Netflix has released the first footage of the untitled sequel series to Peaky Blinders starring Jamie Bell. He stars as Duke Shelby, the son of Cillian Murphy’s original protagonist Thomas Shelby. Duke was previously played by Barry Keoghan in the Netflix sequel Peaky Blinders, which was released last month, but Bell will now play the gangster.
“Stranger Things” and “Industry” star Charlie Heaton is also set to lead the cast of the sequel series. Other cast members include Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch, and Lucy Karczewski.
The new show is set 10 years after the events of The Immortals and follows the next generation of the Shelby family in the 1950s. “In this new era of Peaky Blinders, 10 years after World War II, the race to rebuild Birmingham becomes a brutal race of mythic dimensions. This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and danger. At its bloodstained center is the Duke of Shelby, older, wiser, more ambitious, and arguably more dangerous,” the official logline reads.
Two six-episode seasons of the sequel series, currently filming in Birmingham, will be distributed on Netflix and the BBC. The show is produced by Banijay UK’s Kudos and Garrison Drama.
“We’re thrilled to announce a new era of Peaky Blinders, moving the story to post-war Birmingham in the early ’50s,” said Peaky Blinders creator and writer Steven Knight. “We’re incredibly lucky to have Jamie Bell take on the role of Tommy Shelby’s eldest son, Duke, and the wonderful Charlie Heaton to also lead the cast. With more exciting casting announcements to come, Peaky is back on the road.”
