Rejoice Peaky Blinders fans! The show creator Steven Knight has confirmed the return of none other than Tommy Shelby played by Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy. Before, winning Oscar for Oppenheimer, Murphy was best known for his iconic role as Shelby.
Cillian Murphy is Returning for Peaky Blinders Movie
Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders
Creator Steven Knight has got some good news for all of us as he has confirmed the return of Cillian Murphy for Peaky Blinders movie. The movie is set to begin filming at Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham in September.
Speaking to BirminghamWorld at the premiere of his new BBC show This Town, Knight said:
“He is definitely returning for it. We’re shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth.”
Even Murphy himself has always spoke his mind about joining the movie. “If there’s more story there, I’d love to do it,” Murphy told Rolling Stone U.K. last year.
“But it has to be right. Steve Knight wrote 36 hours of television, and we left on such a high. I’m really proud of that last series. So, it would have to feel legitimate and justified to do more.”
Murphy told the Irish Star just last month:
“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, I will be there. Let’s do it.”
It will be interesting to see what Knight brings to big screen with Murphy in the iconic leading role.
What Fans Have to Say About This Exciting Update?
Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders
Who does not want to see Murphy again as Shelby? Following Knight’s update about his return fans rush to X to share their excitement.
The best news of the day… We will be feasting…
— DepressedBergman (@DannyDrinksWine) March 21, 2024
To those not expecting him to return pic.twitter.com/l04VLy0cvS
— T⚽️byy (@t0byychels) March 21, 2024
yay! the goat it s back.-
— Miami Nation (@MiamiNationPFL) March 21, 2024
Another Oscar W incoming pic.twitter.com/U6MiAlU5h6
— Zero (@zerowontmiss) March 21, 2024
Peaky Blinders is truly "peak". S2 and S4 were top tier cinematic and story writing epitome for me.
I can't wait for the movie it's going to be amazing! pic.twitter.com/LXsg8sreDR
— The Supreme Medjay (@SupremeMedjay) March 21, 2024
Better. No one can't act that role, the way he did
— ♔ 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐫¿𓃵 (@Teedorsznn) March 21, 2024
Recently, Murphy won his first Oscar for his portrayal of J Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s biopic about the physicist behind the Atomic Bomb.
Peaky Blinders seasons 1-6 are available on Netflix
