“Peaky Blinders” will return to television with a new sequel series focusing on the next generation of the notorious Shelby family, Variety reported.

Netflix and the BBC have ordered two seasons of the sequel from Steven Knight, the original show’s writer and creator. Set in 1953 Britain, the new series will feature six hour-long episodes per season, the report said.

According to the outlet, while the cast remains undisclosed, original “Peaky Blinders” star and Academy Award-winner Cillian Murphy will serve as an executive producer on the project.

The sequel takes place in post-World War II Birmingham as the city rebuilds from wartime destruction. According to the plot description, the story centers on the race to own Birmingham’s massive reconstruction project: “It becomes a brutal c

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