STX Entertainment released “The Gentlemen” in theaters in January 2020, and it was one of the only movies to get a full theatrical run that year before the pandemic cut everything short. It made a very solid $115 million worldwide against a modest $22 million budget. Not bad for a movie with a cast that includes A-listers like Matthew McConaughey and Colin Farrell. It wasn’t long before Netflix cut a deal with Ritchie to turn the movie into a TV show, and now here we are. It’s the second time that one of Ritchie’s movies has been turned into a series, as “Snatch” got the small screen treatment as well.
The ensemble also includes Kaya Scodelario (“The Maze Runner”), Ray Winstone (“Black Widow”), Daniel Ings (“I Hate Suzie”), Joely Richardson (“Lady Chatterley’s Lover”), Vinnie Jones (“Snatch”), Chanel Cresswell (“This is England”), Max Beesley (“Hijack”), Jasmine Blackborow (“Marie Antoinette”), Dar Salim (“The Covenant”), Pearce Quigley (“Detectorists”), and Peter Serafinowicz (“The Tick”).
Ritchie is on board as an executive producer and directed the first two episodes of the series. He also serves as co-writer alongside Matthew Read (“Peaky Blinders”). Marn Davies, Ivan Atkinson, Marc Helwig, Will Gould, Frith Tiplady, and Read are also executive producers, with Hugh Warren as the series producer.
“The Gentlemen” premieres on Netflix in March 2024.