British crime drama television series
McMafia |
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Genre | Crime drama |
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Created by | Hossein Amini James Watkins |
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Based on | McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by Misha Glenny[1] |
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Directed by | James Watkins |
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Composers | Tom Hodge Franz Kirmann |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
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No. of seasons | 1 |
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No. of episodes | 8 |
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Executive producers | Nick Marston Dixie Linder Ben Hall Robyn Slovo Matthew Read Hossein Amini James Watkins Misha Glenny |
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Producer | Paul Ritchie |
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Production company | Cuba Pictures |
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Network | BBC One (UK) AMC (USA) |
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Release | 1 January 2018 (2018-01-01) – present (present) |
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McMafia is a British crime drama television series created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins, and directed by Watkins. It is inspired by the book McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by journalist Misha Glenny (2008).[1] The series stars James Norton as Alex Godman, the British-raised son of a Russian mafia boss living in London whose father is trying to escape from the world of organised crime. It is co-produced by BBC, AMC Networks, and Cuba Pictures.[2][3] It premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 1 January 2018,[4] and in the United States on AMC on 26 February 2018.[5][6]
BBC One recommissioned the programme for an eight-chapter second season.[7]
Cast
Main cast
- James Norton as Alex Godman
- David Strathairn as Semiyon Kleiman, Russian-Israeli businessman
- Juliet Rylance as Rebecca Harper, Alex's fiancée
- Merab Ninidze as Vadim Kalyagin, powerful member of the Russian mafia
- Aleksey Serebryakov as Dimitri Godman, Alex's father
- Maria Shukshina as Oksana Godman, Alex's mother
- Faye Marsay as Katya Godman, Alex's sister
- David Dencik as Boris Godman, Alex's uncle
- Oshri Cohen as Joseph, Israeli bodyguard
- Sofia Lebedeva as Lyudmilla Nikolayeva, beauty therapist
- Caio Blat as Antonio Mendez
- Kirill Pirogov as Ilya Fedorov
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Dilly Mahmood, Indian business partner
- Karel Roden as Karel Benes
Recurring cast
Production
McMafia was inspired by journalist Misha Glenny's non-fiction book McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime, published in 2008. The series took a few stories from Glenny's book, which documents various mafia organisations thriving around the world today. The series was created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins, and is a co-production of the BBC, AMC, and Cuba Pictures, in association with Twickenham Studios.[8]
The BBC announced the series in October 2015.[9] In April 2016, it was announced that James Norton had been cast in the lead role of Alex Godman and that co-creator Watkins would direct all eight episodes. Additional casting, including Maria Shukshina and Aleksey Serebryakov as Alex's parents, and David Strathairn as a shady Israeli businessman, was announced in November 2016.[10] In addition to Amini and Watkins, David Farr, Peter Harness, and Laurence Coriat co-wrote the series.[11]
Filming locations included London, Zagreb, Split, Opatija, Qatar, Mumbai, Prague, Cairo, Belgrade, Belize, Istanbul, Moscow and Tel Aviv.[8][11][12][13] The budget was several million pounds per episode.[14]
Episodes
Reception
Lucy Mangan, writing for The Guardian said that the show was "beautifully put together" and described the script as "a cut above average".[15]
References
- ^ a b "McMafia". Goodreads. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ "First look image released for BBC One's McMafia". BBC Media Centre. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ Bryant, Adam. "AMC Releases First Photo From Upcoming Series McMafia". AMC. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ Munn, Patrick (6 December 2017). "BBC One Sets Premiere Date For 'McMafia'". TVWise. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Haring, Bruce (13 January 2018). "AMC Sets 'McMafia' Premiere, Season Starts For 'Fear,' 'Badlands,' and 'James Cameron's Sci-Fi Story' – TCA". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "McMafia". AMC. 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ White, Peter (1 May 2018). "'McMafia' Renewed For Second Season By BBC One". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ a b Szalai, Georg (5 April 2017). "MIPTV: 'Drive' Writer and 'McMafia' Author on Teaming Up for BBC/AMC Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "BBC One announces McMafia, brand new thriller series by Hossein Amini & James Watkins". BBC. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Further casting announced for epic new BBC One drama McMafia". BBC. 15 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Brazilian star Caio Blat to star in brand new BBC series McMafia alongside James Norton and Juliet Rylance". BBC. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ Hamad, Marwa (4 March 2017). "Dubai in new BBC gangster series 'McMafia'". GulfNews. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ ""McMafia" se do prosinca snima u Zagrebu". Dnevnik (in Croatian). 15 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ Foster, Patrick (3 August 2016). "James Norton to play another Russian in big-budget BBC drama McMafia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ Mangan, Lucy (1 January 2018). "McMafia review – James Norton caught in a twisted web of international crime | Lucy Mangan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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