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Peaky Blinders Film Confirmed
Peaky Blinders Film Confirmed Following Final TV Series 6
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has confirmed the hit BBC crime drama will conclude with a film following the show's final TV series.
BBC News, 25 JAN 2021.
Cillian Murphy stars in Peaky Blinders, a drama which follows Tommy Shelby and his family
Helen McCrory, who plays Polly, is the Shelby family matriarch
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has confirmed the hit BBC crime drama will conclude with a film following the show's final TV series.
On Monday, Knight said the upcoming sixth series would be the last but teased that "the story will continue in another form".
He has now confirmed to Deadline: "My plan from the beginning was to end Peaky with a movie.
"This is what is going to happen," he added.
He explained that "Covid had changed our plans" but did not elaborate.
The final BBC TV series has resumed filming after being hit by Covid-related production delays.
On Monday, Knight described the show as being "back with a bang" and warned fans that the mobsters would face "extreme jeopardy" in the sixth season.
Knight had previously planned for a seven-season run of the drama, which is set in post-World War One Birmingham.
"My ambition is to make it a story of a family between two wars," he said in 2018 ahead of season five. "I've wanted to end it with the first air raid siren in Birmingham in 1939. It'll take three more series to reach that point."
It now looks like the film might be replacing his plan for series seven.
Knight, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, previously revealed he had been "approached" to take the Shelby crime family universe to the big-screen.
Sam Claflin as Tommy's political rival Oswald Mosley was a central figure in series five
The sixth series of the show, which follows Tommy Shelby and his family, will see Anthony Byrne return as director and Nick Goding produce.
Tommy Bulfin, executive producer for the BBC, said he was "very excited" filming had begun and promised a "truly remarkable... fitting send-off that will delight fans".
He added he was "so grateful to everyone for all their hard work to make it happen".
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