Stephen Graham has informed Deadline he’s starring in Netflix’s upcoming Peaky Blinders film.
The Line of Obligation star confirmed to us on final evening’s London Movie Competition (LFF) crimson carpet that the pic shall be his subsequent mission, earlier than he performs Bruce Springsteen’s dad in biopic Ship Me From Nowhere. He informed us he’s “wanting ahead to seeing the lads once more” on Peaky.
Graham didn’t elaborate on his function however he performed Hayden Stagg within the sixth and closing season of Steven Knight‘s smash BBC sequence. We’ve reached out to Netflix for additional remark.
He joins a splashy solid for the film that features protagonist Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth, Rebecca Ferguson and Barry Keoghan. Knight just lately talked up the “mindblowing” solid throughout the RTS London Conference, noting that the movie is “set within the Second World Battle and it’s actually good.”
The continuation of the multi-award-winning saga has been written by Knight. He’ll produce alongside Caryn Mandabach, Murphy and Man Heeley. Exec producers embody Harper, David Kosse, Jamie Glazebrook, Andrew Warren and David Mason. The film shall be made in affiliation with BBC Movie.
On final evening’s crimson carpet for Steve McQueen’s Blitz, Graham additionally informed us that he’s hoping for a second seasons of the BBC’s Boiling Level. His soon-to-launch Disney+ present A Thousand Blows, which can be written by Knight, will premiere at LFF.