By order of Netflix, there’s a new Peaky Blinders series coming. Two, actually.
The original Peaky Blinders, a BBC series, did very well on the global streaming service — so well that Netflix greenlit an original film to serve as its sequel. The two new series are set 10 years after Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, itself set six years after the conclusion of the first series.
The new shows are getting a new Duke Shelby: Jamie Bell (pictured above, left) will take the role over from The Immortal Man‘s Duke, Barry Keoghan (right), who is probably just too busy (and/or too big a rising star). News of the new series — and of the new Duke — came all of 13 days after Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man debuted on Netflix. It preceded the streaming debut with a two-week run in movie theaters.
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