The history of the Guinness family and their famous beer will be dramatized in Netflix ‘s upcoming series House of Guinness . From the creator of Peaky Blinders , Anthony Boyle , Jack Gleeson , and James Norton lead the drama about the Guinness factory and the family legacy. Ahead of the premiere of another Irish historical drama, Say Nothing , Boyle told TV Insider that House of Guinness is in its last three weeks of filming.
Speaking from their filming location of Manchester, England, Boyle said, “I’m filming House of Guinness , about the Guinness family in the 1860s. That’s what this mustache is about. It’s not a mental breakdown.
We’re in the last three weeks, and then I’m going back to sunny Belfast to enjoy Christmas.” Here’s a breakdown of all the latest news about the limited series while we wait for new updates on its release. House of Guinness doesn’t depict how the Guinness name came to be globally known, but rather the aftermath of the death of the brewery’s founder.
The eight-episode series focuses on “the Guinness family, a European dynasty made famous by the drink they brew,” according to the official synopsis. “Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story reimagines the period immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on .