Gangs Of London will return for a second series surely sometime in 2022. Starring Joe Cole, the first run premiered on Sky Atlantic and broke a viewing record for the broadcaster.
AMC Boards Sky Drama ‘Gangs Of London’.
Now that HBO Cinemax exited the project, AMC will be airing ‘Gangs Of London’, renewed for season 2, in the U.S. The series created by The Raid’s Gareth Evans was earlier commissioned by Sky and Cinemax in 2017. In the subsequent two and a half years, the U.S. pay-TV broadcaster moved out of originals and AMC has now taken the U.S. rights and will become a co-producer of the second season. The deal was brokered by Endeavor Content with AMC.
Produced by Pulse Films in association with Chernobyl producer Sister, the ten-part show was a big hit for Sky in the UK. It was its biggest premiere streaming series this year and the biggest original drama launch on Sky Atlantic.
What do we know about ‘Gangs Of London’?
The drama tells the story of a city being torn apart by the turbulent power struggles of the international gangs that control it. The sudden power vacuum that’s created when the head of London’s most powerful crime family is assassinated.
The cast includes the following:
- Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders)
- Sope Dirisu (Humans)
- Colm Meaney (Star Trek)
- Lucian Msamati (His Dark Materials)
- Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones)
- Paapa Essiedu (Press)
- Pippa Bennett-Warner (Harlots)
The storyline goes as follows :
For 20 years, Finn Wallace was the most powerful criminal in London. Billion pounds flowed through his organization each year. However, now he’s dead. Nobody knows who ordered the hit. With rivals literally everywhere, it’s up to the impulsive Sean Wallace (Cole), with the help of the Dumani family headed by Ed Dumani (Msamati), to take his father’s place. The situation was already dangerous enough, and then topping that Sean’s assumption of power causes ripples in the world of international crime. The only man who can help him and be his ally is Elliot Finch, who’s up until now, has been one of life’s losers, a lowlife chancer with a mysterious interest in the Wallace Family. But as the wind of fate blows, Elliot finds himself transported to the inner workings of the largest criminal organization in London. Though it doesn’t end with the Wallaces though, there are shadowy higher powers at play.
Now, will the Wallace family rise again, will the Dumanis remain loyal to their new allies and who is Elliot really working for? All these questions and more will be waiting for Sky Viewers when Gangs Of London returns to screens in 2022.