Barry Keoghan joins Cillian Murphy in 'Peaky Blinders'

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Barry Keoghan is the latest actor to join the Peaky Blinders movies on netflix, The Hollywood Reporter he learned.

He will be the one to act alongside Peaky Blinders original cast member Cillian Murphy and Rebecca Ferguson in the film. Keoghan has been nominated and won awards for his recent roles in Emerald Fennell's Burn the salt and Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin.

The upcoming project is based on the popular Netflix series, in which Murphy plays Thomas Shelby, a war hero turned gangster who makes his way through the criminal underworld in 1900s Birmingham, England. While the film is described as a “continuation” of the beloved series, all other plot details are being kept under wraps for now.

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight wrote the screenplay. Tom Harper, who directed the first season of the series, will direct the film. Knight will also co-produce with Caryn Mandabach, Murphy and Guy Heeley.

When the film was announced, the Oppenheimer star and Oscar winner released a statement, saying: “It looks like Tommy Shelby isn't finished with me. … It's very gratifying to be collaborating again with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders.”

Knight released his own statement at the time. “I'm genuinely thrilled that this film is getting made,” he said. “It's going to be an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders history. No holds barred. Full throttle Peaky Blinders at war.”

Harper will executive produce alongside David Kosse, Jamie Glazebrook, Andrew Warren and David Mason.

“When I first directed Peaky Blinders “More than 10 years ago, we didn’t know what the series would become, but we knew there was something about the chemistry of the cast and the script that felt explosive,” the director said when the film was announced.Peak has always been a story about family, so it’s incredibly exciting to reunite with Steve and Cillian to bring the film to audiences around the world on Netflix.”

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