The Gentlemen is back for another season, and if the first-look trailer is anything to go on, it’s set to have all the signature trademarks from a sweeping Guy Ritchie release – whether on the big or small screen.
Set a year after the Duke of Halstead Eddie Horniman (Theo James) and Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario) go into business together, it would seem that the family weed farm under the ancestral pile is old news, and this slick high-stakes crime drama, within the criminal underworld of the posh-speaking British aristocratic class, has shifted away from the heritage-listed stately manors and across the continent to Europe’s equally picturesque locations.
But bigger business brings bigger problems, and Eddie must now navigate murky waters as a small fish in an Italian pond.
The first-look trailer gives us our first proper glimpse of the new setting across Lake Maggiore, the stretch of water straddling the Italian and Swiss border (and about as far from Halstead's muddy fields as you can get).
Speaking to Tudum, Ritchie has been characteristically bullish about the expansion, describing the new season as a deliberate geographic and thematic leap with Eddie and Susie now besieged by a fresh cast of harder-to-read players.
“Eddie and Susie find themselves navigating an increasingly volatile empire as they’re besieged on all fronts by an influx of enigmatic new players,” Ritchie says.
“The stakes are heightened, the power dynamics are more precarious, and I’m thrilled to be collaborating once again with this exceptional cast and crew.”
That new blood includes Hugh Bonneville, Benjamin Clementine, Benedetta Porcaroli, Michele Morrone, Sergio Castellitto, Amra Mallassi, and Tyler Conti, plus two curveball additions in boxer Chris Eubank Jr and broadcaster Maya Jama.
Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Ray Winstone, Joely Richardson, and Vinnie Jones are all confirmed to return.
It's a hefty follow-up to a first season that landed like a freight train on streaming – 100 million views globally, a Top 10 spot in over 90 countries, and the #1 gong in 75 of them since its March 2024 debut. Ritchie writes and directs again alongside co-writer Matthew Read and co-director Eran Creevy, across eight hour-long episodes.
The Gentlemen Season 2 lands on Netflix September 3.
