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Get excited, Peaky Blinders fans. A new addition to the critically acclaimed BBC franchise is coming soon, and it will feature fan favorite Birmingham gangster Tommy Shelby, played by Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy.
The rumors of Murphy reviving his role in the new feature-length film were confirmed by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight during a Tuesday (March 19) interview at the premiere of his new show, This Town.
“He is definitely returning for it,” Knight revealed to Birmingham World, per Variety. “We’re shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth.”
The news comes not long after the star spoke about his future in the franchise after its series finale in April 2022. Speaking to The Irish Star, Murphy said, “I have always said that if Knight delivers a script that I know he can deliver, because he is such a phenomenal writer, I’ll be there. If we want to watch 50-year-old Tommy Shelby, let’s do it.”
A Peaky Blinders film has been in the works long before the finale aired. In a February 2022 interview with Esquire, Knight teased some of the plot.
“The film, I know exactly what it’s about. And I know what two stories it’s going to tell. How the story will unfold, I don’t know. What will happen after that, I want that to depend on the film. For all we know somebody is going to pop out – I think I know who it’s going to be,” he said.
Knight also hinted at the movie premise in comments to Birmingham reporters in March 2022. “Peaky – in this incarnation – comes to an end, but we’re doing a film which will also carry on the family and the stories into the Second World War,” he said, per breakingnews.ie.
Knight also assured fans that the series finale is far from the end of the franchise’s history, saying, “I don’t see it [the series finale] as the end of the [Peaky Blinders] world because I see it as the end of the beginning.”
Can’t wait for the new film? Seasons 1 through 6 of Peaky Blinders are now streaming on Netflix.
