section_path: Production/Development
section_name: Development
paragraph_text: Development
  
  The series was first announced in February 2024 as The Donovans, a loosely-based spinoff of the Showtime series Ray Donovan produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, with Showtime/MTV executives Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz and 101 Studios' David C. Glasser attached to the project. Ronan Bennett was hired to write the series and executive produce alongside Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, and David Hutkin.
  
  In October 2024, the series was announced to have been reworked into a standalone series with the working title The Associate, with Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren in final negotiations to star. Production began in November 2024 with Hardy, Brosnan and Mirren in London, and the working title was removed. Jez Butterworth, Tom Hardy, Dean Baker, and Kris Thykier joined as executive producers. In February 2025, the final title of the series, MobLand, was revealed.
  
  The series was first announced in February 2024 as The Donovans, a loosely-based spinoff of the Showtime series Ray Donovan produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, with Showtime/MTV executives Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz and 101 Studios' David C. Glasser attached to the project. Ronan Bennett was hired to write the series and executive produce alongside Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, and David Hutkin.
  
  In October 2024, the series was announced to have been reworked into a standalone series with the working title The Associate, with Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren in final negotiations to star. Production began in November 2024 with Hardy, Brosnan and Mirren in London, and the working title was removed. Jez Butterworth, Tom Hardy, Dean Baker, and Kris Thykier joined as executive producers. In February 2025, the final title of the series, MobLand, was revealed.