The upcoming Peaky Blinders movie adds its first big new name to the cast as Mission: Impossible and Silo star Rebecca Ferguson has now joined Cillian Murphy in the Netflix project. This exciting casting news was first revealed via Deadline, with details of Ferguson’s character currently being kept under wraps.
Rebecca Ferguson is best known for her role as the mysterious Ilsa Faust in the Mission: Impossible franchise. She first joined the Tom Cruise-led series back in 2015’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and has since emerged as both the romantic interest and equal to Cruise’s unstoppable secret agent Ethan Hunt. Ferguson reprized the role for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and last year’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, in which she was killed by Esai Morales’ villain, Gabriel.
Ferguson’s other notable credits include Life, The Greatest Showman, Doctor Sleep, Dune, and Dune 2. Each performance has been met with critical acclaim regardless of the response to the movie itself, and there is no doubt that Ferguson will be a welcome addition to the world of Peaky Blinders.
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After much speculation, the Peaky Blinders movie, which will continue on from the acclaimed BBC series, was officially confirmed just last month. Plot details currently remain unknown, but creator Steven Knight did release a statement in which he teased the Peaky Blinders “at war.”
“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.”
Cillian Murphy Will Return for the Peaky Blinders Movie
Following even more speculation, it has also now been confirmed that the show’s lead actor and recent Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy will also return and reprise the role of gang leader Tommy Shelby. The actor has since released a statement of his own, and calls the movie “one for the fans.”
“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.”
Debuting back in 2013, Peaky Blinders follows Cillian Murphy as Thomas ‘Tommy’ Shelby, the dangerous leader of the Peaky Blinders, a criminal gang based in Birmingham in 1919. The series came to an end with its sixth season in 2022, and sees Tommy riding off into the sunset with the world believing him dead. This seemingly conclusive ending led many to believe that the journey was now over for Tommy, but evidently this is not the case.
Plot details for the Peaky Blinders movie remain under wraps at present, but creator Steven Knight has revealed that the movie will center on a “new generation” of characters, including some from the last season.
“In series six we’re bringing in the new generation, and they are going to be part of what happens in the film. I think it’s finding those actors that you just watch and you think, there you go. There’s the future.”
Peaky Blinders
is available to stream on Netflix. Filming on the movie will reportedly begin in September.
Peaky Blinders
4/5
A British ganagster saga set in 1919 post-war Birmingham. Cillian Murphy is Thomas Shelby, leader of the most feared and powerful local gang, the Peaky Blinders. Named for their practice of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps, they make money from illegal betting, protection and the black market. But when a crate of guns goes missing from an arms factory, their battle-hardened leader recognizes an opportunity to move up in the world.
- Release Date
- September 12, 2013
- Seasons
- 6
- Showrunner
- Steven Knight