Helen Mirren reveals update on MobLand season 3 - and what her latest character would make of Maeve

As fans wait patiently (or perhaps impatiently) for the highly anticipated season 2 finale of MobLand next week, Helen Mirren has teased the timeline for production to begin on the show's already confirmed third season.

MobLand was renewed for season 3 ahead of season 2 starting to air, with Mirren, Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan all confirmed to return as their characters Maeve, Harry and Conrad respectively.

Now, speaking with Radio Times on the red carpet for her new film, A Talent for Murder, Mirren said: "We’re starting work on a third season. We start next week."

This lines up with a previous statement by Brosnan, who told ScreenRant that season 3 would start filming in November.

Naturally, Mirren refused to divulge any details of what fans can expect from the storyline, saying: "I’m not going to tell you any of that."

A Talent for Murder stars Mirren as real-life novelist Patricia Highsmith, who was known for her acclaimed series of novels about Tom Ripley. In the film, a young man, played by Alden Ehrenreich, travels to Switzerland to try to persuade Highsmith to write one final Ripley novel, but things take a sinister turn.

While speaking with Radio Times, Mirren was asked what her version of Highsmith and her MobLand character Maeve would say to one another if they met.

"That would be a great confrontation," Mirren said. "What a great idea. They would absolutely hate each other, I suspect, but also have a huge sneaking respect for each other, because I think both of them would know that neither of them are going to win in that confrontation. It's going to be an impasse completely."

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Along with Mirren and Ehrenreich, A Talent for Murder also stars Olivia Cooke and Juliet Stevenson.

Meanwhile, MobLand features an ensemble cast which also includes Paddy Considine, Joanne Froggatt, Lara Pulver, Anson Boon, Mandeep Dhillon, Jasmine Jobson, Teddie Allen, Emmett J Scanlan, Johnny Flynn, Ophelia Lovibond, Janet McTeer and Toby Jones.

The MobLand season 2 finale will be released on Friday 20 November on Paramount+. You can sign up to Paramount+ for a seven-day free trial.

A Talent for Murder will be released in UK cinemas on Friday 20 November.

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James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.