Steven Knight is expanding the Peaky Blinders world with a new Netflix series centered on the next generation of the Shelby family. Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers, Rocketman) will step into the role of Duke Shelby, taking over from Barry Keoghan, in a story set a decade after the events in the film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. The series will consist of two new six-episode seasons.
Also joining the cast is Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things, Industry), Jessica Brown Findlay (Harlots, Downton Abbey), Lashana Lynch (The Day of The Jackal, No Time to Die), and Lucy Karczewski (Stereophonic).
The official logline reads, “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. 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.”
“Once again it will be rooted in Birmingham and will tell the story of a city rising from the ashes of the Birmingham blitz. The new generation of Shelbys have taken the wheel, and it will be a hell of a ride,” Knight tells Netflix.
“I am thrilled that we are announcing a new era of Peaky Blinders, moving the story to post-war Birmingham in the early 50s. We are incredibly fortunate to have Jamie Bell taking the role of Tommy Shelby’s oldest son, Duke, and to have Charlie Heaton also leading the cast. There are more exciting cast announcements to come, and Peaky is on the road again” Knight adds.
The series is now in production.
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