‘Peaky Blinders’ Sequel First Look: Charles Shelby Is All Grown Up as ‘Stranger Things’ Star Charlie Heaton Steps Into the Role of Tommy’s Son

Charlie Heaton is swapping the 1980s for the 1950s in the first image of him on the set of the untitled sequel to “Peaky Blinders.”

Heaton, best known for his role as Jonathan Byers in Netflix monster hit “Stranger Things,” is set to play Charles Shelby in the series, which also stars Jamie Bell as his half-brother Duke Shelby.

The six-episode series will focus on the next generation of Shelbys after patriarch Tommy, played by Cillian Murphy, bowed out in the recently-released movie spin-off, “The Immortal Man.” Duke was played by Barry Keoghan in the film.

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“Having fought a violent war, much of it behind enemy lines, Charles Shelby is now embracing normality,” reads the synopsis. “He hasn’t seen his half-brother Duke in years. Charles severed all ties to the Peaky Blinders gang, and the hedonistic Shelby lifestyle. But can you ever escape your own blood?”

The new series, which is currently in production in Birmingham, will be set a decade after World War II as the re-building of Birmingham, destroyed during the Blitz, starts to gather pace.

Joining Bell and Heaton in the series are Jessica Brown Findlay (“Silo”), Lashana Lynch (“The Day of The Jackal”), and Lucy Karczewski (“Stereophonic”).

A release date hasn’t yet been set but in the U.K. it will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One with the rest of the world able to tune in on Netflix.

“Peaky Blinders” is written and created by Steven Knight and produced by Banijay U.K. companies Kudos and Garrison Drama.