Manufacturing for a Peaky Blinders film with Cillian Murphy returning kicks off later this 12 months

Steven Knight says Cillian Murphy is returning to the position of Thomas Shelby to steer an anticipated Peaky Blinders film.

Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy is able to don his razor blade hat once more because the gang boss Tommy Shelby for a Peaky Blinders film. The BBC/Netflix follow-up movie is lastly coming collectively, with plans to shoot in September, says Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Talking with Birmingham World, Knight confirmed Murphy’s return for the anticipated challenge, saying cameras will roll later this 12 months in Digbeth, England.

Peaky Blinders acquired its begin on BBC Two earlier than migrating to BBC One. With sufficient time, Netflix hosted the present on its streaming community, the place followers worldwide wished to hitch Shelby’s crew. Peaky Blinders ran for six seasons from 2013 to 2022, with the story set in 1900s England, the place a gang who sew razor blades into the peaks of their caps rule the streets. Whereas considered one of Hollywood’s greatest names, Murphy stays loyal to Steven Knight and his beloved Peaky Blinders collection. Murphy repeatedly mentioned that he’d return to the position of Thomas Shelby if the script have been proper, and it seems that the time is now.

“The movie, I do know precisely what it’s about. And I do know what two tales it’s going to inform,” Knight advised Esquire in 2022. “What’s going to occur after that, I would like that to rely on the movie. For all we all know any person goes to come out – I believe I do know who it’s going to be.”

Murphy is driving a career-high after profitable the prize for Finest Actor on the 96th Academy Awards for his efficiency in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Nolan’s newest opening is likely one of the 5 most profitable movies on the Oscars, taking house prizes for Finest Unique Rating, Finest Movie Modifying, Finest Cinematography, Finest Supporting Actor (Rober Downey Jr.), Finest Actor (Cillian Murphy), Finest Director (Christopher Nolan), and Finest Image.

Thomas Shelby is considered one of Murphy’s most iconic roles, and followers of the gang drama have waited for a Peaky Blinders follow-up for the reason that collection concluded in 2022.

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Born and raised in New York, then immigrated to Canada, Steve Seigh has been a JoBlo.com editor, columnist, and critic since 2012. He began with Ink & Pixel, a column celebrating the magic and evolution of animation, earlier than launching the companion YouTube collection Animation Motion pictures Revisited. He is additionally the host of the Speaking Comics Podcast, a personality-driven audio present specializing in comedian books, movie, music, and extra. You will not often catch him with out headphones on his head and pancakes on his breath.