Overview

• The new series has been officially greenlit for two seasons and will follow the franchise’s upcoming feature film.
• An official logline sets the story in postwar Birmingham in 1953, centering on a fierce struggle to control the city’s reconstruction.
• Creator Steven Knight says the next chapter will be rooted in Birmingham and led by a new generation of Shelbys.
• Knight described the 1950s iteration as potentially a better version and credited BBC investment for enabling production in Birmingham.
• Cillian Murphy is attached as an executive producer, with his on-screen return confirmed for the film; casting and premiere dates for the series have not been announced.