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The release date for the new season of Peaky Blinders has been revealed in a creative way in Birmingham.

K.J. Yossman BBC drama “Peaky Blinders” has set a premiere date for its sixth and final season.The show, led by Cillian Murphy, will return on Feb. 27.Murphy plays Tommy Shelby in the hit series.BBC revealed the news with an enormous mural painted on the side of a wall in Birmingham of Murphy’s face, which was tweeted with the caption: “The Shelbys are back in business.”The mural was created by by street artist Akse.

BBC One has set the premiere date for the sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders with the award-winning period gangster saga set to return on February 27 at 9pm in the UK. The date was made official this morning in Birmingham, home to the fictional Shelby clan, via a 42-foot high mural looming over Digbeth’s Old Crown (see it in full below).

Peaky Blinders “simply won’t be the same” without Helen McCrory.The star went on to say that the show’s final season would be in the late actress’ memory.Cillian, who plays Tommy Shelby on the BBC favourite, reflected on how Helen’s absence has been felt on the show. Helen, who played the matriarchal figure Polly Gray on Peaky Blinders, died of cancer last year at the age of 52.She died before filming for the sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders had properly got underway, which means she will not appear on screens when the show returns.In an interview with Variety, Cillian discussed how he felt about Helen’s death and the impact it had on the final season of the show. “I think the whole series is really in tribute to her and to honour her,” he said.“Her presence and her character’s presence are very much still felt in the series, and it is very much part of Tommy’s journey in the season. “It’ll be different without her, you know.

Peaky Blinders virtual reality game has been officially announced – you can check out the first trailer below.Set to be released in 2022, Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom is described as an action-adventure VR game where players will “infiltrate the Peaky Blinders underground world, coming face-to-face with much-loved and much-feared characters”.Cillian Murphy (Tommy Shelby) and Paul Anderson (Arthur Shelby) will reprise their roles for the title, which will also feature brand new characters.Players will also be able to freely explore recreated environments seen in the show, like the Garrison Pub, Charlie’s Yard and Shelby’s Betting Shop.Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom is developed by Maze Theory, who previously worked on the Doctor Who VR game Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time.While platforms are yet to be announced, Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time released across PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest and HTC Vive – so this is expected to follow suit.The sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders is expected to premiere later this month, although an exact release date has yet to be announced.Creator Steven Knight has recently said the show’s story will now continue beyond World War Two in a planned film following the sixth season.Speaking about the original scope to Empire, Knight said: “It was always Britain between the wars – how the lesson from one war was not learned and was repeated. It’s also the end of empire: we enter the Second World War and by the end of it, there is no empire, really.

Dane DeHaan (The Staircase, ZeroZeroZero) has signed on to star alongside Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie and Josh Hartnett in Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer for Universal Pictures, Deadline has confirmed.

California, to make an ATM run on Saturday. The 61-year-old Academy Award-winning actor put his arm tattoos on display and paired his laid-back look with grey cargo pants and mustard shoes.

Peaky Blinders co-star Helen McCrory who sadly passed away from breast cancer last April. Speaking to Esquire UK, the actor opened up about how difficult it was filming the sixth series of the show without Helen, who he described as: "a magnificent person". He said: "We were just reeling throughout the whole thing.

Cillian Murphy has nothing but kind words to say about his late “Peaky Blinders” co-star Helen McCrory.

Cillian Murphy revealed that returning to the set of Peaky Blinders without his co-star Helen McCrory was “very strange”.

Cillian Murphy has opened up about filming Peaky Blinders without Helen McCrory.The actor, who plays Tommy Shelby in the beloved BBC drama, discussed the experience filming the new season without his late co-star McCrory who passed away last year.“We were just reeling throughout the whole thing,” Murphy told Esquire. “She was a dear, dear pal and she was the beating heart of that show, so it felt very strange being on set without her.“The difficult thing to comprehend is that, if it wasn’t for COVID, there would be a whole other version of this show with Helen in it.”Murphy added: “But she was so private and so fucking brave and courageous. She was inspirational.

Esquire UK how he was left “reeling” following his co-star’s death ahead of production.Cillian has opened up in a new interview ahead of the series airing on the BBC in February.One of the hardest aspects of filming, according to the star, was making it without Helen, who played Aunt Polly in the show.Helen died of breast cancer in April last year, as her husband Damian Lewis shared the news.Writing on Twitter, he said: “I’m heartbroken to announce that after an heroic battle with cancer, the beautiful and mighty woman that is Helen McCrory has died peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family.“She died as she lived. Fearlessly.

James Bond film No Time To Die, said she was “proud” to hear of the nomination.“The EE Rising Star Award is one I’ve always admired for recognising exciting emerging talent,” she said in a statement.“I’m so elated for my fellow nominees who inspire myself and others, as we continue to fight for change within our industry and the world. I’m proud to be able to do that in moments like these.”She is nominated alongside Ariana DeBose, whose starring role in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, received widespread acclaim.DeBose said of her nomination: “I am beyond humbled to join the talented group of actors that have been nominated for the EE Rising Star Award over the years.

Cillian Murphy has said late actor Helen McCrory will be “very present” in the final season of Peaky Blinders, despite not filming any scenes.McCrory, who played Polly Gray in the BBC series, died aged 52 from cancer in April last year – when filming on the sixth season had been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.Speaking to Empire magazine, Murphy said: “What I always feel sad about is that we were about to shoot and then the pandemic happened and we had to stop. If we had shot then, Helen would’ve been in the show, and that makes me feel sad.“It’s a huge loss; it’s hard to comprehend it.

Peaky Blinders will see Cillian Murphy back as Tommy Shelby for one last time. However, the actor has spoken of his devastation to have filmed it without late star Helen McCrory, who played Polly Gray in the BBC show.Helen died of cancer last April at the age of 52, while filming of Peaky Blinders was on hiatus.The production had been shut down due to the pandemic in March 2020.As a result, Helen was unfortunately too ill to take part in production when it restarted in January 2021.Cillian opened up about this recently, as he shared what happened behind the scenes.Speaking to Empire magazine, he said: "We were about to shoot and then the pandemic happened.“If we had shot then, Helen would've been in the show, and that makes me feel sad."However, the star went on to assure fans that she would still be very present in the show.He added in the magazine released now: "It's a huge loss.“She was the matriarch of the whole thing.

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has confirmed that he has drawn back from the original plan to end the story at the start of World War Two.The hit BBC crime drama is due to return for a sixth and final season, before ending with a film to wrap up the story.While Knight had previously envisioned ending the story at the start of the Second World War, he has now revealed that he plans to go through the conflict instead in the film.“It was always Britain between the wars – how the lesson from one war was not learned and was repeated,” he told Empire. “It’s also the end of empire: we enter the Second World War and by the end of it, there is no empire, really.“But I… have revised the scope of what it is.

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Nolan continues to add stars to an ever-growing ensemble for his next film, Oppenheimer, as sources say Josh Hartnett has signed on to join the cast of the Universal tentpole. He joins an A-list cast already includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek and Cillian Murphy, who is set to star in the title role as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who ran the Manhattan Project that led to the invention of the atomic bomb. The film will bow on July 21, 2023, a slot typically saved for Nolan films in the past. It’s also roughly two weeks before the anniversary of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima. Details behind who Hartnett will be playing are unknown at this time.

Peaky Blinders director Anthony Byrne has teased that its final season will arrive “sooner than you think”.In an Instagram update today (November 20), Byrne published a brief teaser visual of the BBC One series. The clip starts with main star Cillian Murphy walking in an empty street with a large bag in hand.

EXCLUSIVE: The ensemble for Christopher Nolan’s next film Oppenheimer keeps growing in star power as sources tell Deadline Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr. are in talks to join Cillian Murphy in the Universal Pictures tentpole. Deadline previously reported that Emily Blunt is in talks to join the cast as well. Nolan is writing and directing the film that revolves around J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who ran the Manhattan Project that led to the invention of the atomic bomb. The film will bow on July 21, 2023, a slot typically saved for Nolan films in the past. Details behind who Damon and Downey will be playing in the project are being kept under wraps.

Following a heated bidding war that led to his next film landing at Universal, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has not only found its star to play the titular role but set a date on when audiences can see his next movie. Universal Pictures and Nolan’s banner Syncopy have confirmed Cillian Murphy to star in Oppenheimer as scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and also announced that the film will bow on July 21, 2023, a slot typically saved for Nolan films in the past.

Cillian Murphy will return to BBC Radio 6 Music next month to present a new series of his show Cillian Murphy’s Limited Edition.The Peaky Blinders and 28 Days Later actor previously hosted the show, which featured an eclectic mix of music, spoken word and poetry, last year.The new six-part series of Limited Edition will begin on October 31 at 12am, and will see Murphy discussing some more of his favourite music.The show will feature “a nocturnal playlist, made for after midnight,” according to a press release.