Tom Hardy & Man Ritchie’s Returning 10-Half Crime Thriller Collection Is “Even Higher” In New Episodes Releasing This Yr, Teases Star

MobLand star Emmett J. Scanlan simply teased what followers can count on from the crime drama when it returns later this yr.

MobLand debuted within the spring of 2025 on Paramount+ with the second-biggest premiere ever for the streaming platform. Pierce Brosnan stars as the top of a household that hires a fixer (performed by Tom Hardy) to guard them in opposition to different crime households. Paramount renewed the collection for a second season, with filming at the moment underway.

Whereas selling his new Netflix present The right way to Get to Heaven From Belfast, Scanlan claimed that MobLand season 2 is just like the 10-episode first season however “on steroids!” He instructed Howdy! that the storylines are “insane” and “bananas.” The actor “beloved” studying via the scripts, that are “implausible,” and “getting misplaced in that world.”

With out offering any spoilers, Scanlan went as far as to assert MobLand season 2 is “even higher” than season 1.

“Should you preferred season 1, penned extremely by Jez Butterworth, then season 2 is season one on steroids! It’s insane, it is bananas. I beloved season 1, I beloved studying it and getting misplaced in that world. I feel season 2 is even higher. The scripts are implausible.”

Scanlan appeared in a recurring position as Paul O’Donnell, Conrad Harrigan’s head of safety, within the first season of MobLand and might be returning to the collection for the following installment. He starred reverse such actors as Brosnan, who’s finest identified for enjoying James Bond and starring in movies like Mrs. Doubtfire, The Thomas Crown Affair and Mamma Mia!

Brosnan is an “absolute delight” to work with, in keeping with Scanlan, who added that the Bond actor has been a hero of his for years. “They are saying by no means meet your heroes, however…this man is so heat, so welcoming and so nurturing,” he defined.

Consequently, being on the set of MobLand ended up being like an schooling of kinds for Scanlan, whose credit embody Hollyoaks, Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, Peaky Blinders, Guardians of the Galaxy and Argylle.

“I get to go toe-to-toe with Pierce Brosnan for quite a few scenes and he’s an absolute delight. They are saying by no means meet your heroes, however, I imply, that is [expletive] as a result of this man is so heat, so welcoming and so nurturing and such an artist. To work with heroes and to get to be on set with people who find themselves higher than me, inevitably, it makes day by day a faculty day. I simply get to be taught from them. It is superb!”

He additionally feels that means about a number of of the opposite well-known forged members on MobLand, like Hardy and Helen Mirren. “It is not possible to go on set and never depart changing into a greater particular person and—fingers crossed—a greater actor,” Scanlan added.

These celebrities are on the “high of their recreation,” so Scanlan makes use of his time on set as a significant studying alternative, one which not each actor will get to have.

“It is a exceptional feeding floor to be taught each single time, and also you’re surrounded by folks you grew up watching. There’s Helen and Pierce and [Tom] Hardy—I imply, it is not possible to go on set and never depart changing into a greater particular person and, fingers crossed, a greater actor. You watch these guys on the high of their recreation doing their factor, and I am simply fanning out with them.”

The MobLand season 1 finale, which was launched in June 2025, featured the dying of Richie Stevenson, Conrad and Maeve Harrigan heading to jail, Kevin Harrigan discovering himself extra highly effective than ever, and Harry Da Souza being stabbed. In MobLand season 2, the characters might be compelled to take care of the aftermath attributable to all of those surprising occasions.

Apart from Hardy, Brosnan, Mirren and Scanlan, MobLand additionally stars Paddy Considine, Joanne Froggatt, Lara Pulver, Anson Boon, Jasmine Jobson, Mandeep Dhillon, Daniel Betts, Geoff Bell, Janet McTeer, Jordi Mollà and Toby Jones.

Ronan Bennett created MobLand, which has a 76% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Snatch director Man Ritchie serves as an govt producer alongside Bennett, Hardy, David C. Glasser, Kris Thykier, Ivan Atkinson, Jez Butterworth, Dean Baker, Anthony Byrne, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari.

A premiere date hasn’t been introduced but, however MobLand is predicted to return someday in 2026.