Peaky Blinders creator confirms film starts shooting ‘next year’

The much-anticipated movie is on its way, by order of Steven Knight

Series creator Steven Knight has confirmed that the Peaky Blinders film is "nearly written" and is set to start shooting some time next year. Discussing the long talked-about project in an interview on Heart Radio's breakfast show, the screenwriter and director revealed that the script for the movie is not only close to being finished but that principal photography will begin in 2023. “I can tell you there’s going to be a feature film, that’s confirmed by me right now," he told presenters Jamie Theakston and Zoe Hardman; “I’m nearly done writing it, we’re going to shoot it in Digbeth in Birmingham", he revealed, adding that "it’s like Peaky is coming home.” [caption id="attachment_350957" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Credit: Heart Radio/BBC - Steven Knight confirmed the film is nearly written on Thursday[/caption] The show itself has been filmed everywhere from Manchester and Liverpool, to Cheshire, Lancashire, Scotland and more. The closest it has ever come to filming in the actual city of Birmingham itself is Black Country Living Museum, which appeared in season six. Sweeping past the question regarding a potential seventh season, he went on to tease that as well as some "familiar faces", there will obviously be some new characters added into the mix and hopes to break ground on production within the "next 18 months". The 62-year-old Peaky creator, who also wrote the BBC's period drama Taboo, is part of the creative team helping deliver the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Being held in Birmingham this year, Knight is executive producer behind the event's opening ceremony which kicks off on Thursday, July 28.

Related links:

• Cillian Murphy reveals why Peaky Blinder's Tommy rubs cigarette on lips before smoking it
• Tom Hardy is the most difficult actor to understand for American viewers, study finds
• Netflix is making The Gray Man 2 with Ryan Gosling and a spin-off is also in motion