Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy has reprised his iconic Tommy Shelby in the film Peaky Blinders, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy has reprised his iconic Tommy Shelby in the film Peaky Blinders, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Peaky Blinders is a Birmingham gangster drama created by Steven Knight. A feature-length film, directed by Tom Harper, set a few years after the end of the series is officially in production, the streaming giant announced on Monday. (Also read: Cillian Murphy reprises his role in Peaky Blinders film: ‘It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me’)
The Peaky Blinders film
Cillian Murphy plays gangster Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders
The film follows a six-season series with Murphy, Paul Anderson, Helen McCrory, Tom Hardy, and Joe Cole leading the cast. So far confirmed for the movie are Saltburn’s Barry Keoghan and Dune’s Rebecca Ferguson.
“By order of the Peaky Blinders,” as per the announcement, “Tommy Shelby is back. Cillian Murphy and Steven Knight are reunited on set as production officially starts on the upcoming Netflix film.” Murphy said in a statement, “This is one for the fans.”
Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby
Pictures shared by fan sites and media outlets such as Deadline show Cillian Murphy on the sets with Knight. Another image shows him as an older Tommy with grey hair looking to the side. Fans have reacted with excitement for his new look.
Peaky Blinders, the show culminated with season six in 2022, shortly before the Irishman went on to star in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, nabbing him an Academy Award.
Murphy’s latest project Small Things Like These, depicting the horrors of Ireland’s church’s abusive workhouses for unwed mothers, is set to release on November 1 in the U.K., and November 8 in the U.S., as per The Hollywood Reporter.
Who is in the cast of the Peaky Blinders movie?
- Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place Part II)
- Rebecca Ferguson (Dune, Mission Impossible)
- Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction, The Hateful Eight)
What is the Peaky Blinders movie about?
The film, which is now officially in production, will be an epic continuation of the multi-award-winning, six-season gangster saga. Set in Birmingham between 1919 and 1934, Peaky Blinders followed the rise (and sometimes fall) of the Shelby family as they navigated a world wracked with radical social, economic, and political change.
Harper, who directed episodes of the show’s first season in 2013, will direct the new film from a script by Knight. “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 said. “Peaky has always been a story about family — and so it’s incredibly exciting to be reuniting with Steve and Cillian to bring the movie to audiences across the world on Netflix.”
“There’s a great feeling of anticipation and excitement amongst our outstanding cast and crew,” Harper added. “We’re grateful to the fans for getting us to this point and believe this next chapter is going to deliver something extraordinary.”
Peaky Blinders’ impact has continued to be felt since the series took its final bow in 2022: Its meticulous approach to menswear spawned a fashion craze, and One Day’s Leo Woodall cites the show as a key inspiration. “I was watching Peaky Blinders and I put on my Peaky Blinders–style hat, did my Tommy Shelby impression, and thought, ‘I wanna be an actor,’ ” he told Netflix.
The last time we saw Tommy Shelby in the Season 6 finale, he was riding off on a white horse, intent on starting a new life. What does the new movie hold in store for him? The plot is still very much under wraps, but Knight did tease that things are about to go boom — and we expect nothing less from the Shelby clan. “I’m genuinely thrilled that this movie is about to happen,” Knight said. “It will be an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders story. No holds barred. Full-on Peaky Blinders at war.”
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