Barry Keoghan is back in the Top Boy world.
The Saltburn star has agreed to reprise his role as Jonny McGee for a five-part Netflix prequel series, which will be written by Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett.
McGee was an antagonist in Season 5 of Top Boy, a high-ranking member of the Irish mob who distributed drugs in London for his uncle, Tadgh McGee.
Keoghan and his business partner Des Byrne will co-produce Jonny Boy through their company Wolfclub Productions. Cowboy Films is also producing.
“We pitched our vision and idea to Netflix and the executive producers and they were so supportive in wanting to bring our passion project forward, exploring Jonny McGee’s origin story through a new bold lens,” said Keoghan and Byrne.
Executive producers are Charles Steel and Alasdair Flind for Cowboy Films; Bennett for Easter Partisan Films; Keoghan and Byrne for Wolfcub Productions; Aubrey Drake Graham and Adel “Future” Nur for DreamCrew Entertainment; Maverick Carter and Jamal Henderson for SpringHill Studios, a Fulwell
Entertainment label.
Jonny Boy is not the only expansion of the Top Boy universe. Netflix has also greenlit Jaq (working title), a series that will focus on BAFTA-winner Jasmine Jobson’s character. Ryan Calais Cameron is the writer and creator.
Executive producers are Steel and Flind for Cowboy Films; Bennett for Easter Partisan Films; Calais Cameron and Jobson; Graham and Nur for DreamCrew Entertainment; Maverick Carter and Jamal Henderson for SpringHill Studios, a Fulwell Entertainment label.
