After six seasons acclaimed by the press and the public, this British series, which has fascinated millions of viewers, will end in theaters to the delight of early fans.
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After six successful seasons on the BBC and Netflix, Peaky Blinders is preparing to bow out with a feature film. Steven Knight, creator and showrunner of the series, said he wanted to make a film to close this universe in style. “Covid changed our plans. But I can say that my plan from the beginning was to end Peaky Blinders with a film. And that’s what’s going to happen”he confirmed to the media Deadline. If the director had initially assured that he wanted to shoot this film from 2023, he ultimately took more time to “put the final touches on the script” before starting the shots “in the middle of 2024”.
Peaky Blinders : a big budget for this feature film long awaited by fans
While viewers are impatiently awaiting the release of the feature film, Steven Knight has confirmed that filming will begin in September. “I’m making final adjustments that will continue until the day before filming. But here we are. Everything has been planned, we have all the commitments we need, we are ready to go. I believe “We’re going to take it up a notch with this film and it’ll be great to see Peaky fans in one place to watch it.”he rejoiced to the site NME. “The budget will be larger than for the series, and this is mainly due to the fact that we are ending this chapter. So we try to do our best.”added the one who hopes that the fans will be “shocked, delighted and horrified, then delighted and shocked again”.
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Peaky Blinders : Cillian Murphy will be back in the shoes of Thomas Shelby
Steven Knight enjoyed his interview with NME to once again confirm the presence of Cillian Murphy in the cast of the feature film. “Cillian is all in. I can’t wait for us to start filming (…) After each award he won, he texted me and said: ‘I’m really looking forward to doing Peaky’confirming that none of this was going to change what we were going to do next.”, did he declare. If the faithful of Peaky Blinders had long wondered about the participation of the Oscar-winning actor, the British filmmaker put an end to the suspense by affirming during the preview of his series The Town that it would indeed be in the credits of the feature film.
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