Cillian Murphy Will Return as Tommy Shelby in a Peaky Blinders Movie: “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me.”

Time to bust out the tweed and flat caps — Peaky Blinders is coming back. Cillian Murphy will reprise his role as Birmingham gangster Tommy Shelby in a new movie coming to Netflix, made in association with BBC film.

“It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me,” Murphy told Netflix. “It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for the fans.”

The film, which goes into production later this year, will be an epic continuation of the multi-award-winning, six-season gangster saga. Set in Birmingham between 1919 and 1934, Peaky Blinders followed the rise (and sometimes fall) of the Shelby family as they navigated a world wracked with radical social, economic, and political change.

Harper, who directed episodes of the show’s first season in 2013, will direct the new film from a script by Peaky Blinders creator Knight. “When I first directed Peaky Blinders over 10 years ago, we didn’t know what the series would become, but we did know that there was something in the alchemy of the cast and the writing that felt explosive,” Harper said. “Peaky has always been a story about family — and so it’s incredibly exciting to be reuniting with Steve and Cillian to bring the movie to audiences across the world on Netflix.”

Peaky Blinders’ impact has continued to be felt since the series took its final bow in 2022: its meticulous approach to menswear spawned a fashion craze, and One Day’s Leo Woodall cites the show as a key inspiration. “I was watching Peaky Blinders and I put on my Peaky Blinders-style hat, did my Tommy Shelby impression and thought, ‘I wanna be an actor,’” he told Netflix.

The last time we saw Tommy Shelby in the Season 6 finale, he was riding off on a white horse, intent on starting a new life. What does the new movie hold in store for him? The plot is still very much under wraps, but Knight did tease that things are about to go boom — and we expect nothing less from the Shelby clan. “I’m genuinely thrilled that this movie is about to happen,” Knight said. “It will be an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders story. No holds barred. Full on Peaky Blinders at war.”

For fans of the series, this news is a dream come true. The legacy of Peaky Blinders and the character of Tommy Shelby have left an indelible mark on television, and the upcoming film promises to extend that legacy with the same intensity and drama that has captivated audiences worldwide. As production gears up, anticipation is sure to reach fever pitch, making the return of Peaky Blinders a landmark event in the world of cinema.