Streamer Paramount+ has announced that it has commissioned a second season of the Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, and Tom Hardy-starring Irish crime dynasty drama MobLand.
MobLand sees Brosnan play London-based Irish godfather Conrad Harrigan; Helen Mirren stars as Conrad's wife Maeve, and Tom Hardy plays their fixer, Harry Da Souza.
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MobLand's writer-creator is Belfast author and screenwriter Ronan Bennett (Day of the Jackal, Top Boy, Public Enemies), who also serves as an executive producer on the hit show.
Bennett's co-writer is The Ferryman playwright Jez Butterworth, whose other screen credits include Spectre and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Dublin-born director Anthony Byrne (Say Nothing, Peaky Blinders, Love/Hate) directed four episodes of season one.
Snatch director Guy Ritchie, who is an executive producer of MobLand, also directed two episodes.
The announcement of a second season was made by Paramount+ on Instagram.
US entertainment trade publication Deadline says the opening episode of MobLand "amassed 26 million views over the first 70 days in the US and other English-speaking markets, where MobLand premiered March 30, and the first nine days for non-English speaking territories, where the show debuted May 30".
Chris McCarthy, Co-CEO of Paramount and President of Showtime/MTV Entertainment, described MobLand as "a resounding triumph".
In May, Drogheda-born and Navan-raised Brosnan responded to criticism of his Irish accent in MobLand.
Brosnan told Radio Times: "My own accent is very soft. Conrad's accent is a million miles away from me."
He went on to explain that the inspiration for the accent was a man suggested by his dialect coach, adding: "I told him that I needed a Kerry accent, so he gave me the name of a man, and I googled the guy and that was it.
"It was a Kerry accent, and so I just gave it full tilt."
Additional Reporting: Press Association
