Nonetheless within the temper for extra Peaky Blinders after season 6? Properly, fortunate you, because the plan was to make a film – distributed by Netflix – to wrap all the things up. Cillian Murphy is in and was just lately joined by Mission: Unimaginable and Dune’s Rebecca Ferguson. Now, Barry Keoghan is including much more star energy to the ensemble.
The information arrived through Deadline with out additional particulars about his position nor Ferguson’s. That mentioned, their inclusion, given how busy they’re with big-screen work these days, means that Tommy Shelby and the Peaky Blinders’ long-running storyline may’ve been saving the very best for final.
British director Tom Harper (The Aeronauts, Coronary heart of Stone) is directing the function, which might be distributed solely through Netflix so far as we all know. Whereas the thought of constructing the conclusion to Peaky Blinders a big-screen occasion may very well be attractive, the streaming big has been very adamant about its launch technique, with few films getting the (restricted) theatrical therapy.
Plot particulars are nonetheless a secret, however the conclusion has been written by the present’s creator, Steven Knight, who has beforehand advised the press the story can be set throughout World Struggle 2. It stays to be seen whether or not that concept has caught, nonetheless. Manufacturing is predicted to start later this yr, so we’re not anticipating it to reach earlier than late 2025.
Keoghan has been a pleasure to observe in current films and reveals, resembling Saltburn and Apple TV’s Masters of the Air, however maybe it was his position in 2022’s The Banshees of Inisherin, the one which let everybody know we must always control him. Likelihood is he’ll present up once more in Matt Reeves’ The Batman sequels, as he’s enjoying that universe’s model of The Joker, however for now (and after Marvel Studios’ Eternals flopped) he’s having fun with a wholesome and diversified profession stuffed with off-beat initiatives as an alternative.
As for Knight, Lucasfilm reportedly nonetheless is in cahoots with him as he continues to work on and polish the script for the upcoming Star Wars film starring Daisy Ridley and set after the occasions of The Rise of Skywalker.