Tom Hardy confirmed to return for MobLand season 3 after Paramount+ rift resolved

Tom Hardy will stay on as MobLand’s lead for a third season, resolving a month-long standoff with showrunner Jez Butterworth after a peace-making meeting in London this week.

TL;DR

• Hardy will reprise fixer Harry Da Souza, staying alongside Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan.
• The actor had reportedly been on his way out after friction with showrunner Jez Butterworth during season two production.
• A London meeting between Hardy, Butterworth and executive producer David Glasser resolved the dispute, according to Deadline.
• Paramount+ has not yet made a formal season three renewal announcement, though a writers room is already active.

What happened between Hardy and the show

Reports first surfaced in late May that Hardy would not return for a third season, citing on-set friction with Butterworth. According to Deadline, the tension centred partly on Hardy’s reported chronic lateness during season two shoots. Mirren publicly backed her co-star on social media at the time, writing that she loved him “now and always.”

How the standoff was resolved

Hardy, Butterworth and executive producer David Glasser met in London to work through their differences, according to Deadline. Guy Ritchie, who executive produces the series, is also said to have helped broker the resolution. A season three writers room had already opened before the second season’s premiere, and the new run is reportedly being written around Hardy, Mirren and Brosnan’s characters.

Mirren, speaking to Variety at the Taormina Film Festival, said she’d work with Hardy again “in a fucking heartbeat,” praising him as one of the most talented actors she knows.

Where MobLand stands with Paramount+

MobLand has not yet received a formal season three order, but the show’s performance makes renewal likely. The series posted Paramount+’s second-biggest original series launch on record when it debuted in March 2025, behind only Landman, and Hardy’s contract is believed to run for three seasons.

The UK angle

UK viewers can currently watch MobLand’s first two seasons on Paramount+, which offers three subscription tiers in Britain: Basic (with ads) at £4.99 a month, Standard at £7.99 a month, and ad-free Premium with 4K on selected titles at £10.99 a month. No UK release window has been set for season three.

For more on the London-set crime world Hardy inhabits, see our coverage of the Peaky Blinders sequel series and The Gentlemen season 2, another Guy Ritchie crime project heading to screens this year.