Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Tom Hardy are in final talks to star in the Paramount+ series “The Associate”directed by Guy Ritchie, Deadline has learned.

“With the most powerful customers in Europe”the script of the series “it will bring family fortunes and reputations into jeopardy, strange alliances unfolding and betrayals around every corner. And while the protagonists are famous ‘managers’ in London the nature of their work signals no guarantee for the future.”

The hour-long drama series from Showtime/MTV Studios and 101 Studios focuses on two generations of criminals, the businesses they run, the complicated relationships they form and the man they call to solve their problems. Hardy is up for the role of Harry, a man who is as dangerous as he is handsome.

Ronan Bennett writes the screenplay, and along with the director and David Hootkin, Bob Yary, David Glasser, Ronald Burkle and Ivan Atkinson are also executive producers. “The Associate” follows Richie’s recent Netflix action comedy “The Gentlemen,” starring Theo James.