Netflix and BBC are continuing the world of Peaky Blinders with a new series—and a new Duke Shelby. Jamie Bell’s taking over the role Barry Keoghan played in the Peaky Blinders film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) will also star in the new series set 10 years after the film. The cast also includes Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Lashana Lynch (The Day of the Jackal), and Lucy Karczewski (Stereophonic).
“I am thrilled that we are announcing a new era of Peaky Blinders, moving the story to post-war Birmingham in the early 50s,” stated creator and writer Steven Knight. “We are incredibly fortunate to have Jamie Bell taking the role of Tommy Shelby’s oldest son, Duke, and to have the incredible Charlie Heaton also leading the cast. There are more exciting cast announcements to come, and Peaky is on the road again.”
The series has already been greenlit for two six-episode seasons.
“In this new era of Peaky Blinders, a decade after World War Two, the race to rebuild Birmingham becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and jeopardy. At its blood-soaked heart is Duke Shelby (Bell): older, wiser, more ambitious, and most certainly more dangerous.”
The new series is produced by Banijay UK’s Kudos (SAS Rogue Heroes, House of Guinness) and Garrison Drama (Peaky Blinders seasons 1-6, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man) for Netflix and the BBC. Filming will take place in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham.
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