Stephen Knight “Peaky Blinders” says the movie “will happen” – the deadline

Exclusive: With yesterday’s news that BAFTA award-winning gangster saga Peaky masks will It ends its sixth season The promise of an ongoing series “in another form” came to the creator Stephen Knight He said. Explaining in detail, he told the deadline, “Covid changed our plans. But I can say my plan from the start was going to come to an end.” Becky With a movie. This is what will happen. ”

A movie has always been out for the series, and while there are no details at the moment and Deadline understands that nothing has been formalized, it might seem like a logical extension of the show that has become its own industry – or as Knight did. tell me In the past, Becky It is a “monster that never dies.” There were sticky books, clothing lines, a formal soundtrack, and a video game. Knight has also been contacted about a release of occasional ballet and West End music.

Knight was Previously expressed interest In wrap Killian MurphyIt is led by a TV drama with a seventh season, but a pandemic has thrown a key in the works. Filming for Season 6 began on Monday, just under a year later due to the pandemic. Details are still being kept secret, although Knight previously said he was planting seeds in Season 5 to be picked up later, one of which was “that outbreak is in full swing.”

Executive Producer Karen Mandbach He tells me, “This is the last season of our sweetheart Peaky masks It will be the best so far. Steve’s extraordinary ability to be on the lookout for world events is matched only by his ability to make Tommy Shelby the indelible character of our time.

The fifth season was the most watched so far for the Shelby family as the series went from strength to strength since 2013. This last season began with the financial meltdown of 1929 and with Murphy MP Tommy Shelby. When approached by the true fascist Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin) and his bold vision of Britain, Tommy realizes that his response will affect not only the future of his family but the future of the entire nation.

The season also deepened Tommy’s psyche and over the years Knight has said he would like to “rehabilitate” the character. His plan, as he previously told us, was to finish the series in seven seasons at the start of World War II Becky It becomes a story about people between wars.