Theo James is set to lead Netflix’s #TheGentlemen, based on the Guy Ritchie film of the same name, Deadline has learned. Production begins in London next week.⁠ ⁠ The series follows James’ character Eddie Halstead, who has inherited his father’s sizable estate only to discover that it’s sitting on top of a weed empire owned by the legendary Mickey Pearson. Has this straight-up soldier got what it takes to master the dark arts of the British criminal underworld and take control of the entire operation?⁠ ⁠ Deadline exclusively revealed in March the streamer was eyeing the adaption. Ritchie co-wrote the pilot script with Matthew Read, will direct the first two episodes and serve as an executive producer on the series, which Miramax TV is producing alongside Moonage Pictures in the UK.