Steven Knights House of Guinness looks nothing like Peaky Blinders, and another hit Netflix series already proves it

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Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:04:32 +0000

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Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is bringing new series House of Guinness to Netflix, but I think it looks far more like another hit show on the streamer in its first-look photos.

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Created by Peaky Blinders showrunner Steven Knight , the new Netflix series House of Guinness will hit the streamer on September 25.. Taking us back to the 1860s, the eight episode series will follow the high-powered and dissolute family behind the stout who are on the cusp of greatness.

Its the extraordinary story of a family who happens to be the inheritors of the biggest brewery in the world. Theyre young and are given the task of taking on this incredibly successful brand, Knight told Tudum . The first priority is: Dont screw it up. And the second priority is to make Guinness even bigger.

Surely, House of Guinness is the perfect antidote while we wait for the Peaky Blinders movie The Immortal Man , which still currently doesnt have a release date. But now weve got some first-look images (you can catch up with these below), my biggest fears are confirmed: you just cant replicate the same gritty Peaky Blinders vibes once you move to Netflix.

Remember how we were all up in arms when Black Mirror made the shift from Channel 4? The show in question takes on an entirely different personality, and thats just the nature of the beast when it comes to having a global audience on one of the best streaming services in the world. So, if you go into House of Guinness expecting Peaky Blinders (or something like Succession , as early comparisons suggest), I think youd be a fool I would bet my life savings on the final product looking much more like a Mike Flanagan knockoff. Mark my words, House of Guinness will look more like a Mike Flanagan hit than a Steven Knight show First look at Louis Partridge, Anthony Boyle, Emily Fairn, Danielle Galligan, Fionn OShea, and James Norton in HOUSE OF GUINNESS.The Succession-esque series follows the world-famous Guinness family after the death of patriarch Benjamin Guinness. pic.twitter.com/rHOCRLHrc5 August 18, 2025

Let me explain. Flanagan has his masterful paws all over content at Netflix, from Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Hill House to the more recent The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Fall of the House of Usher . Hes set to ride
off into the sunset with Amazons Prime Video to make a Carrie TV show adaptation , and that leaves a tasty Flanagan-shaped hole in Netflixs annual slate. You might think this is quite a harsh take for both Flanagan and Knight, but I think the proof is already in Netflixs cookie-cutter pudding.

Every time youve watched even just one of the shows Ive listed above, youve likely not seen any visual styling that makes you think this is definitely a Mike Flanagan series, but does make you think this looks a bit Netflix-y. If Im right, then youve answered my argument for me. Even though Flanagan has made his Netflix projects his own in other ways, the streamer ultimately
makes sure its content looks uniform, regardless of genre. No matter what you watch, if its an original, you can bet your bottom dollar that it looks a bit samey.

Add in the corsets and Victorian vibes of House of Guinness , and youve got something that looks like most other Gothic period dramas already on the platform. Its a quality thats so difficult to describe that you cant really verbalise it, or put your finger on what makes Netflix Original concepts so distinct. But if I showed you any of the 11 preview images without telling
you where they came from, youd probably guess correctly without any clues.

All that said, I still think House of Guinness is going to be a huge success for Netflix next month, but we need to view it in its own right. Comparisons to shows that came before are never helpful, because theyre never going to exactly model the ideas that have come before. Quite, right, too. Three
cheers for unique bingeable content, people! You might also like Netflix renews Dept. Q for season 2, and I think it should time its release date to steal a rival HBO Max show's thunder Netflix confirms November release for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein here's how I plan on watching it sooner Monster season 4: everything we know so far about the hit show's return to Netflix



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