Cillian Murphy reprises his role in Peaky Blinders movie: ‘It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me’

Cillian Murphy returns in Peaky Blinders spin-off film

Netflix shared a picture of the draft placed on the table. The front page of the script of the upcoming crime-drama film read, “Peaky Blinders film… Written by Steven Knight… Starring Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby… Directed by Tom Harper… Netflix.” The streaming platform’s handle captioned the post, “Looks like Tommy Shelby never stopped working with me… So gratifying to be working with Steven Knight and Tom Harper again on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This one’s for the fans.”

Peaky Blinders is based on a real urban youth gang

For those who don’t know, Cillian played Thomas ‘Tommy’ Shelby in the Peaky Blinders series. The period crime-drama show was set in Birmingham and followed the exploits of the Peaky Blinders crime gang in the immediate aftermath of World War I. The fictional gang depicted in Peaky Blinders is inspired by a real urban youth gang who were active in the city from the 1880s to the 1910s. The series began airing on 12 September 2013 and ran until the sixth season. In January 2021, it was announced that the sixth series would be the last, followed by a spin-off film. The final instalment of Peaky Blinders was released in 2022.

About Cillian Murphy

Cillian received praise for playing American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (2023). The epic thriller was set against the backdrop of World War II and the use of nuclear weapons. Cillian won an Oscar and a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Awards) for playing the controversial scientist in the film.

Cillian will next be seen in the historical drama ‘Small Things Like These’ and Danny Boyle’s haunting horror film ’28 Years Later’.