The Gentlemen season three is back in production on Netflix, with filming underway in the United Kingdom and Morocco, according to Netflix’s official announcement on October 23. The new season adds Robert Carlyle, Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom to its cast, alongside Dexter Fletcher, Bruna Marquezine, Ed Speleers, Saffron Burrows and Bugzy Malone.
That Gentlemen season three casting matters because Wood and Bloom, who played Frodo Baggins and Legolas in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, have not worked together since The Return of the King in 2003, according to Polygon. Their reunion in a Guy Ritchie crime series is an deliberately incongruous piece of casting.
A Casino In The Middle East
In series three, Eddie Horniman, played by Theo James, and Susie Glass, played by Kaya Scodelario, embark on their most audacious project yet: building a casino in the Middle East, according to Netflix’s synopsis. The official tease asks whether the Duke’s unchecked ambition has finally gone too far, with danger lurking around every corner.
Returning cast members include Ray Winstone, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Jasmine Blackborow, Harry Goodwins and Benjamin Clementine, with Maya Jama returning as Aisha, the glamorous fixer introduced in season two. Guy Ritchie and Matthew Read wrote the eight-episode season, with Ritchie and Eran Creevy directing.
Netflix greenlit the third season on August 24, 2026, nine days before season two debuted on September 3, according to Memorable TV. Season two’s strong debut weekend, and Ritchie’s view that the story had grown quickly enough to make a third season inevitable, helped drive that early renewal.
Why The Wait Will Be Long
There was a two-year gap between the first two seasons, which means season three is unlikely to arrive until 2028, according to Polygon. Production quietly began in mid-September, months ahead of where many trackers had expected, according to What’s On Netflix, but eight hour-long episodes still take time to film and post-produce.
Ritchie said the ambition of The Gentlemen has accelerated, the world has expanded, and the consequences carry weight, in comments quoted by Showbiz Junkies. That ambition is visible in the new locations, with Morocco joining the United Kingdom as a filming base for the Middle East storyline.
For fans, the announcement is both exciting and frustrating: a beloved cast is expanding, a bold new story is underway, and the wait for it will be measured in years, not months.
