'MobLand' Finally Releases First Images

I have been hard on Paramount and its forthcoming Guy Ritchie original series MobLand. But my anger doesn't stem from the show's bad quality or my irrational dislike of the storied studio. It's because I care. I wanted Paramount+ to succeed when it finally stopped being CBS All-Access (referred to in the industry as CBS No Access because no one watched it). I wanted Star Trek to help carry it. I wanted The Gold to be the first in a string of international hits. I wanted a deal to go through that would save the studio, and not see it sold to Sony for pieces-parts. 

But when people whose entire job it is to cover TV have no idea you have a show starring Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy, and Pierce Brosnan, directed by Guy Ritchie, is arriving in less than 30 days on your streaming service, you have failed at your one fundamental goal: make sure viewers know the show exists and where to tune in.

Releasing first images is a good start, though a trailer would be better. As it is, the first three images released (which come from three of the show's first four episodes) look absolutely amazing. The show seems like it is worthy of the cast it put together, the size of the director it landed, and that it deserves to be a story that stands on its own, and (as Ritchie decided) not have it be a prequel/spinoff series to Ray Donovan.

The synopsis has not improved:

As the head of an organized crime family, MobLand centers around Brosnan’s character who is fighting for power within a global crime syndicate.

So here's the original synopsis from when this show first moved from being The Donovans to an original series under the working title The Associate.

The Associate is an electrifying, new global crime series centered around two warring families based in London whose enterprises stretch all corners of the globe and the fiercely loyal ‘fixer’ charged with protecting one of them at all costs.

Hardy, Brosnan and Mirren will be joined by a high-powered ensemble of fan-favorite British actors, include Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey), Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon), Lara Pulver (Sherlock), Anson Boon (Pistol)), Jasmine Jobson (Top Boy), Geoff Bell (His Dark Materials), Mandeep Dhillon (The Good Karma Hospital), Daniel Betts (After the Flood), Lisa Dwan (Bloodlands), and Emily Barber (Industry).

Ronan Bennett (Day of the Jackal) penned all ten episodes, with Ritchie helming all installments. Both serve as executive producers along with Hardy; the rest of the executive team includes Keith Cox, Nina L. Diaz, David C. Glasser, Jez Butterworth, Kris Thykier, Ivan Atkinson, Hardy, Dean Baker, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari.

MobLand will premiere on Paramount+ on Sunday, March 30, 2025, and stream weekly on Sundays through the end of May.