Steven Knight Says ‘Peaky Blinders’ Movie Cast Is “Mindblowing” As He Teases More Fresh Faces

Steven Knight has talked up the “mindblowing” Peaky Blinders movie cast, but he is keeping tight-lipped about the project as it gears up for production.

Rebecca Ferguson and Barry Keoghan have joined Cillian Murphy, who will reprise his role as Tommy Shelby, leader of the eponymous Birmingham gangster family.

Plot details of the Harper-directed feature are being held close, but Knight has previously told Deadline that the story will be set during World War II. Netflix greenlighted the Peaky feature in June.

“We’ve announced Rebecca Ferguson, we’ve announced Barry Keoghan, we’ve got some more announcements coming,” Knight told the RTS London Convention. “It’s set in the Second World War and it’s really good.”

Producers are Caryn Mandabach, Knight, Murphy, and Guy Heeley. Executive producers include Harper, David Kosse, Jamie Glazebrook, Andrew Warren, and David Mason. The feature will be made in association with BBC Film. 

Ferguson most recently reprised her role as Lady Jessica in Denis Villeneuve’s $712M worldwide-grossing Dune: Part Two. She is also well known for starring opposite Tom Cruise in three Mission: Impossible films including last summer’s Dead Reckoning – Part One and recently wrapped production on MGM Studios’ sci-fi thriller Mercy opposite Chris Pratt.

Keoghan, who received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination and won the BAFTA in that category for Martin McDonagh’s 2022 hit The Banshees of Inisherin, last year starred in Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, for which he received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations and spent time on the awards season trail with Murphy.