A thriller dubbed ‘superb’ and ‘outstanding’ has been renewed for a second season after dazzling Paramount Plus users.
Despite previously facing cancellation fears, it has been confirmed that MobLand will be coming back with brand new episodes in the future.
It has amassed a whopping 26million viewers since it began last year, making it Paramount Plus’ second biggest original of all time following Taylor Sheridan’s Landman.
Announcing the news, writer and executive producer Jez Butterworth said they are ‘excited’ to be creating the second season, which as yet does not have a release date.
‘TV was a brand new world for me and I was reluctant to commit to a TV overall, but Chris, David, and the teams at Paramount and 101 Studios, completely changed my perspective with their bold creative vision and razor-sharp strategic insight,’ he said.
‘Collaborating with Chris, David, Guy and our stellar cast has been nothing short of inspiring and I’m excited to dive into the second season of MobLand.’
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Paramount co-CEO and Showtime and MTV Entertainment president Chris McCarthy echoed the sentiment, saying: ‘With more than 26 million viewers and climbing, MobLand has become a resounding triumph – driven by the creative brilliance of Guy, Jez, Ronan and David Glasser, and brought to life by the powerhouse performances of Tom, Pierce, and Helen.
‘We are elated to greenlight a second season of this global phenomenon, which has dominated both domestic and international charts and soared to #1 in the UK.’
Starring Dame Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan, the show centres on a turf war between two powerful families, the Harrigans – headed up by matriarch Maeve (Dame Helen) and Conrad (Brosnan) – and the Stevensons, in modern-day London.
Caught in the crossfire as tensions escalate and violence erupts is the Harrigans’ fixer Harry Da Souza (Hardy), who’s married to Jan Da Souza (Joanne Froggatt).
It received mixed reactions at the time of its release, with some hailing it as ‘gripping’ while others criticised James Bond star Brosnan for his ‘horrific’ Irish accent.
MobLand broke Paramount’s records, becoming the biggest global series ever to launch on the streaming platform on its first day.
The series scored 2.2million viewers on its release date, and 9.7m in total on social media.
It currently holds a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics’ consensus reading: ‘Tom Hardy’s gruff charisma is put to good use in MobLand, a gangster saga that hardly reinvents the genre but nails its conventions with crunchy style and memorable performances.’
MobLand season one is available to stream now on Paramount Plus.
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