Netflix confirms Cillian Murphy will return as Tommy Shelby in the ‘Peaky Blinders’ movie

Set to arrive on the streamer, the new film is made in collaboration with the BBC. It will be directed by Tom Harper and written by Steven Knight.

Murphy, who won his first best actor Oscar for “Oppenheimer” earlier this year, dedicated the upcoming film to fans of the series.

“It feels like Tommy Shelby isn’t done with me. It’s very satisfying to be working with Steven Knight and Tom Harper again on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This one’s for the fans,” the actor said in a statement.

The series, about the post-World War I Peaky Blinders crime gang, ends with its sixth season in April 2022, with creator Knight saying he would like to continue the story “in another form”.

Harper, who directed episodes of the show’s first season in 2013, said he was thrilled that a “Peaky Blinders” movie was about to be made.

He said, “This will be an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders story. There will be no holds barred. The Peaky Blinders are in full-blown war.”

The film, set to go on floors later this year, will be the epic sequel to the multi-award-winning gangster saga.

Set in Birmingham between 1919 and 1934, “Peaky Blinders” charts the rise of the Shelby family as they navigate a world ravaged by radical social, economic and political change.

Harper said: “When I first directed ‘Peaky Blinders’ 10 years ago, we had no idea what this series would become, but we knew there was something about the alchemy of the cast and the writing that felt explosive. Peaky has always been a story about family – and so it’s incredibly exciting to be reuniting with Steve and Cillian to bring the film to a worldwide audience on Netflix.”

The show began on BBC Two in 2013, then moved to BBC One and eventually became a worldwide phenomenon after becoming available on Netflix.

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