{"id":2356615,"date":"2026-04-03T07:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2356615"},"modified":"2026-04-03T07:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:03:23","slug":"jamie-bell-takes-over-for-barry-keoghan-in-new-peaky-blinders-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jamie-bell-takes-over-for-barry-keoghan-in-new-peaky-blinders-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Bell takes over for Barry Keoghan in new \u201cPeaky Blinders\u201d series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Get ready for another time jump \u2014 and <em>two <\/em>new series \u2014 in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/peaky-blinders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Peaky Blinders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Peaky Blinders&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Peaky Blinders<\/em><\/a> universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Netflix announced Thursday that Jamie Bell will step into the role of Duke Shelby, the son of the original show&#8217;s lead, Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy). Actor Barry Keoghan played Duke in the movie <em>Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man<\/em>, released a little more than a week before the announcement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Jamie Bell as Duke Shelby<br \/>Credit: Ben Blackall\/Netflix<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;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,&#8221; the streamer revealed about the new show. &#8220;This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and jeopardy. At its blood-soaked heart is Duke Shelby (Jamie Bell): older, wiser, more ambitious, and most certainly more dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EW Dispatch newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The rest of the cast includes <em>Stranger Things<\/em> alum Charlie Heaton, Jessica Brown Findlay (<em>Downton Abbey<\/em>), Lashana Lynch (N<em>o Time to Die<\/em>), and Lucy Karczewski, known for the play <em>Stereophonic<\/em>, in her TV debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Steven Knight, the creator and writer behind the crime drama, promised &#8220;more exciting cast announcements to come&#8221; for the series, set 10 years after <em>The Immortal Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I am thrilled that we are announcing a new era of <em>Peaky Blinders<\/em>, moving the story to post-war Birmingham in the early 50s,&#8221; Knight said. &#8220;We are incredibly fortunate to have Jamie Bell taking the role of Tommy Shelby&#8217;s oldest son, Duke, and to have the incredible Charlie Heaton also leading the cast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bell himself is best known for portraying Bernie Taupin to Taron Egerton&#8217;s Elton John in 2019 movie <em>Rocketman<\/em>. He&#8217;s also appeared in <em>All of Us Strangers<\/em> (2023), <em>Snowpiercer<\/em> (2013), <em>Fantastic Four <\/em>(2015), and in 2000&#8217;s <em>Billy Elliot<\/em>, for which he won a Critics Choice Award for Best Child Performance<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The original <em>Peaky Blinders<\/em>, which debuted on BBC Two in 2013, was inspired by the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/is-peaky-blinders-based-on-a-true-story-11891540\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:real-life street gang;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;real-life street gang&quot;}\" class=\"link \">real-life street gang<\/a> following World War I.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Murphy famously recounted last month on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LateNightSeth\/videos\/cillian-murphy-offered-barry-keoghan-the-role-as-his-son-in-peaky-blinders-after\/1482066753481029\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Late Night With Seth Meyers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Late Night With Seth Meyers&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Late Night With Seth Meyers<\/em><\/a> that Keoghan secured his part playing his son in the franchise by texting him on Father&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jamie-bell-takes-over-for-barry-keoghan-in-new-peaky-blinders-series-11941953\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready for another time jump \u2014 and two new series \u2014 in the Peaky Blinders universe. Netflix announced Thursday that Jamie Bell will step into the role of Duke Shelby, the son of the original show&#8217;s lead, Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy). Actor Barry Keoghan played Duke in the movie Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2356616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[351443,383738,40640,393753,457446,350589,366170,318038,318040,369587],"class_list":["post-2356615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-barry-keoghan","tag-charlie-heaton","tag-cillian-murphy","tag-duke","tag-duke-shelby","tag-jamie-bell","tag-jessica-brown-findlay","tag-peaky-blinders","tag-steven-knight","tag-thomas-shelby"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jamie-Bell-takes-over-for-Barry-Keoghan-in-new-Peaky.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2356617,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356615\/revisions\/2356617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}