Peaky Blinders returning for two more seasons as Cillian Murphy’s future confirmed
We're going back to Birmingham.
Peaky Blinders is officially coming back to the BBC for two more seasons.
Writer and creator Steven Knight is set to return to tell the story of a new generation of Shelbys, filmed and set in Birmingham.
However, conspicuously absent from the official BBC announcement is Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby, which seems to indicate the Oscar-winner will not be back to reprise his role in the series.
Murphy will return in a some capacity, behind the camera, because he’s listed as one of the upcoming show’s executive producers.
Set in Britain in 1953, the official synopsis for the ‘new era’ of the series reads: ‘After being heavily bombed in WWII, Birmingham is building a better future out of concrete and steel.
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‘The race to own Birmingham’s massive reconstruction project becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions.
Cillian Murphy is not mentioned in the announcement (Picture: BBC/Caryn Mandabach Productions Ltd./Robert Viglasky) The show will be going back to Birmingham (Picture: BBC/Caryn Mandabach Productions Ltd./Robert Viglasky)‘This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and danger: with the Shelby family right at its blood-soaked heart.’
In the official announcement, the show creator Knight said: ‘I’m thrilled to be announcing this new chapter in the Peaky Blinders story.
‘Once again it will be rooted in Birmingham and will tell the story of a city rising from the ashes of the Birmingham blitz.
‘The new generation of Shelbys have taken the wheel and it will be a hell of a ride.’
The Peaky Blinders announcement comes off the back of Knight’s Netflix hit with House of Guinness, which tells the Succession-style story of the family that built the Guinness beer empire.
The two six-part seasons will air on BBC One in the UK and will be released on Netflix globally.
‘The new generation of Shelbys have taken the wheel’ (Picture: BBC/Caryn Mandabach Productions Ltd 2019/Robert Viglasky) What do we know about the Peaky Blinders film?While Murphy might not be returning for the TV show, we do know he’s set to reprise his role as Tommy in the upcoming Netflix film.
Tommy Shelby returns. A Peaky Blinders Film starring Cillian Murphy is coming to Netflix. “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me…It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for… Netflix (@netflix) June 4, 2024
The Irish actor starred in the BBC series from 2013 until 2022 and will be back for the ‘explosive’ Netflix movie.
The upcoming movie from the crime show’s creator Steven Knight will be an ‘no holds barred’ chapter in the story.
Barry Keoghan and Rebecca Ferguson are set to co-star in the movie, with a release date yet to be announced.
Peaky Blinders, which ran from 2013 to 2022 for six seasons, followed the rise of the Shelby family from after the First World War, and the film is now expected to pick up a few years later, going into the Second World War.
Peaky Blinders is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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