Actor Jamie Bell has been named as a new leading man in the new series of Peaky Blinders.
The Billy Eliot star is to play Duke Shelby in the new series, having been previously portrayed by Conrad Khan in the sixth season, while Irish actor Barry Keoghan took on the role in the new spin off film, Peaky Blinders: Immortal Man.
Duke Shelby is the son of Tommy Shelby, played by Oscar winning actor, Cillian Murphy across six seasons of the Netflix hit, as well as the spin off movie.
"Steven Knight, creator and writer of global hit Peaky Blinders, reignites his world in two new series set in the 1950s, featuring the next generation of the Shelby family", the BBC said.
"Multi-award-winning actor Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers, Rocket Man) will take the mantle of Duke Shelby in a story set ten years after the events of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
"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", the broadcaster added: "At its blood-soaked heart is Duke Shelby (Jamie Bell): older, wiser, more ambitious, and most certainly more dangerous.
"Also confirmed to join the cast are 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) in her television debut".
Elsewhere, Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight said: "I am thrilled that we are announcing a new era of Peaky Blinders, moving the story to post-war Birmingham in the early 50s".
Speaking about Bell's addition to the cast, he added: "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".
Filming for this new series is already under way "in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham", according to the BBC. They have also added that more details regarding roles will be announced at a later date.
Last month, Anya Taylor-Joy revealed that her role as Peaky Blinders villain, Gina Gray was the "worst character" she has ever played.
In the last series, Taylor-Joy's character Gina Gray pushed her husband Michael Gray to take over the Shelby company, as well as conspired to kill Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy). More on this story here.
