GEOFF BELL, DANIEL BETTS, LISA DWAN, AND EMILY BARBER JOIN NEW GUY RITCHIE PROJECT FOR MTV ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS AND PARAMOUNT+
New Global Organized Crime Series, Starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Helen Mirren Commissioned by Paramount+ and produced in association with MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios
Feb 13, 2025 – Geoff Bell (
Top Boy), Daniel Betts (
Fate: The Winx Saga), Lisa Dwan (
Top Boy), and Emily Barber (
Industry) have joined Guy Ritchie's new global crime series
NEW GUY RITCHIE PROJECT for Paramount+ in a recurring role.
As previously announced, production is currently underway in London with Tom Hardy (Venom: The Last Dance), Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon), Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey), Lara Pulver (Da Vinci's Demons), Anson Boon (Pistol), Mandeep Dhillon (CSI: Vegas) and Jasmine Jobson (Top Boy).
NEW GUY RITCHIE PROJECT is produced in association with MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios. The series will debut in 2025 globally on Paramount+.
Bell will play “Richie,” The redoubtable leader of the up-and-coming south London Stevenson gang. Betts will play “Brendan,” Conrad (Brosnan) and Maeve’s (Mirren) oldest son. Dwan will play “O’Hara,” the Harrigan Family lawyer. Barber will play “Alice,” Jan’s (Froggatt) friend, whom she meets in group therapy.
NEW GUY RITCHIE PROJECT is an electrifying, new global crime series centered around two warring families based in London whose enterprises stretch all corners of the globe and the fiercely loyal “fixer” charged with protecting one of them at all costs.
The series is executive produced by Keith Cox, Nina L. Diaz, David C. Glasser, Guy Ritchie, Jez Butterworth, Ronan Bennett, Kris Thykier, Ivan Atkinson, Tom Hardy, Dean Baker, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari.
Geoff Bell
Geoff is currently shooting on Guy Ritchie’s new series THE FIXER written by Ronan Bennett and
produced by Paramount+, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios. Prior to this Geoff recently wrapped
on THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB for acclaimed director Chris Columbus. Starring opposite; Pierce
Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, David Tenant and Naomi Ackie to name a few! He recently wrapped on the BBC series KINGS AND CONQUERORS directed by Baltasar Kormakur, starring James Norton and Nikolaj Coster Waldau. Geoff can next be seen in Nick Love’s feature MARCHING POWDER starring alongside Danny Dyer. Geoff can currently be seen in ‘‘MR BIGSTUFF' for Sky. Geoff can also be seen in THE CURSE for Channel 4 opposite Steve Stamp, Allan Mustafa and Tom Davies. He can also be seen in THE GREAT opposite Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning for Hulu and Absentia Series 3 for Amazon. Geoff can also be seen in the smash hit HIS DARK MATERIALS for BBC & HBO. He has a vast array of film credits including; SUFFRAGETTE, KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD, KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE and BRIGHTON ROCK. In television Geoff recently starred alongside Tim Roth in Tin Star and alongside Alex Lawther in the critically acclaimed END OF THE F**ING WORLD for Channel 4.
Geoff is repped by Harrison Davies with 42.
Daniel Betts
Daniel's extensive list of screen credits include the forthcoming WW2 series TRUTH AND CONVICTION, the feature films DE GAULLE for Pathé and THE GIRL FROM COLOGNE, playing the iconic role of Ronnie Scott.
He recently starred the ITV / Quay Street drama AFTER THE FLOOD as a series regular, Apple TV's THE NEW LOOK with Maisie Williams, Ben Mendelsohn and Juliette Binoche and as series regular Prof. Ben Harvey in the worldwide Netflix hit WINX: THE FATE SAGA.
Daniel's recent film credits include ALIEN: ROMULUS for Fede Alvarez, HERE for Robert Zemeckis and SEPTEMBER 5 with Peter Sarsgaard, directed by Tim Felbaum.
A versatile, enigmatic and charming actor with a wealth of screen and stage experience, his extensive
credits include Rupert in Series 3 of THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE (Starz) for Steven Soderbergh, CHLOE opposite Erin Doherty and Billy Howle, ANGELA BLACK (ITV), Mike Veale in ITV's A CONFESSION, as Hinscliff in two series of GENTLEMAN JACK (Lookout / HBO) and series regular Harry Hopkins in the award winning ATLANTIC CROSSING with Kyle Maclachlan.
In film he can be seen in THE GOOD LIAR (Warner Bros.) with Helen Mirren, ALLIED (Paramount) with Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, and FURY (Columbia) with Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf.
Daniel is repped by David Lazenby at Conway Van Gelder Grant.
Lisa Dwan
Lisa Dwan is currently shooting The Fixer for Paramount directed by Guy Richie starring Tom Hardy,
Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren. Dwan also stars as Detective Fia Lucey in Blackshore which premieres in the US on March 17th on Acorn and AMC + streaming.
Lisa’s other TV credits include: Blackshore (BBC Studio/ RTE); Bloodlands (BBC); Top Boy (Netflix); Pale Sister (BBC); Trust (BBC); Rock Rivals (ITV) The Big Bow Wow (RTE) Fair City (RTE); Mystic Knights (Fox).
Theatre Includes: 23.5 Hours (Park Theatre) Happy Days (Riverside Studios); The Beckett Trilogy (Royal Court Theatre, Barbican, West End, BAM New York and international tour); No’s Knife (The Old Vic London & Abbey Theatre Dublin); The Lover, The Collection (STC, Washington DC where she won the Emery Battis award for outstanding contribution to acting); Pale Sister (Gate Theatre); Eh Joe (Jermyn Street Theatre), Ulysses (Jermyn Street Theatre) Anna Karenina (Abbey Theatre Dublin); Margot, Diary of an Unhappy Queen (Barbican); Shining City (Irish Rep New York); The Journey Between Us (Southwark Playhouse); Illusions (Bush Theatre); Not I (Royal Court Theatre); Beside the Sea (Southbank Centre); American Standard (The Forum Theatre, New York); Studio Creole (Manchester International Festival); The Sex Party (Menier Chocolate Factory); As You Like it (Galway International Arts Festival); Importance of Being Earnest (Town Hall Theatre, Galway & Irish Tour); History of the World at 3am (Andrews Lane Theatre Dublin).
Film: Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain (Rising Star Entertainment); Tailor of Panama (Crawford Ltd); Pale Sister (BBC); Not I (Sky); Anna Livia Plurabellein Finnegan’s Wake (MOLI); Disney’s Oliver Twist.
Lisa writes, presents, and lectures regularly on theatre, culture, and Beckett for BBC Radio and Television, NPR, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Independent. She has been a long term visiting professor at Princeton University, Columbia University and MIT and lectured at NYU, Oxford, Cambridge Universities and École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Lisa has also written and presented several documentaries for both TV and Radio for both BBC & SKY Arts on Samuel Beckett, Dante and Ovid.
Lisa is repped by Simon Beresford with 42 MP and Matthew Lesher with Insight Entertainment.
Emily Barber

British actress Emily Barber is currently starring as Monty in the Olivier award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat in the West End. She can most recently be seen as Diana in HBO’s third season of Industry alongside Kit Harrington, Harry Lawtey and Sagar Radia, as well as playing the role of series regular Kathleen in Netflix’s Bodies with Stephen Graham and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd. She is probably best known for her roles as Violet Hayward in Netflix’s The Alienist: Angel of Darkness with Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans and Daniel Bruhl; Tessa in Netflix’s much-loved Bridgerton; Cath Hindman in BBC’s Call The Midwife; Eva in Sky’s comedy Dreamland with Lily Allen; ITV/PBS’s Endeavour and as Cassandra Von Halen in Lionsgate/E! series The Royals. Alongside Emily’s career on screen, she also has an extensive CV in theatre and was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for her performance of Imogen in Cymbeline at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre where The Independent named her as “One To Watch”. She also won Best Newcomer at the Manchester Theatre Awards for her debut professional performance as Liz in Billy Liar for Sam Yates. Last year, she starred as Annabel alongside Luke Evans and Penelope Wilton in award winning playwright Mercelo Dos Santos’s new comedy play Backstairs Billy at the Duke of York’s Theatre in the West End, directed by Michael Grandage. The show looks at a defining moment in the 50-year relationship between the Queen Mother and her loyal servant William “Billy” Tallon.
Emily is repped by David Lazenby at Conway Van Gelder Grant.
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