It looks like we really won’t be getting that Peaky Blinders film!
The creator of the beloved crime period drama has now revealed that he is working on his next juggernaut.
This time Steven Knight will be creating a series about the Guinness family. Yes, of course, that Guinness family!
What is House of Guinness about?
House of Guinness will follow the children of Arthur Guinness.
The synopsis reads: “House of Guinness will tell the epic story of one of Europe’s most famous and enduring dynasties – The Guinness Family.
“Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story will focus on the consequences of the death of Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his cunning will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the growing juggernaut that is Guinness.”
When is House of Guinness out?
We don’t have a release date just yet. The series will start filming this summer in Ireland, the UK and the US.
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Who is in House of Guinness?
Netflix has announced the full cast of the series and it is jam-packed with the best Irish talent.
How exciting!
So who is in it?
Cast includes:
- Anthony Boyle (Masters of the Air, Manhunt) will play Arthur Guinness
- Louis Partridge (Pistol, Enola Holmes) will play Edward Guinness
- Emily Fairn (The Responder S1& S2, Black Mirror:Demon 79) will play Anne Plunket (nee Guinness)
- Fionn O’Shea (Normal People, Dance First) will play Benjamin Guinness
- James Norton (Happy Valley / Bob Marley: One Love) will play Sean Rafferty
- Niamh McCormack (Everything Now, The Magic Flute) will play Ellen Cochrane
- Seamus O’Hara (Blue Lights, An Irish Goodbye) will play Patrick Cochrane
- Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones, In The Land of Saints and Sinners) will play Byron Hedges
- Dervla Kirwan (True Detective: Night Country, Smother) will play Aunt Agnes Guinness
- Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones, The Long Shadow) will play John Potter
- Danielle Galligan (Shadow and Bone, Obituary) will play Lady Olivia Hedges
- David Wilmot (Station Eleven, Bodkin) will play Bonnie Champion
- Hilda Fay (The Woman In The Wall, Spilt Milk) will play Sultan
Yes, a very impressive practically all-Irish cast!
