Gareth Evans Creating ‘Gangs Of London’

It looks like Gareth Evans is back on the radar.

Deadline has just reported that the Welsh action director is actively developing a new series for Cinemax titled Gangs Of London. The new series will be a joint venture between Cinemax and Sky Atlantic and is due to bow sometime in 2019 on the pay TV service.

According to the source:

Gangs of London is “set in contemporary London as it is becoming torn apart by power struggles involving a number of international gangs. The series begins as the head of one criminal gang is assassinated and the power vacuum threatens the fragile peace between the other underworld organisations.”

He will develop the show for Pulse Films from an idea he had and will he will direct the project and write the episode scripts along with Peter Berry, Clare Wilson and Joe Murtagh and Matt Flannery.  Thomas Benski and Lucas Ochoa will serve as executive producers on the new show along with  Sister Pictures’ Jane Featherstone.