On 28 February 2024, it was announced that Ritchie would serve as director and executive producer alongside Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett on the Ray Donovan spin-off series The Donovans for the streaming service Paramount+. By October 9, the project had been retitled The Associates and had been reworked into a standalone series, with Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan in final negotiations to star in the project. On 13 May, it was announced Ritchie would write and direct the film Wife and Dog; in November, it was announced the project would star Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike, and Anthony Hopkins, with production expected to begin in February 2025.
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