Oscar winner Cillian Murphy is officially returning to the world of 'Peaky Blinders.' Netflix has greenlit a 'Peaky Blinders' movie starring Murphy back as Thomas Shelby, the war hero turned gangster who works his way up in the world of crime in 1900s Birmingham. While the film is described as a "continuation" of the series, plot details are being kept under wraps.
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00:00When I sleep I dream and in my dream someone wants my crown.
00:06Oscar winner Cillian Murphy is officially returning to the world of Peaky Blinders.
00:10Netflix has greenlit a Peaky Blinders movie starring Murphy back as Thomas Shelby,
00:15a war hero turned gangster who works his way up in the world of crime in 1900s Birmingham.
00:21While the film is described as a continuation of the series,
00:24plot details are being kept under wraps.
00:26Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight penned the screenplay for the film,
00:30which will be directed by Tom Harper.
00:32Murphy notes in a statement,
00:34it seems like Tommy Shelby wasn't finished with me, and added, this is one for the fans.
00:39Murphy most recently starred in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer,
00:42which earned him the Best Actor Oscar.
00:44His 28 Days Later sequel, 28 Years Later, is also currently in production.
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