After a long wait and much speculation, a movie Peaky Blinders is officially on the way and Cillian Murphy will return to play ambitious leader Tommy Shelby.
Tom Harper, who directed several episodes of the first season of the series, will be in charge of directing the film, based on a script written by series creator Steven Knight, who stated that he is “really excited” that the film is being released. happening. He also announced that it will be an “explosive chapter” in the history of Peaky Blinders: “There are no restrictions. Peaky Blinders at war”.
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“When I directed Peaky Blinders For the first time more than 10 years ago, we didn’t know what the series would become, but we did know there was something about the alchemy of the cast and writing that seemed explosive,” Harper said in a statement, “peaky “It has always been a story about family, so it is incredibly exciting to reunite with Steve and Cillian to bring the film to audiences around the world on Netflix.”
“It seems that Tommy Shelby was not done with me… It is very gratifying to collaborate again with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. “This one is for the fans,” Murphy stated about the project. So far, details of the plot, an official title for the film and the rest of the cast remain under wraps, but the film will begin production later this year and will be made in association with BBC Film.
The acclaimed British period crime drama was first released in 2013 and follows the story of the clan led by Thomas Shelby in Birmingham during the years following the First World War.
