Tim Roth has joined the solid of Netflix’s Peaky Blinders film, which stars Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson & Barry Keoghan.
Deadline experiences that Tim Roth has joined the solid of the Peaky Blinders film in growth for Netflix. The continuation of the acclaimed TV sequence will characteristic Cillian Murphy reprising the function of Tommy Shelby, with manufacturing set to kick off earlier than the tip of the yr.
Along with Tim Roth and Cillian Murphy, the solid of the Peaky Blinders film additionally contains Rebecca Ferguson and Barry Keoghan. It’s not identified who Roth, Ferguson, and Keoghan will play within the film, however the undertaking is definitely placing collectively an all-star solid. Plot particulars are additionally being saved beneath wraps, however sequence creator Steven Knight, who penned the script for the film, just lately stated the story is “set within the Second World Conflict and it’s actually good.“
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. 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 stated 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 will likely be an explosive chapter within the Peaky Blinders story. No holds barred. Full-on Peaky Blinders at warfare.“
“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 stated in his personal assertion. “Peaky has all the time been a narrative about household — and so it’s extremely thrilling to be reuniting with Steve and Cillian to convey the film to audiences internationally on Netflix.“
The Peaky Blinders sequence debuted in 2013 and adopted the exploits of the Peaky Blinders crime gang within the direct aftermath of the First World Conflict. After six seasons, the sequence got here to an finish in 2022, however Knight all the time knew it will proceed in one other type. Whereas the Peaky Blinders film is meant to supply a “fitting conclusion” to the TV sequence, Knight has additionally teased that there “can be different TV reveals… that may proceed to inform the story of this a part of society and this household.“
