The long-awaited Peaky Blinders film is formally a go at Netflix, with Cillian Murphy returning as Thomas Shelby.
Thomas Shelby is again. Deadline stories that the Peaky Blinders film is formally a go at Netflix, with Cillian Murphy set to reprise his iconic function.
Tom Harper (Coronary heart of Stone) will direct the Peaky Blinders film for Netflix, marking his return to the franchise. He beforehand directed the final three episodes of the primary season. Collection creator Steven Knight has penned the script, with manufacturing kicking off later this yr. Knight will co-produce alongside Murphy, Caryn Mandabach, and Man Heeley. Government producers embrace Harper, David Kosse, Jamie Glazebrook, Andrew Warren, and David Mason.
“It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me,” Murphy mentioned in an announcement. “It is extremely gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the movie model of Peaky Blinders. That is one for the followers.“
Knight added, “I’m genuinely thrilled that this film is about to occur. It is going to be an explosive chapter within the Peaky Blinders story. No holds barred. Full-on Peaky Blinders at battle.“
“When I first directed Peaky Blinders over 10 years ago, we didn’t know what the series would become, but we did know that there was something in the alchemy of the cast and the writing that felt explosive,” Harper mentioned in his personal assertion. “Peaky has at all times been a narrative about household — and so it’s extremely thrilling to be reuniting with Steve and Cillian to convey the film to audiences the world over on Netflix.“
Plot particulars are being saved beneath wraps in the meanwhile, however Knight has beforehand teased that it may very well be set throughout World Struggle II. The collection debuted in 2013 and adopted the exploits of the Peaky Blinders crime gang within the direct aftermath of the First World Struggle. After six seasons, the collection got here to an finish in 2022, however Knight at all times knew it will proceed in one other kind. Whereas the Peaky Blinders film is meant to offer a “fitting conclusion” to the TV collection, Knight has additionally teased that there “will likely be different TV exhibits… that can proceed to inform the story of this a part of society and this household.“