruntled Stevenson hand, and blackmails him into smuggling the weapons into the Stevenson home. The Harrigans attend the services as planned, with Fisk and crew, unknowingly tipped off by Jan, watching them off-site. Tensions begin to rise amongst the group, especially when Eddie and Maeve go out of their way to antagonise the Stevensons, and Vron publicly insults Maeve before Harry and Kevin drug the Harrigan matriarch to avoid further escalation. At the following sit-down, Richie then privately reveals that he knew Valjon was a ruse, but wants no war, except for Eddie to be fair game if the Stevensons can get to him. A furious Maeve, however, breaks the uneasy truce and has Vron killed the next day with a planted car bomb.
6	"Antwerp Blues"	TBA	TBA	May 4, 2025 (2025-05-04)
7	"The Crossroads"	TBA	TBA	May 11, 2025 (2025-05-11)
8	"Helter Skelter"	TBA	TBA	May 18, 2025 (2025-05-18)
9	"Beggars Banquet"	TBA	TBA	May 25, 2025 (2025-05-25)
10	"The Beast in Me"	TBA	TBA	June 1, 2025 (2025-06-01)

Production

Development

MobLand was first announced in February 2024 as a spinoff series called The Donovans. It was loosely based on the Showtime series Ray Donovan, intending to tell an origin story of the Donovan family. It was created by Ronan Bennett, who is also set to write and executive produce the series. Guy Ritchie is attached to direct some episodes and executive produce the series along with David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Ivan Atkinson, Keith Cox, Nina L. Diaz, Jez Butterworth, Kris Thykier, Tom Hardy and Dean Baker. As the series developed, it was reworked into its own standalone series by October 2024, using the working titles The Associate and Fixer. In February 2025, it was revealed that the series has got the final title called MobLand and has moved from Showtime to Paramount+. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios.

Casting

The first casting news revealed that Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan would star in the series, with Hardy playing the previously titular "associate", Harry Da Souza, who works as a fixer for the Harrigan family. Brosnan portrays Conrad, the patriarch of the Harrigan family, and Mirren plays the Harrigan matriarch, Maeve. In December 2024, Paddy Considine, Joanne Froggatt, Lara Pulver, Anson Boon, Mandeep Dhillon, Jasmine Jobson, and Alex Fine joined the cast. In February 2025, Geoff Bell, Daniel Betts, Lisa Dwan, and Emily Barber joined the cast. In March 2025, it was revealed that Janet McTeer joined the cast.

Filming

Production on the series began in November 2024 in London. Filming closed off part of Isle of Dogs and Canning Town in East London, and during production, a bag of camera equipment was stolen from the set in broad daylight. The thieves later returned and successfully stole more equipment, leading to the firing and replacement of the security team on set. During production, the set construction company, Helix 3D, went into bankruptcy, leaving several crew members with unpaid wages leading into the holiday season. Hardy initially offered to make up the difference before the production companies paid the workers instead.

Music

Both the first and second episodes contain music by The Prodigy, respectively, Firestarter and Breathe.

Release

MobLand premiered on Paramount+ on March 30, 2025.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, MobLand has an approval rating of 79% based on 34 critics' reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 57 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

External links

• MobLand at Paramount+
• MobLand at IMDb