Looks like we still haven’t seen the end of gangster Tommy Shelby after all. Speaking to Birmingham World at the premiere of his new BBC drama “The City”, “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight confirmed that recent Oscar winner Cillian Murphy will reprise his beloved role in the upcoming version of the crime drama British. Knight said Murphy is “positively” returning, and filming on the “Peaky Blinders” movie begins in September.
“He’s positively getting back into it. We will capture him in September, just down the street from Digbeth,” Knight confirmed.
Selection has reached out to Murphy’s representatives for additional comment.
Murphy’s obvious return as Tommy Shelby in the “Peaky Blinders” movie isn’t a huge surprise, considering the “Oppenheimer” star has long expressed his interest in starring in a “Peaky Blinders” movie since the script was worthy. enough.
“If there’s more story there, I’d like to do it,” Murphy told Rolling Stone UK last year, a few films into “Peaky.” “But it certainly needs to be correct. Steve Knight wrote 36 hours of television and we left on a high note. I’m actually pleased with the final collection. Therefore, it must seem credible and justified to do more.”
Murphy told the Irish Star just last month before winning the Oscar: “I’ve always said that if Knight delivers a script that I know he can deliver, because he’s such an exceptional writer, I’ll be there. … If we want to watch 50-year-old Tommy Shelby, I can be there. Let’s do it.”
During a dialogue to SelectionAt Actors on Actors between Murphy and “Peaky Blinders” superfan Margot Robbie last year, she talked about the series, saying, “Can we talk about Tommy fucking Shelby for just a minute?” She then asked him for some possible spin-off films, begging him to make one, to which Murphy said, “I mean, I’m open to the idea. I always thought about it if there was more story to tell.
“Peaky Blinders” initially premiered on BBC Two abroad (its final two seasons were moved to BBC One), but after the show arrived on Netflix its reputation exploded. The series finale aired in April 2022, but Knight has never hidden his intentions to continue the story in a film.
“The film, I know exactly what it’s about. And I know what two stories it will tell,” the author told Esquire before the series finale even aired. “What happens after that, I would like it to depend on the film. As far as we know, any individual will come out – I feel like I know who it will be.
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