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Murphy Returns As Tommy Shelby

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Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy is set to return as Birmingham gangster Tommy Shelby in a PEAKY BLINDERS movie. The film, made in collaboration with the BBC, will be directed by Tom Harper and penned by series creator Steven Knight. Murphy, who recently won his first Best Actor Oscar for OPPENHEIMER expressed his excitement about revisiting the iconic character. “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me. It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for the fans,” the actor said in a statement.

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28 YEARS LATER begins filming

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Danny Boyle’s zombie film, a sequel to 2007’s 28 WEEKS LATER, is currently shooting on Holy Island, a small island located in the north east of England. That’s not the only region it’s taken over. According to a report by the BBC, “film crews have been seen in Newcastle, Kielder Forest and, most prominently, on Holy Island for the past three weeks.” Written by Alex Garland, the upcoming third installment won’t be the last. A second 28 DAYS LATER sequel recruits Marvel director Nia DaCosta, as Boyle’s only signed up to direct the first one.

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Murphy named IFTA Best Actor

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PEAKY BLINDERS legend Cillian Murphy capped off his domination of awards season by claiming the top acting prize for film on home soil. The Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG award winner on Saturday night added perhaps a final statue to his flawless haul for Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER, when he was named best lead actor at the 21st Irish Film and TV Academy Awards. Murphy’s next project SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE earned the actor rave reviews following it’s Opening Night World Premiere at Berlinale 2024.

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Murphy in BLOOD RUNS COAL

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Cillian Murphy is keeping himself busy following his recent OPPENHEIMER Oscar win, with the Irish actor lined up to star in a film adaptation of BLOOD RUNS COAL, the true crime story of the murder of Joseph Yablonski and his family by a rival mining labor leader in the 1960s. The film is the latest project Murphy has added to his busy schedule, with the Cork native recently confirmed to be reprising his role as gangster Tommy Shelby in the big screen adaptation of the BBC drama PEAKY BLINDERS. 

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Murphy for PEAKY BLINDERS movie

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The forthcoming PEAKY BLINDERS movie, being filmed in the West Midlands, is due to start shooting in September. The show’s creator, Steven Knight, has confirmed that Cillian Murphy will reprise his role as Thomas Shelby. It is being shot in Digbeth, amid plans to grow the film industry in the city with 760 new jobs. He also praised Murphy’s performance in OPPENHEIMER, saying that the Best Actor Academy Award he won earlier this month “was so deserved.” 

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Murphy wins Best Actor at Oscars 2024

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Cork native Cillian Murphy made history on Sunday night becoming the first Irish-born actor to claim BEST ACTOR at the Oscars for his career-defining role in OPPENHEIMER. As predicted, the film dominated proceedings, winning best picture, best director for Christopher Nolan, and best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr. Murphy is the third Irish actor to win the best actor Oscar, following Daniel Day-Lewis, who was born in London but holds Irish citizenship, and Barry Fitzgerald who won in 1945. Murphy thanked Nolan and Emma Thomas, his producer, as well as his team and his family. He ended his speech by saying he was a “very very proud Irishman”.

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Murphy wins Best Actor at SAG Awards

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Cillian Murphy has been named best actor at the 30th Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles for his lead performance in Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER. Murphy spoke with dignity as he received the “Actor” statuette. “This is extremely special because it comes from you guys,” he said to his fellow performers. “Twenty-eight years ago I was trying to become an actor. I was a failed musician and I felt like an interloper. But now, looking out and all of you guys here today, I know that I’m part of something truly wonderful.”.

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SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE at Berlinale

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During the Berlin Film Festival press conference for his newest movie SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, Cillian Murphy reflected on the “collective trauma” of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries. Based on the book of the same name by Claire Keegan, the film focuses on the horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996, ostensibly to reform ‘fallen young women. The story is told through the eyes of Murphy’s devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong, who during Christmas 1985 discovers some “startling secrets” kept by his local convent. 

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