PEAKY BLINDERS Creator Steven Knight Confirms a Movie is Going To a Happen
When I think of the phrase “six seasons and a movie,” I immediately think of Dan Harmon’s original plan for Community. Well, it turns out that was also the plan for the hit BBC series Peaky Blinders.
It was recently reported that Peaky Blinders would be coming to an end after Season 6, but it was said that the series would continue “in another form”. It turns out that the other form is a film and this has been creator Steven Knight’s plan from the beginning. While talking to Deadline, Knight said:
“Covid changed our plans. But I can say that my plan from the beginning was to end Peaky with a movie. That is what is going to happen.”
So, had the pandemic not messed everything up, we might have gotten seven seasons and a movie, but that’s obviously changed, which is fine. As long as we get a solid conclusion to the story! When talking about the final season of the show, Executive producer Caryn Mandabach said:
“This final season of our beloved Peaky Blinders is going to be the best one yet. Steve’s uncanny ability to be prescient about world events is only matched by his ability to make Tommy Shelby the most indelible character of our times.”
Well, that’s a great vote of confidence in the final season. Peaky Blinders follows the story of Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and his notorious family’s rise to power against the backdrop of working class, post-WWI Birmingham. Here’s the synopsis:
Britain is a mixture of despair and hedonism in 1919 in the aftermath of the Great War. Returning soldiers, newly minted revolutions and criminal gangs are fighting for survival in a nation rocked by economic upheaval. One of the most powerful gangs of the time is the Peaky Blinders, run by returning war hero Thomas Shelby and his family. But Thomas has bigger ambitions than just running the streets. When a crate of guns goes missing, he recognizes an opportunity to advance in the world because crime may pay but legitimate business pays better. Trying to rid Britain of its crime is Inspector Chester Campbell, who arrives from Belfast to try to achieve that goal.
I’m ok with the series coming to an end. It’s had a great run and it seems like it will be going out on the top of its game. Plus, the fact that we’ll be getting a movie that will completely wrap up the story helps take the sting out of it.
I’m excited to see how this series is going to come to an end.