EXCLUSIVE: Bohemia Group has optioned film rights to Stephen King’s bestseller The Regulators, tapping George Cowan to adapt the Western horror-thriller for the big screen.
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The long-gestating Peaky Blinders feature film spin-off is to film at writer Steven Knight’s studios in Birmingham.
Speaking to British radio station Heart FM, Knight also confirmed he was close to completing the script for the film, which will follow on from the final sixth season that dropped earlier this year. The film has long been in the works, and shooting should begin “within 18 months,” he added, which is in line with previous estimations.
“We’re going to shoot it at the studios in Digbeth, and on location in Digbeth in Birmingham,” he said this morning. “Digbeth and Small Heath [are] where the Peaky Blinders actually roamed, so it’s like Peaky’s coming home.”
Knight confirmed the show, which stars the likes of Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson and Tom Hardy, will see many of the Caryn Mandabach-produced series’ cast return, but added he was planning for “some new faces that will hopefully be quite surprising.”
Knight was speaking to Heart Breakfast as part of an interview about his role in delivering the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, which takes place today in the UK’s second-largest city.
Meanwhile, Knight’s dance theatre spin-off show Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby has named its key cast. Guillaume Quéau and Prince Lyons will alternate the role of Thomas Shelby, and Naya Lovell and Seren Williams alternating the role of Grace. Birmingham-born writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who played street preacher Jeremiah Jesu in the series, will provide pre-recorded narration.
The show will have its world premiere at co-producing partner venue Birmingham Hippodrome on September 27, followed by a London premiere at Troubadour Wembley Park on October 12 before embarking on a UK tour
EXCLUSIVE: Bohemia Group has optioned film rights to Stephen King’s bestseller The Regulators, tapping George Cowan to adapt the Western horror-thriller for the big screen.
Naman Ramachandran A sequence from an upcoming “Peaky Blinders” stage show and a performance from legendary local band UB40 are amongst the highlights of closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.The sequence from U.K.-wide theater show “Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby,” will be staged at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on Aug. 8, with a special performance of a newly-commissioned track from Laura Mvula, inspired by Nick Cave’s “Red Right Hand,” which is used as the TV show’s theme song.
Elisabeth Moss is joining forces with Peaky Blinders showrunner Steven Knight for his latest drama – and we can’t wait to watch it. The Veil explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. While one woman is keeping an explosive secret, the other is on a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost.
The BBC is ramping up its Birmingham operation by moving from the two-decades-old Mailbox site to a new creative quarter in Digbeth.
Maybe this is a bit of a hot take, but has FX officially replaced HBO as the premier destination for “prestige” TV, yet? Shows like “Fargo,” “Atlanta,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” and “Mayans M.C.” have been on for years and really showcased the quality that FX strives for. Then you have newer entries like “Reservation Dogs,” “The Bear,” “The Old Man,” and “Dave,” showcasing that FX really is just a non-stop factory of great TV.
“Peaky Blinders” boss Steven Knight is teaming up with “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss for a new limited series from FX for Hulu — “The Veil.”Knight will write and executive produce the series, while Moss will star in the newly-ordered series and serve as an EP.Described by FX as a “gripping thriller,” “The Veil” “explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost,” per a logline from the network.Knight and Moss will both executive produce alongside PatMa Productions’ Denise Di Novi and Nina Tassler.
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Blur’s Dave Rowntree tweeted: “Brilliant! Just Brilliant!” Kasabian added: “Can’t believe it, historys been made! Congratulations to all the @Lionesses When you hit the wall you get back up again.”Others reacting to the news included The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood tweeted “you’ve made us so proud” while The Subways wrote “standing ovation for every single woman who has taken part in this competition.”The Spice Girls tweeted “True #Girlpower right there.”Check out some more of the reactions here:Congratulations @Lionesses True #GirlPower right there ✌
Steven Knight is giving fans an update about the forthcoming Peaky Blinders movie.
The latest UK TV and film studio is to open in October in Anglesey, North Wales, a £1.6M ($2M) facility that will contain 20,000 sqft of filming space.
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has confirmed he’s almost finished writing a feature length spin-off film.Speaking on the Heart Breakfast show with Jamie Theakston and Zoe Hardman, Knight shared an update on the film’s progress.“Yes, I’m writing it right now,” Knight said. “I’m nearly done writing it, and we’re going to shoot it… I’m setting up some film and television studios in Digbeth in Birmingham.”He added: “We’re going to shoot it at the studios in Digbeth, and on location in Digbeth in Birmingham.
The Love Island talent show never fails to entertain us, with the contestants showing off their hidden talents and unusual skills. Each year every Islander performs in front of their fellow co-stars and showcases their talent, whether it be singing, dancing, public speaking or even cooking. The 2022 edition of the talent show saw many contestants surprise viewers, including Tasha Ghouri and Indiyah Polack who demonstrated their musical skills, with some undoubtedly making their way into the Love Island hall of fame.
Four men were arrested after a huge brawl broke out at a bar in Manchester city centre when a stag do 'tried to leave with paying their bill'. The incident, which occurred on Saturday night (July 23) involved a group of males fighting outside the Peaky Blinders bar, on Peter Street.
Peaky Blinders has been voted the most difficult show for American viewers to understand in a new poll.A survey carried out by Preply researched TV habits from those who use closed captioning or subtitles over hard-to-understand accents, with the gangster drama coming out on top as the most watched with subtitles.Preply surveyed 1200 people, who nodded to the post-WWI Birmingham-set series as posing the most comprehension problems for American viewers.The study found that 57 per cent of Americans admitted to using subtitles in order to better understand accents, on shows including Outlander, Derry Girls, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Bridgerton and Peaky Blinders.55 per cent of respondents said they find it harder to hear dialogue in shows today, while 50 per cent of Americans said they watch content with subtitles most of the time.Meanwhile, Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy recently said he would be “as excited” as anyone to read a script for the Peaky Blinders film.“I’d be as excited as anybody to read a script. But I think it’s good for everyone to have a little break.
Ruby Rose, who exited the WBTV Batwoman series two years ago in a cloud of controversy, is returning to a larger screen in a starring role for the new film, Stowaway.