Peaky Blinders creator teases that movie isnt the end: We will continue it

By order of the Peaky Blinders…Steven Knight, creator of the hit historical gangster drama “Peaky Blinders,” recently told The Post what to expect from the hotly anticipated “Peaky Blinders” movie, for which Netflix hasn’t announced a release date yet.Regarding the film’s plot, Knight said, “It’s the Second World War, so [Tommy Shelby] is facing the Nazis, the enemy at the time in the 1940s.”He added that during this era, “Britain was alone, fighting against Germans and the Italians before America joined the war.So, he’s in a very perilous situation.” Knight was talking to The Post to promote his new historical gangster drama, “A Thousand Blows” (now streaming on Hulu). “Peaky Blinders,” which stars Oscar winner Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby, first premiered in 2013 and ended with Season 6 in 2022 before it was announced the feature-length film on Netflix called “The Immortal Man.” The show was set in Birmingham, England, after World War I and followed Tommy and his family through the years as he rose from crime boss to politician. Knight revealed that in the movie, “As ever, [Tommy] confronts his own demons – and the demons that come for him – in his own particular way.”The hit series has boasted a strong cast over the years, including Tom Hardy, Paddy Considine, Sam Neill, Adrien Brody, and the late Helen McCrory.It’s already been announced that some new faces are joining the “Peaky” world for the movie, including Barry Keoghan and “Dune” star Rebecca Ferguson. Since the film will have Tommy facing off against Nazis, it’s likely that Sam Claflin will return as Oswald Mosley, a Hitler ally and the leader of the British Union of Fascists who was one of Tommy’s enemies in Seasons 5 and 6. It’s also probable that Tommy’s ally, the Jewish gangster Alfie Solomons (Hardy), will return for the flick. Meanwhile, it’s likely that Tommy’s volatile brother, Arthur Shelby (Paul Anderson), won’t be i...