Forget Peaky Blinders: Netflix’s 10/10 Crime Hit The Gentlemen Returns in 10 Days — and Season 3 Is Already Confirmed
FORGET PEAKY BLINDERS — NETFLIX’S NEXT 10/10 CRIME OBSESSION IS BACK IN JUST 10 DAYS. 🔥
Theo James is returning as Eddie Horniman, but this time the empire is leaving England… and heading straight into territory where even the Duke may be out of his depth.
Netflix just dropped the Season 2 trailer — and then quietly delivered the news fans REALLY wanted: Season 3 is already happening. 👀
The Gentlemen is about to get bigger, darker and far more dangerous. Here’s everything coming September 3 👇
Netflix is bringing Guy Ritchie’s stylish crime series The Gentlemen back on September 3, with Theo James and Kaya Scodelario returning as Eddie Horniman and Susie Glass. The second season is expanding the criminal empire beyond Britain — and Netflix has already renewed the hit for Season 3.
For fans still looking for something to fill the British crime-drama void left by Peaky Blinders, Netflix is about to bring back one of its strongest alternatives.
The Gentlemen Season 2 premieres globally on September 3, 2026, just 10 days from now, and the timing could hardly be more significant. Netflix has released the first full trailer while simultaneously confirming that the Guy Ritchie-created series will return for a third season.
The new season reunites Theo James as Eddie Horniman and Kaya Scodelario as Susie Glass, but the story is no longer confined to the English countryside.
This time, the criminal operation is going international.
And Eddie, once the reluctant heir who stumbled into Britain’s underground economy, now appears increasingly comfortable with his new identity.
Eddie Horniman Is No Longer the Reluctant Criminal
The first season began with Eddie inheriting his aristocratic family’s enormous estate after his father’s death.
There was, however, one major complication.
The property was secretly connected to a lucrative cannabis operation controlled by the Glass family.
Rather than simply walking away, Eddie gradually became involved in the criminal world.
That transformation became the central appeal of the series.
He was not Tommy Shelby.
He wasn’t raised to be a gangster.
He was an aristocrat who discovered that the skills required to survive among criminals were surprisingly compatible with the privileges he had inherited.
By the end of Season 1, Eddie was no longer simply trying to escape the criminal business.
He was learning how to control it.
Netflix’s official Season 2 preview makes that evolution explicit. A year has passed since Eddie became heir to the estate, and he has joined forces with Susie and her incarcerated father Bobby Glass. The Duke of Halstead is now actively interested in expanding the operation.
That represents a major shift for the character.
Eddie isn’t being dragged into the underworld anymore.
He’s building an empire inside it.
Season 2 Takes The Gentlemen to Italy
The biggest change in Season 2 is geographical.
Eddie and Susie’s criminal operation is expanding beyond Britain and into Italy.
The official trailer shows the pair attempting to establish themselves internationally while dealing with new threats and increasingly complicated relationships.
Guy Ritchie has also described the new season as being about Eddie expanding the reach of his criminal empire and testing his relationship with Bobby Glass.
That creates a different kind of conflict.
In Season 1, Eddie had to figure out how the criminal world worked.
In Season 2, he has to figure out how to operate at a much larger scale.
And that means dealing with people who have no reason to respect his title.
Being a Duke may give Eddie access to enormous wealth and property.
It doesn’t automatically make him the most dangerous person in the room.
The New Trailer Suggests Eddie Is Playing a Bigger Game
The Season 2 trailer makes one thing immediately clear:
The stakes have gone up.
Eddie appears more confident, more ambitious and considerably more willing to embrace the criminal lifestyle.
Susie remains an essential part of the operation, but the relationship between the two characters is also becoming more complicated as their ambitions grow.
Radio Times reports that the eight-episode season will move the action from the country estates of England to the Italian lakes, while introducing new characters played by Hugh Bonneville, Tyler Conti and Maya Jama.
The expansion gives Ritchie considerably more room to play with the formula that made the first season popular.
There are new locations.
New criminal organizations.
New alliances.
And, inevitably, new people who want a piece of Eddie and Susie’s operation.
Why Fans Keep Comparing It to Peaky Blinders
The Peaky Blinders comparison is inevitable.
Both shows revolve around British crime.
Both feature stylish period-inspired aesthetics.
Both combine violence with dark humor.
Both are heavily defined by distinctive characters, expensive cars, tailored clothing and larger-than-life criminal personalities.
But the two shows approach the genre very differently.
Peaky Blinders is a historical gangster drama centered around Tommy Shelby and the Shelby family.
The Gentlemen is much closer to a Guy Ritchie crime caper — fast dialogue, absurd situations, sudden violence, aristocratic eccentricity and elaborate criminal schemes.
The difference has become part of the show’s appeal.
In a Reddit discussion about the series, one highly upvoted viewer compared it to a “GTA story” set in England, praising its visuals, characters and episodic criminal schemes while describing Theo James as a strong lead. Another commenter noted that the series isn’t necessarily as sophisticated as Ritchie’s 2019 film but remains an entertaining, stylish watch.
That reaction captures why The Gentlemen has developed its own audience.
It doesn’t necessarily need to replace Peaky Blinders.
It occupies a different lane.
And Netflix Clearly Believes It Has Something
The biggest evidence may be Netflix’s decision to renew the show before Season 2 has even premiered.
On Aug. 23, Netflix officially confirmed that The Gentlemen would return for a third season, alongside the release of the Season 2 trailer.
That’s a strong vote of confidence.
Season 3 does not yet have an announced release date, and detailed plot information remains limited.
But Guy Ritchie is set to return, and the creator has indicated that the ambitions of the series have continued to grow.
Ritchie said the show’s expanding world and consequences made a third season feel inevitable.
For Netflix, the decision also gives the streamer something increasingly valuable: an established original crime franchise with recognizable stars and a distinctive creative identity.
The Cast Is Getting Bigger
Theo James and Kaya Scodelario remain at the center of the story.
Ray Winstone returns as Bobby Glass, whose incarceration does little to prevent him from remaining an important force within the criminal organization.
Other returning cast members include Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Jasmine Blackborow and Michael Vu.
The new season also adds several recognizable names, including Hugh Bonneville, Maya Jama, Benjamin Clementine, Tyler Conti and Giancarlo Esposito.
Esposito’s presence is particularly interesting for crime-drama viewers, given his history playing powerful and calculating figures in productions such as Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Exactly how his character fits into Eddie’s increasingly international operation is one of the questions Season 2 will have to answer.
The Meghan Markle Rumor Added Another Layer of Drama
There has also been an unexpected real-world storyline surrounding the series.
Earlier this month, reports emerged that Meghan Markle was in discussions for a potential role in Season 3.
Reuters reported on Aug. 21 that Markle was reportedly in advanced discussions, although Netflix had not confirmed the casting and representatives had declined to comment.
That story quickly became controversial.
The Guardian subsequently reported that the potential casting was allegedly withdrawn following backlash, although this remains based on reporting and has not been officially confirmed by Netflix as a production decision.
For now, viewers should treat the entire Markle storyline separately from the confirmed Season 3 renewal.
What is certain is that Season 3 is happening.
Her involvement is not.
Season 2 Could Be the Real Test
The first season had a relatively simple hook.
A wealthy aristocrat inherits an estate and discovers that it is part of a criminal empire.
The second season has to do something more difficult.
It has to demonstrate that the concept can survive after the original surprise has disappeared.
Eddie knows what he is now.
Susie knows what she wants.
Bobby remains a major force.
And the criminal operation is expanding.
That means the show’s central conflict can no longer simply be about whether Eddie will become a criminal.
He already has.
The question is how far he is willing to go.
The Duke Has Changed
That evolution could ultimately become the most important part of Season 2.
Eddie started the series as someone who wanted to protect his family and escape the criminal business surrounding his estate.
Now he appears to want something much bigger.
Power.
Money.
Independence.
And perhaps control over an empire that was never supposed to belong to him.
Guy Ritchie’s comments about Season 2 support that direction. The creator has specifically described the new chapter as being about Eddie expanding his criminal reach while testing his relationship with Bobby Glass.
That creates a potentially dangerous situation.
Bobby may have helped Eddie understand the rules.
But Eddie increasingly wants to write his own.
And criminal empires rarely tolerate two people fighting for the same throne.
Why September Could Be a Big Month for Netflix
The return of The Gentlemen comes during an unusually crowded September for Netflix.
The streamer is also preparing new seasons and major releases across multiple genres, including Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, Fauda and other returning properties.
Yet The Gentlemen occupies a useful position in the lineup.
It doesn’t depend on a massive fantasy mythology.
It doesn’t require viewers to remember hundreds of characters.
And audiences can understand the basic premise almost immediately.
A British Duke.
A criminal empire.
A secret operation.
A lot of money.
And Guy Ritchie’s trademark chaos.
That accessibility may be one of the show’s biggest strengths.
A Peaky Blinders Replacement? Maybe — But Not Really
Calling The Gentlemen a replacement for Peaky Blinders makes for a great headline.
But the reality is more complicated.
Peaky Blinders remains its own franchise, with creator Steven Knight continuing to expand that universe through the Peaky Blinders movie and other projects.
Netflix is also building another crime-adjacent period drama with Knight’s House of Guinness, which has now been renewed for a second season.
So there isn’t one single show waiting to become the next Peaky Blinders.
Instead, audiences have a growing selection of British crime stories with very different identities.
And The Gentlemen has perhaps the most unmistakably Guy Ritchie identity of them all.
Season 3 Changes the Stakes Before Season 2 Even Begins
Netflix confirming Season 3 before Season 2 premieres is also significant for viewers.
It means the streamer is not treating the second season as the end of Eddie Horniman’s story.
The criminal empire can continue expanding.
The cast can grow.
And the show can potentially move even further away from the premise of the original 2019 movie.
That does not guarantee Season 2 will be a hit.
Early renewal is a business decision, not a critical verdict.
But it does show that Netflix sees enough value in the series to invest in its future.
And with Guy Ritchie returning, fans can expect the same combination of crime, comedy, violence and high-end British style to remain at the center.
The Duke Returns September 3
In just 10 days, viewers will find out whether Eddie Horniman can actually turn his growing ambition into a global criminal empire.
The answer may not be simple.
He has Susie beside him.
He has Bobby’s organization behind him.
He has money, influence and an aristocratic title.
But Italy brings new enemies, new alliances and new risks.
And the higher Eddie climbs, the more dangerous the fall becomes.
Season 2 of The Gentlemen premieres globally on Netflix on September 3, 2026, with eight episodes.
And unlike many returning Netflix shows, this one already has a future beyond the next batch of episodes.
Season 3 is officially coming.
So forget trying to find the next Tommy Shelby for a moment.
Netflix already has another British criminal mastermind waiting in the wings.
His name is Eddie Horniman.
And this time, the Duke wants everything.
