will be reprising his role as Tommy Shelby for Netflix’s movie. “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me ..
.” Murphy, 48, said in a statement with Netflix on Tuesday, June 4. “It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with and on the film version of .
This is one for the fans.” Netflix announced had been greenlit on Tuesday. While sharing the news on social media, the streamer included a picture of the front page of the script.
“Tommy Shelby returns,” Nextlfix wrote via . “A Film starring Cillian Murphy is coming to Netflix.” Details of the movie, including its name, have not been revealed as the script refers to it only as “a film.
” The movie will be produced in association with BBC Film, as the TV show aired on the BBC network originally. Knight, who created the series, is writing the script while Harper will direct like he did in the first season. “When I first directed over 10 years ago, we didn’t know what the series would become, but we did know that there was something in the alchemy of the cast and the writing that felt explosive,” Harper said in a statement.
“ has always been a story about family — and so it’s incredibly exciting to be reuniting with Steve and Cillian to bring the movie to audiences across the world on Netflix.” While the series finale, which aired in 2022, left off with Tommy starting the next chapter of his life, Knight teased that fans of the show will not be disappointed in the new story. You hav.