EXCLUSIVE: It’s been a long time coming amid trickles of information that never were fully confirmed, but the Shelby family faithful can now wholly rejoice as the
Peaky Blinders movie is officially moving forward.
Netflix has greenlit
a feature film that will star Oscar winner Cillian Murphy in a return to the iconic role of the Birmingham clan’s leader Tommy Shelby.
Tom Harper (
Heart of Stone,
The Aeronauts,
War & Peace) is directing the untitled film. Harper is no stranger to
Peaky, having helmed the back half of Season 1.
Production is set to begin later this year from a script by
Peaky creator
Steven Knight. Producers are Caryn Mandabach, Knight, Murphy and Guy Heeley. Exec producers include Harper, David Kosse, Jamie Glazebrook, Andrew Warren and David Mason. The feature will be made in association with BBC Film.