Big names in directing are no longer uncommon in the series business. Guy Ritchie, however, hasn’t worked on a series for over 20 years. In 2000, Ritchie was involved in an adaptation of his cult film Jack Dame King GrAs. But for his Netflix debut, he doesn’t dig too deep. His first series in 24 years is called The Gentlemen and is based on the gangster thriller of the same name starring Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant. A trailer for the star-studded series version has now been released.
Check out the German trailer for the Netflix series:
The Gentlemen – S01 Teaser Trailer (German) (HD)
This time too it’s all about a cannabis empire
In The Gentlemen, Theo James (The White Lotus) plays Eddie Horniman, the Duke of Halstead, who inherits his father’s estate after his father’s death. Eddie becomes involved in the machinations of Bobby Glass’s (Ray Winstone) cannabis empire. He also gets to know his daughter Susie (Kaya Scodelario), who runs the drug business tough.
The series features some well-known names, but as of now, characters or stars from the film are not part of the cast. The cast includes Breaking Bad villain Giancarlo Esposito, Joely Richardson (The Tudors), The Covenant lead Dar Salim and Ritchie regular Vinnie Jones.
Then The Gentlemen by Guy Ritchie comes to Netflix
The Gentlemen consists of eight episodes March on Netflix to be published. Guy Ritchie directed, produced and co-wrote the first two episodes. This distinguishes The Gentlemen from another “Guy Ritchie adaptation” of recent years: Snatch with Rupert Grint, which ran for two seasons.
If you want to catch up on the film version, you currently have several options. The Gentlemen is streaming on Netflix, WOW, Amazon Prime Video and others.
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