Guy Ritchie's $500M Detective Blockbuster Officially Dominates Apple TV

Guy Ritchie has dominated streaming this fall, with not one but two of the biggest returning shows associated with him. The first was a second season of the suave crime series The Gentlemen, as Eddie Horniman (Theo James) and Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario) returned to the helm of Bobby's (Ray Winstone) criminal empire, only for Eddie to truly evolve into an unhinged criminal mastermind. Despite a significant drop in viewers compared to the first season, the show still proved popular enough to warrant a third installment, which is now in production.

Ritchie's other big streaming hit in the past month is the second season of MobLand, with Tom Hardy's Harry Da Souza and Pierce Brosnan's Conrad Harrigan returning for a brutal, emotional new batch of episodes. Currently, the Paramount+ hit is seven episodes into its ten-episode season, with the stage almost set for an explosive finale. But Ritchie's dominance of the streaming charts isn't reserved for his small-screen projects, nor is it reserved for recent arrivals.

At the time of writing, Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, a 2009 reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic detective, is one of the ten most-watched movies on Apple TV worldwide. The film stars Oscar winner and soon-to-be new Doctor Doom Robert Downey Jr. as the titular crime-solver alongside Jude Law as Dr. John Watson. The film grossed $524 million worldwide against a reported budget of just $90 million, becoming one of the biggest earners of 2009 and earning a sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which proved just as popular.

Guy Ritchie Is Teaming Back Up With Jason Statham

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Of all the actors Ritchie has collaborated with on multiple occasions, Jason Statham is probably the most famous. Almost 30 years after they first joined forces on Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the pair are reuniting on one of the most exciting upcoming films, Viva La Madness. This new action-thriller, based on J.J. Connolly's 2011 novel and the follow-up to Layer Cake, has already lined up an impressive cast, including Statham, The Gentlemen's Vinnie Jones, Jason Isaacs, Ben Foster, and more.