{"id":56574,"date":"2024-10-10T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=56574"},"modified":"2024-10-10T08:01:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T12:01:01","slug":"tom-hardy-helen-mirren-and-pierce-brosnan-team-up-in-guy-ritchies-the-associate-what-we-know-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/tom-hardy-helen-mirren-and-pierce-brosnan-team-up-in-guy-ritchies-the-associate-what-we-know-so-far\/56574\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan team up in Guy Ritchie\u2019s \u2018The Associate\u2019: What we know so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of crime dramas are in for a treat as actors Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan are in final negotiations to join Guy Ritchie\u2019s upcoming Paramount+ series <em>The Associate<\/em>. Directed by Ritchie and written by Ronan Bennett, known for <em>Top Boy<\/em>, the series is shaping up to be an exciting addition to the gangster genre.<\/p>\n<h2>The Cast of <em>The Associate<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Tom Hardy, known for his intense roles, is set to play Harry, a \u201cfixer\u201d for a powerful crime family. Described as both dangerous and charming, Hardy\u2019s character promises to be central to the storyline. Alongside him, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan are expected to take on the roles of the crime family\u2019s matriarch and patriarch, respectively. With Hardy\u2019s brooding intensity, Mirren\u2019s commanding presence, and Brosnan\u2019s charisma, the cast is sure to deliver.<\/p>\n<h2>What is <em>The Associate<\/em> about?<\/h2>\n<p><em>The Associate<\/em> focuses on the inner workings of a crime family, with Hardy\u2019s character, Harry, acting as a problem solver for the family\u2019s shady dealings. Mirren and Brosnan\u2019s characters will lead the family as they navigate the treacherous underworld of organized crime.<\/p>\n<p>The series was initially developed under the title <em>The Donovans<\/em>, a spin-off of the hit Showtime show <em>Ray Donovan<\/em>, but was later reworked into a standalone series. Now, <em>The Associate<\/em> has no connection to the <em>Ray Donovan<\/em> universe and will carve out its own story.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan are in final talks to star in Guy Ritchie\u2019s new Paramount+ series, The Associate. Directed by Ritchie and written by Ronan Bennett, the gangster drama promises an all-star cast and plenty of action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":56578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[20361,9326,1096,6857,20363,20364,20362,3904],"class_list":["post-56574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-guy-ritchie","tag-helen-mirren","tag-paramount","tag-pierce-brosnan","tag-ronan-bennett","tag-showtime","tag-the-associate","tag-tom-hardy"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}