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 Peaky Blinders
 
 creator
 Steven Knight
 has teased what to expect from the new movie spin-off, which stars Cillian Murphy in the wake of his first Oscar win for
 
 Oppenheimer
 
 .


 The show, which starred
 Murphy
 as gangster and businessman
 Tommy Shelby
 , came to an end in 2022 after six seasons and
 will wrap up with a follow-up film,
 
 The Immortal Man
 
 , as opposed to a seventh series.


 Netflix is releasing the film, which wrapped production in December, following its successful acquisition by the streaming service in territories outside the UK. On Netflix, it gained global popularity, making it one of the BBC’s biggest hits of the last 20 years.


 Speaking to
 
 The Independent
 
 , Knight revealed he’s set to watch the first completed cut of the movie in the next fortnight, but said he’s delighted by the footage he’s seen so far.


 “What fans can expect is something completely phenomenal,” he said. “I know, I would say that – but we’ve got the best actors and the best British cast you could possibly get in one place.”


 New cast members Barry Keoghan, Tim Roth and Rebecca Ferguson “all excel” in their roles, and according to Knight, Murphy, who won Best Actor for his role in Christopher Nolan’s
 
 Oppenheimer
 
 , “is at his best”.


 He described his performance as “remarkable”.

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 The new Peaky Blinders film will see Thomas Shelby come up against Nazis during the Second World War in the period where Britain stood alone against Germany and its allies before the US joined the fight.


 Knight revealed he isn’t at all nervous about fan reception to the film, despite heavy anticipation among the devoted fan community.


 “I think if you write things to second guess what an audience wants, you’ve already probably failed,” he said of the stresses fan anticipation might bring.

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 “So, what I try to do is write whatever comes to me when I’m on the keyboard and let the fingers be in charge.”


 “I put the script in the hands of the best possible people,” Knight reflected. “When you watch it back, very quickly, you sort of think ‘OK this is working, or it’s not’ and it is
 
 so
 
 working.”


 Of his decision to release a film rather than a seventh season of the show, the writer added: “I just like the idea that Peaky fans, who have always related to each other virtually online, will be able to go into a building and watch something together and be able to relate to each other in person.”


 A release date for
 
 The Immortal Man
 
 is yet to be announced by Netflix.


 It’s been a busy year for Knight, who wrote Disney+ hit
 
 A Thousand Blows
 
 as well as Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic,
 
 Maria
 
 , which is being released on DVD and Blu-ray on 31 March.


 Read
 
 The Independent’s
 
 chat with Knight about Angelina Jolie’s Oscar snub for
 
 Maria
 
 here
 .


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Stephen Knight Drops Bold Revelation on Cillian Murphy's Role in "Peaky Blinders" Movie

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Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has teased what to expect from the new movie spin-off, which stars Cillian Murphy in the wake of his first Oscar win for Oppenheimer . The show, …