Why ‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Wants Movie to Have a Theatrical Run: “It Is Mind-Blowingly Good”
The Peaky Blinders‘ creator, Steven Knight, is hopeful the upcoming film will be shown on the silver screen.
Knight, who also wrote the hit Netflix show, recently told The Playlist about the highly-anticipated film that finished shooting a few months ago and it’s star-studded cast.
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“We wrapped on December 13th,” he said. “We’ve got Barry Keoghan, Tim Roth, Rebecca Ferguson, and obviously Cillian Murphy and Stephen Graham. And I have to say, it is mind-blowingly good.”
While the original TV series ran for six seasons on the streamer from 2013 to 2022, when it was announced last year, that Tommy Shelby’s story would continue as a film instead of a seventh season, however, after it was set to release on Netflix last June, Knight, who penned the screenplay, hopes it will also debut in theaters — for the passionate fans.
“I really want the Peaky fans who have been a big part of this to be watching it all together in one building,” he said. “The communication has all been virtual, but I do want this to be in cinemas so that people can sit there together and watch this thing happen.”
The Hollywood Reporter reached out to Netflix for comment.
Peaky Blinders is led by Shelby — played by Cillian Murphy, who is, of course, returning — a war hero turned gangster who runs 1900s Birmingham. The film is being described as a “continuation.” Tom Harper directs the feature.
Last year, Murphy told the BBC radio show Desert Island Discs about his love of working with Knight. “I have always said that if Knight delivers a script that I know he can deliver, because he is such a phenomenal writer, I’ll be there. If we want to watch 50-year-old Tommy Shelby, let’s do it.”
The film isn’t necessarily the end of the story either, as Knight teased to Playlist he’s open to working on more projects, “As long as there’s an appetite for it and I’ve got stories to tell, then why not?”
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