The story of the hit series Peaky Blinders with Oppenheimer star Killian Murphy is to end with a feature film after six seasons. Director Steven Knight explains the latest status
The hit series Peaky Blinders – Gangs of Birmingham ended two years ago with its season 6 finale. However, the story of Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and his gangster family is soon to reach a final climax with a feature film. Series creator and director Steven Knight has now given a promising update on the Peaky Blinders film
Peaky Blinders film with Cillian Murphy should offer a fantastic ending
What exactly the story of the movie will look like is not yet known. As Knight explains in an NME interview, viewers will go through a whole range of emotions:
[fans will be] shocked and thrilled and terrified. And then thrilled and shocked again. […] We will start shooting in September. It’s going to be a big step forward, and it’s great that fans can come together in one place and watch the movie. The budget is bigger. Cillian is on fire. So I can’t wait
(Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders)
Knight’s description doesn’t sound like all good news for Tommy Shelby’s entourage. Nevertheless, many fans will be eagerly awaiting the movie: After all, it’s been almost two years since the Netflix launch of the sixth season in this country.
