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Inside Peaky Blinders Sequel as Tommy Shelby 'Replaced' with Billy Elliot Icon
The two-season order has begun filming, with Bell taking over the role from Conrad Khan and Barry Keoghan in the franchise’s latest installment.
- Award-Winning actor Jamie Bell will star as Duke Shelby, the eldest son of Tommy Shelby, in the new Peaky Blinders series, taking over the role previously played by Barry Keoghan in The Immortal Man.
- Set 10 years after the events of The Immortal Man, the new series explores post-war Birmingham in the 1950s, which writer and creator Steven Knight describes as a "brutal contest of mythical dimensions."
- Joining Bell are Stranger Things actor Charlie Heaton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch, and newcomer Lucy Karczewski, with production by Kudos and Garrison Drama now filming in and around Digbeth Loc.
- Netflix and the BBC have commissioned two series, each consisting of six 60-minute episodes, available on BBC iPlayer, BBC One, and Netflix globally.
- The series follows the next generation of the Shelby family navigating post-war Birmingham's unprecedented opportunity and jeopardy, with Heaton potentially leading the street gang alongside Duke.
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Lashana Lynch To Star In 'Peaky Blinders' Sequel Series At Netflix
Lashana Lynch has been cast in Netflix and the BBC’s upcoming sequel series to Peaky Blinders. The series follows the events of the recently released Netflix film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. It will take ten years after the events of that film. Original writer and creator Steven Knight is helming the two new seasons, set in the 1950s and featuring the Shelby family’s new generations. Jamie Bell is leading the series, taking over the role …
'Peaky Blinders’ Sequel Series Just Made A Huge Casting Change
After a four-year hiatus, Peaky Blinders came back better than ever. In Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Cillian Murphy (now with an Oscar to his name) portrayed former crime boss Tommy Shelby one last time, as a grief-stricken man furiously trying to write his own life story before it's too late. But when his son, Duke Shelby (Barry Keoghan) makes a deal with Nazi sympathizers to tank the economy, Tommy has to don the flat cap once more. The I…
Peaky Blinders sequel TV series confirms British film icon in major recast - plus more starry new cast members
More details about the upcoming Peaky Blinders TV sequel have been revealed - including a major recast.The BBC has confirmed that the new series, which is set in the 1950s, will see the role of Tommy Shelby's eldest son and heir, Erasmus "Duke" Shelby, now played by Billy Elliot film star Jamie Bell.The role was previously played in Peaky Blinders season 6 by EE BAFTA Rising Star nominee Conrad Khan before the part was recast to Saltburn star an…
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