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‘Peaky Blinders’ Movie Set at Netflix with Cillian Murphy

'Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight penned the screenplay, with Tom Harper set to direct.

Netflix has greenlit a movie based on the beloved series that stars Murphy as Thomas Shelby, the war hero turned gangster who works his way up in the world of crime in 1900s Birmingham. Said Murphy, “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me … It is very gratifying to be re-collaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders.” Added Harper: “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.

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