As the second season of the Paramount+ crime drama series
"MobLand" has started production in London, we now have official announcements regarding the new season's cast. The series is created by
Ronan Bennett and executive produced by
Guy Ritchie.
Johnny Flynn (
"Beast") and
Ophelia Lovibond (
"Minx") have joined the Season 2 cast as regulars.
Pierce Brosnan returns as Conrad Harrigan, alongside
Helen Mirren, as his wife, Maeve Harrigan. The cast also includes
Paddy Considine, Joanne Froggatt, Lara Pulver, Anson Boon, Mandeep Dhillon, Jasmine Jobson, Emmett Scanlan, and
Teddie Allen.
Also returning for Season 2 are
Janet McTeer, Toby Jones, and
Alex Fine, who will reprise their original Season 1 roles. Series regular McTeer stars as Kat McAllister, a top boss in the international crime underworld; guest star Fine as Donnie, Kat's henchman and antagonist of Harry Da Souza; and series regular Jones as Colin Tattersall, a retired police detective focused on taking down the Harrigan crime family.
"Mobland" was renewed for a second season in June, following above-average ratings. The premiere episode alone amassed 26 million views over the first 70 days in the U.S and other English-speaking markets, where the series premiered on March 30th, and the first nine days for non-English speaking territories. This made it the second biggest launch for a Paramount original series, behind
"Landman". Following the premiere of the third episode,
"MobLand" made every Nielsen Top 10 list of Streaming Originals for the past five weeks.
Commissioned by Paramount+ and produced in association with Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios, the series is executive produced by
David C. Glasser, Ritchie,
Jez Butterworth, Hardy,
Ivan Atkinson, Dean Baker, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari and
Keith Cox.