A Disappointing Update On ‘The Gentleman’ Season 2 On Netflix

I believed among the much better programs of 2024, rather of a surprise, was The Gentlemen on Netflix, the Guy Ritchie police procedural starring Theo James and Kaya Scodelario. It appeared to carry out well, and it has high audience ratings, an outstanding 8/10 on IMDB.

However it took a remarkably long period of time to get restored for season 2. After its March 2024 airing, it wasn’t till August 2024 that it got chosen back up, an odd 5 month space for factors that stay uncertain.

While that was great news about season 2, a brand-new upgrade is sort of frustrating about the length of time it’s going to require to get here. The Gentlemen season 2 has recently started recording in the UK. The 2nd season will have 8 episodes like the very first, and while it has a time frame of 2026, that space in between seasons is going to be … long.

This is what takes place when you wait 5 months to restore a program and do not begin shooting it till over a year after the very first season airs. 14 months, to be precise. I’m attempting to approximate the length of time recording will take and after that post-production. Comparing it to another maybe comparable series, The Night Representative, that reveal begun recording in January 2024 and did not air till January 2025, so a complete year. If we’re doing a year from now, that’s successfully May 2026. That suggests it will be over 2 years in between seasons of The Gentlemen, which is pressing the luxury of even the sluggish streaming age where series typically take 1.5-2 years. Some particularly bad cases (Squid Video game, Wednesday) can take 3 years, so a minimum of we’re not there.

Still, this looks like a series that must have been greenlit quicker than it was and began recording quicker than it was. I wonder regarding what the hold-up was here, whether it was star schedule or some other factor to consider. Today that it’s taking place, a minimum of we’ll get to see where things go ultimately. In a year, it appears, at best, which is an embarassment.

I would absolutely suggest the very first season if you have not viewed it yet. Guy Ritchie might have had his ups and downs, however this is returning to what he does best, UK-based criminal activity households and murders and break-ins, and it seems like the great old days. This broadens on the principle of the motion picture with the exact same name, however it is much better than The Gentlemen movie in every method.

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