First look at new Peaky Blinders film as Cillian Murphy spotted on set

Netflix have given fans of Peaky Blinders a look behind the scenes of the new film.

Production has commenced this week on the highly anticipated feature film, an epic continuation of the multi-award-winning gangster saga, set in the lawless streets of Birmingham in the 1900s.

Cillian Murphy reprises his role as the iconic ‘Tommy Shelby’ in the film written by the show’s creator, Steven Knight, who produces alongside Patrick Holland, Cillian Murphy and Guy Heeley.

The film will be made in association with BBC Film. Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, and Barry Keoghan are confirmed to star alongside Cillian Murphy, with further cast yet to be announced.

Steven Knight said: “I’m genuinely thrilled that this movie is about to happen. It will be an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders story. No holds barred. Full on Peaky Blinders at war.

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"I’m thrilled to see the cameras rolling on this new chapter of the Peaky Blinders story, set during World War II. The country is at war, and so, of course, are our Peaky Blinders.

Cillian Murphy said: “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 the fans.”