BBC’s gangster period drama Peaky Blinders is set to be renewed for two more seasons, says creator Steven Knight.
The Peaky Blinders team are yet to start filming the fifth season, which will air in 2019, but Steven says he’s already planning the sixth and seventh seasons.
“We are definitely doing (series) six and we will probably do seven,” the Oscar-nominated screenwriter tells the Birmingham Press Club. “After series four it went mad.”
He continues: “We’ve talked to [lead actor] Cillian Murphy and he’s all for it, and the rest of the principal cast are in for it.”
Steven also reveals that he’s hoping to shoot more of the fifth season in Birmingham, where the story takes place.
“I’m trying to get series five shot here and trying to get as many Birmingham actors as I can in,” he says.
“It’s always bothered me that Birmingham didn’t have that profile. It’s a big city and it wasn’t shouting about it. I’m sort of an evangelist for the city, so that was part of wanting to do it.”
The cast of Peaky Blinders Season 4.
Fox’s The Resident has also been renewed, with the network confirming they have ordered a second season.
The medical drama, which is written by Amy Holden Jones, Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi, centres on a brilliant senior resident (Matt Czurchy) as he navigates life working in modern day medicine.
“Amy, Todd and all the producers on The Resident set out to create a medical show that viewers haven’t seen before – to peel back the curtain and reveal the truth of what happens, both good and bad, behind the scenes at hospitals across the country. Clearly, they’ve succeeded,” says Fox’s president of entertainment Michael Thorn.
“Matt, Emily, Bruce, Manish, Shaunette and the show’s entire cast have turned in consistently heartfelt performances, and we are so excited to go back to Chastain Memorial for another tremendous season.”
Emily VanCamp, Matt Czurchy and Manish Dayal star in The Resident.
Elsewhere, Netflix shared the first look at Arrested Development’s fifth season with a brand new trailer. The streaming service also confirmed the entire season will air on May 29th.
In the trailer we see Lindsay (Portia de Rossi) run for office, and the rest of the Bluth clan run for “Family of the Year.”
Check it out below!
We’ve also scored our first look at Season 2 of Marvel’s Luke Cage, courtesy of Netflix.
The service shared a fire-filled new teaser with fans, revealing Luke (Mike Colter) will struggle to retain his powerful strength in the new season as he faces a force stronger than himself, a crime-lord known as Bushmaster.
Check it out below!
In other exciting news, NBC has ordered their first pilot-to-series show of the season!
The major network has ordered medical drama New Amsterdam, starring The Blacklist’s Ryan Eggold, Salem’s Janet Montgomery and The Boss’ Tyler Labine.
New Amsterdam is inspired by New York’s Bellevue Hospital, and follows Dr. Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold) as he navigates his new role as medical director.
The series is inspired by Dr. Eric Manheimer’s memoir Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital, with the author set to produce.
