The Associate (TV series)

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The Associate
Created by Ronan Bennett
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Production locationUnited Kingdom
Production companies
  • Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios
  • 101 Studios
Original release
Network Paramount+ with Showtime

The Associate is the working title of an upcoming American crime drama television series created by Ronan Bennett, who is set to write the entire series. The series began as The Donovans, an origin story to the Showtime series Ray Donovan , following the Donovan family, but as it developed further, it was reworked into its own standalone story. Guy Ritchie is attached to direct some episodes in the series. The series stars Tom Hardy as Harry, a fixer for the Harrigan family led by Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan.

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The series is produced for Paramount+ with Showtime.

Cast

Production

The Associate was first announced in February 2024 as a spinoff series called The Donovans that was loosely based on the Showtime series Ray Donovan , [1] intending to tell an origin story of the Donovan family. [2] It was created by Ronan Bennett, who is also set to write and executive produce the series. Guy Ritchie is attached to direct some episodes and executive produce the series along with David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, and Ivan Atkinson. The series is produced by Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios to be made available on Paramount+ with Showtime. [3] As the series developed, it was reworked into its own standalone series and retitled The Associate in October 2024.

The first casting news revealed that Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan would star in the series, [1] with Hardy playing the titular "associate", Harry Da Souza, who works as a fixer for the Harrigan family. [4] Brosnan portrays Conrad, the patriarch of the Harrigan family, and Mirren plays the Harrigan matriarch, Maeve. [5]

Production on the series began in November 2024 in the United Kingdom. [6] Filming closed off part of Isle of Dogs in East London, and during production, a bag of camera equipment was stolen from the set in broad daylight. [7]

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