In the two years since"Peaky Blinders" ended its initial run on the BBC, its lead actor Cillian Murphy has won an Oscar and become a bonafide movie star with the success of last summer's hit film"Oppenheimer," but he'll return to play iconic character of Thomas Shelby and produce a highly anticipated “Peaky Blinders” film for Netflix set to enter production later this year.
Director Tom Harper will return to helm the movie and the screenplay was written by Knight, who is credited as a writer on each of the original series’ 36 episodes. Details about what actors—other than Murphy—will reprise their roles have not yet been announced, but other main characters in the series were played by Paul Anderson and Sophie Rundle .We’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines. Text “Alerts” to
“It will be an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders story,” Knight said. “No holds barred. Full on Peaky Blinders at war.”"Peaky Blinders" is a period crime drama first released by the BBC in 2013. It ran for six seasons across ten years and received widespread critical acclaim,Best Drama Series at the British Academy Television Awards and Best Drama Performance for Murphy at the National Television Awards.