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Steven Knight's This Town has been canceled by the BBC. This Town failed to hit the viewership figures the BBC desired. Knight will also work on the next James Bond movie with Denis Villeneuve and other industry heavyweights.

Peaky Blinderscreator Steven Knight is one of the UK's most prestigious and prolific writers. From the highly-rated Sas: Rogue Heroesto the Hulu series A Thousand Blows starring Stephen Graham, Knight has a wonderful track record of producing critically acclaimed and popular series for the small screen. However, it seems one of his most recent projects, the music-themed historical seriesThis Town, hasn't quite lived up to Knight's normal standards and now faces the chopping block.

According to new reports,This Town has now been officially axed by the BBC following its debut season, despite receiving some positive reception, with a decent 67% critics' score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, joined by an impressive 83% rating from audience members.

The BBC will not be moving forward with a second season of This Town, the 1980s-set music drama from creator Steven Knight. The series, which followed a group of young people drawn into the West Midlands music scene, premiered last year. In a statement provided to The Sun, a BBC spokesperson confirmed the decision, saying, […]

Steven Knight Drama ‘This Town’ Canceled by BBC After One Season...

The next chapter in the ‘James Bond’ franchise has found its writer — and it’s one with no shortage of grit, style, or pedigree.

Steven Knight, the acclaimed British screenwriter and creator behind the BAFTA-winning ‘Peaky Blinders,’ has officially signed on to write the script for Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated James Bond film. The project, still untitled, marks the first 007 instalment directed by the ‘Dune’ and ‘Sicario’ filmmaker, and represents a new creative era for the long-running spy saga.

Amy Pascal (Spider-Man: No Way Home) and David Heyman are producing the film under their respective Pascal Pictures and Heyday Films banners, with Tanya Lapointe serving as executive producer.

Knight’s involvement brings a distinct edge to the project, promising a screenplay steeped in character depth and narrative tension. Best known as the creator, executive producer, and sole writer of ‘Peaky Blinders’ — the stylish gangster drama that turned Cillian Murphy...

The next era of James Bond has officially found its storyteller — and it’s a big one. Steven Knight, the acclaimed writer and creator of Peaky Blinders, has been tapped to pen the screenplay for the next 007 installment, with Denis Villeneuve set to direct. Speaking for the first time since the news broke, Knight joined BBC Radio this morning to share his excitement and promise fans something new.

“It has always been on my bucket list, and it’s fantastic to be invited to do it,” Knight said. “I can’t wait to get started.”

And while he remained tight-lipped on who will be stepping into the shoes of Bond himself — “That is a very, very good question, and one I can’t give you the answer to,” he laughed — the screenwriter made one thing clear: this isn’t going to be just another 007 film. “I’m hoping that,...

Steven Knight was announced as the writer of Amazon’s first James Bond flick on Thursday, and this morning, the Peaky Blinders creator gave his first reaction to landing the gig on BBC Radio.

“It has always been on my bucket list, and it’s fantastic to be invited to do it. I can’t wait to get started,” Knight said.

“I’m hoping that, being a Bond fan for so many years, it will be imbued into me and I will be able to produce something that’s the same but different, and better, stronger and bolder.”

Knight will be writing the screenplay for Denis Villeneuve to direct; however, the writer would not be drawn on who might star as 007.

“That is a very, very good question, and one I can’t give you the answer to,” Knight said when quizzed by BBC Radio.

Amy Pascal and David Heyman are producing the film,...

Amazon MGM Studios has officially taken the baton from the former MGM Studios, greenlighting the next chapter in the James Bond franchise. With Steven Knight tapped as screenwriter, the next film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve, as Deadline reports.

With Amy Pascal and David Heyman as producers and Tanya Lapointe serving as executive producer, the announcement comes after Amazon acquired full creative control of the franchise back in February, in a deal with Bond fame producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Slated as a high-profile return following Daniel Craig’s No Time to Die, the project launches Amazon’s bold new push into blockbuster territory.

Amazon Studios’ Bold Vision for James Bond: What We Know So Far Denis Villeneuve will direct the next Bond film | Credits: Film at Lincoln Center / YouTube

Amazon Studios acquired MGM Studios back in 2022 for a hefty price of $8.5 billion. This deal subsequently landed...

Steven Knight is the latest bold faced name to join the James Bond creative team.

Knight will write the script for filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, who is directing the next 007 film for Amazon MGM Studios and producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman.

Knight’s hiring marks an end of an era for the Bond franchise, at least in terms of its writers. Actor Daniel Craig said goodbye to the character with 2021’s No Time To Die, which also was the last Bond movie to be shaped by longtime scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who worked on the franchise beginning with 1999’s The World Is Not Enough.

Knight is a respected scribe, who is working on a Peaky Blinders film and whose past work includes the 2002, feature Dirty Pretty Things, for which he earned an original screenplay Oscar nomination, Eastern Promises and Spencer, as well as creating the Jason Momoa Apple series See.

“Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight has been hired to pen the script for Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming James Bond movie at Amazon MGM Studios.

Amy Pascal and David Heyman are producing the new 007 movie, via Pascal Pictures and Heyday Films, respectively. Tanya Lapointe will executive produce.

Knight is best known as the creator, executive producer and writer of the hit BAFTA-winning gangster drama series “Peaky Blinders,” starring Cillian Murphy. The British screenwriter, producer and director’s TV resume also includes such acclaimed shows as “See” (Apple TV+), “Sas Rogue Heroes” (BBC), “A Thousand Blows” (Disney+), “This Town” (BBC), “The Veil” (FX) and “All the Light We Cannot See” (Netflix). He also co-created the international game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”

Knight’s first produced film, “Dirty Pretty Things,” directed by Stephen Frears, won four BIFAs, the 2005 Humanitas Prize for Film and earned an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay,...

Exclusive: After setting Denis Villeneuve to direct the next James Bond movie, Amazon MGM Studios has a writer in its sights to pen the next installment in the 007 franchise. Sources tell Deadline that Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has been set to write the pic.

Amy Pascal and David Heyman are producing via Pascal Pictures and Heyday Films, respectively. Tanya Lapointe will executive produce.

Since landing full creative control of the franchise this year, Amazon MGM has been thorough in its search for the behind-the-scenes talent that will be overseeing the development of this next pic in the series. Pascal and Heyman were first to be brought on, and after meeting with a number of directors the studio tapped Villeneuve to direct.

While there have been rumors about who could potentially play the coveted lead role, sources say the only focus in recent weeks has been who would write the script,...

The BBC has unveiled the full cast for its six-part drama Dear England, adapted from James Graham’s hit National Theatre play about Gareth Southgate and his campaign to turnaround the fortunes of the England men’s football team.

Jodie Whittaker joins the cast as Pippa Grange, the England men’s team psychologist, while Jason Watkins is former Fa chairman Greg Dyke and John Hodgkinson reprises his stage role as former Fa chairman Greg Clarke.

Daniel Ryan is Steve Holland, former assistant manager for the England men’s team. Sam Spruell will also star as fictional coach, Mike Webster.

The production has also unveiled the cast for the soccer players.

Adam Hugill (Sherwood), Josh Barrow (Hostage) and screen newcomer Lewis Shepherd reprise their respective stage roles as Harry Maguire, Jordan Pickford and Dele Alli.

Rivals, Industry and Alma’s Not Normal were among the winners at the U.K.’s Royal Television Society Program Awards Tuesday night.

Across the 29 competitive categories, the BBC led with 16 wins, including for Sophie Willan’s sitcom Alma’s Not Normal and Steven Knight’s musical This Town, which took home the newly combined award for limited series and single drama.

Elsewhere, Danny Dyer took best supporting actor — male for his outing in Disney+’s hit drama Rivals, which also earned Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura Wade the writing prize for drama as judges assessed the Jilly Cooper adaptation as “bold and totally assured in its very distinctive tone and style.”

Continuing to impress is Richard Gadd’s Netflix limited series Baby Reindeer as Golden Globe winner Jessica Gunning won the Rts Programme Award in the best supporting actor — female category.

James Coren and Ruth Jones, creators of the hugely popular hit Gavin & Stacey,...

British network Channel 4 has commissioned its first digital original drama.

“Beth,” written and directed by Uzo Oleh (“Edicius”), is a three-part science fiction thriller starring Nicholas Pinnock (“This Town,” “The Book of Clarence”) and Abbey Lee, that will broadcast on Channel 4’s YouTube, as well as its streaming and linear channel. The series was executive produced by Anna Higgs and produced by Dark Pictures and GroupM Motion Entertainment.

In “Beth,” Pinnock and Lee play Joe and Molly, a married couple who are deeply in love, successful in their careers and living the high life. But one thing is missing — a child. So when Molly falls pregnant after years of false hope, it feels like a miracle.

Months later, when their baby daughter, Imogen, is born, she’s as Caucasian as can be, with no resemblance to Joe, her father. As Joe and Molly’s life is thrown into turmoil,...

Danny Dyer is on the awards trail for his turn in Disney+ series Rivals.

The EastEnders actor will compete for Best Actor at the Broadcasting Press Guild (Bpg) Awards, which is voted on by British television and media journalists.

Dyer starred as electronics businessman Freddie Jones in Disney’s series about sex and skulduggery in the British television business in the 1980s.

To win the Bpg prize, he will have to fend off competition from Lennie James (Mr Loverman), Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs the Post Office), Eddie Redmayne (Day of the Jackal), and Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall).

Rivals, based on Jilly Cooper’s novels, will do battle for Best Drama Series alongside Baby Reindeer, Day of the Jackal, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, and Wolf Hall.

Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning, a darling of the awards season, has been nominated for Best Actress, where her competition includes Monica Dolan...

The Voice Season 27 continued on Monday with the fourth batch of Blind Audition performances. Adam Levine maxed out his advantages during Episode 3, blocking one artist from picking Kelsea Ballerini and then using his Coach Replay to scoop up another. He also won his fourth four-chair turn of the season. Going into day four, John Legend was the only one with a Coach Replay still to use. Returning champion Michael Bublé came into the night ready to fight hard for artists he liked, but Kelsea was not going to let him get away with any of them too easily. By the end of the night, they went head-to-head in competition for four different artists.

The first one Michael was keen on pulling on to his team was 19-year-old Texan Hailey Wright representing her Choctaw heritage with pride. Michael and Kelsea were the only coaches that turned for her performance of Freddy Fender...

Night 4 of The Voice’s Blind Auditions was pretty much par for the course for Season 27 so far: Some Ok performances and a couple of pretty good ones. But at the end of Monday’s episode, the sing-off ushered onto the stage a showstopper whose vocal was so ear-opening, she not only moved all four coaches to swivel their chairs, she wowed even me. What did you think? Read on, and we’ll discuss.

Kolby Cordell (Team Legend), “Never Too Much” — Grade: B | Kolby’s take on Luther Vandross’ smash inspired both John and Michael to turn their chairs for him.

Season 11 of 90 Day Fiance is just around the corner.

This season, viewers will be reintroduced to several returning couples and introduced to four new ones.

Among the new cast members are Mark and Mina Bessette.

Mark is a 59-year-old pilot.

The West Ossipee native fell in love with 34-year-old Parisian model Mina.

Mark, who flies privately owned jets for a living, has transported some very famous people, including former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Mark and Mina met in Paris in 2019

In a new preview clip from Sunday’s debut episode, Mark explains how he met his lady love during one of his excursions.

“In 2019, I was on a trip as a pilot to Paris, and I was just going out to grab a drink and kinda unwind from the trip,” Mark says in the teaser. “And I just ran...

Jordan Bolger (“This Town”) and Max Fincham (“Invasion”) have been cast as the leads in upcoming Netflix drama “The Witness.”

Based on the true story of the violent murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992 in front of her two year-old son Alex while walking through a London park, “The Witness” explores the aftermath of the tragedy, which also saw an innocent man wrongly convicted before the real killer was eventually caught more than 15 years later.

In the meantime, Nickell’s partner André Hanscombe was left to navigate life alone with the couple’s infant son.

Bolger will play André while Fincham will play a teenage Alex. The real André and Alex Hanscombe consulted on the series.

Rounding out the cast are Neil Maskell (“Hijack”) as Di Keith Pedder, Kevin Eldon (“Rings of Power”) as Dci Mick Wickerson, Mark Stanley (“Happy Valley”) as DS Ivan Agnew, Jon Pointing (“Sweetpea”) as DC Nick Sparshatt,...

Before Hailee Steinfeld got engaged to Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, the singer-actress’s brief romance with the former One Direction member Niall Horan captured the attention of fans and the media alike.

Hailee Steinfeld | Credit: Gage Skidmore/Cca By-sa 2.0/Wikimedia Commons

The couple was reportedly together nearly for a year before they eventually split up. However, their brief relationship continued to be in the conversation, largely due to lingering rumors and their subtle digs, leaving many to question what truly went wrong.

Hailee Steinfeld’s Romance With One Direction Member Niall Horan

Throughout her career in the industry, Hailee Steinfeld has been linked with several notable names, including the former One Direction member Niall Horan. What began as a friendship soon blossomed into a romance.

Niall Horan | Credit: niallhoran via Instagram

The former couple was spotted on numerous occasions, including enjoying a Backstreet Boys show, as per People. A...

One Direction, also known as 1D, is an English-Irish pop band that became a global sensation. Formed in London in 2010 during the reality show The X Factor, the group included Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. Their debut single, What Makes You Beautiful, catapulted them to fame, and over the years, they became one of the best-selling boy bands, with over 50 million records sold worldwide.

One Direction on The Tonight Show | Credit: YouTube/The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Starting their journey as teenagers, One Direction quickly gained a massive fan base, especially in America, where they made their breakthrough in 2011. The band continued to release hit albums and tour globally, charming millions with their talent and charisma. However, in 2016, they announced a hiatus, with each member pursuing a successful solo career.

Recently, fans of the band were heartbroken by the tragic death of Liam...

The BBC and Netflix have garnered the most nods at the upcoming Royal Television Society (Rts) Craft & Design Awards with 31 and 16 nominations respectively.

BBC series “Lost Boys & Fairies” led the way with four nominations while Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” garnered three.

Other Netflix shows to be nominated including the recently-canceled mythological series “Kaos” and the adaptation of David Nicholls’ “One Day.”

The ceremony will take place on Dec. 2 at the London Hilton.

“On joining this year as chair of the awards I was extremely confident that the calibre of entries would be high,” said Emma Gormley, chair of the Rts Craft & Design Awards. “However, the submissions we subsequently received have exceeded all expectations, further demonstrating how U.K. creatives are global leaders in the television and streaming space. The nominations we have announced today highlight the incredible range of diverse, genre-defining content that is being created by U.K.

Puck News reports that Steven Knight, the prolific producer behind shows like Peaky Blinders, The Veil, A Thousand Blows and This Town, is no longer the screenwriter on an upcoming Star Wars movie about Rey, played by Daisy Ridley in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. The movie will pick up with Rey's story sometime after the end of The Rise of Skywalker as she attempts to set up a new Jedi academy. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is still attached to direct.

Before Knight was brought on board, Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson were writing the movie, but they were eventually cycled out. According to Variety, Disney is actively looking for new writers.

Whenever we hear news like this, we add it to the pile of reports about canceled Star Wars movies that have come up over the past several years. Marvel Studios CEO Kevin Feige was going to make a Star Wars movie,...

There is another disturbance in the Force. Screenwriter Steven Knight has departed the “Star Wars” movie set to follow Daisy Ridley’s Rey after the events of 2019’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”

In March 2023, Variety exclusively reported that Knight had signed onto the project, replacing original screenwriters Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson. Lucasfilm is actively talking with potential writers to take on the story, which has been said to chronicle Rey’s efforts to start a new Jedi Academy, but the delay likely means production won’t start until well into 2025 at least.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is still attached to direct the film, which would be her feature debut; she previously directed episodes of the Disney+ series “Ms. Marvel” after twice winning the Oscar for best documentary short film. While discussing her latest documentary about designer Diane von Furstenberg, which premiered on Hulu in June, Obaid-Chinoy told Variety that...

The world premiere of Movistar Plus+’s period comedy drama The Short Life (La Vida Breve) will headline the second edition of South International Series Festival, which takes place in Cádiz in southern Spain from October 25-30. It will showcase 47 series, including 12 world premieres and 15 Spanish premieres.

Created by Cristóbal Garrido and Adolfo Valor, and starring Leonor Watling and Javier Gutiérrez, The Short Life is set during the brief reign of Spain’s King Louis I. It is the only world premiere in competition.

Two competitions, fiction and non-fiction, have been created this year. BetaSeries CEO Rémi Tereszkiewicz heads the...

“The Last Kingdom” and “My Policeman” star David Dawson leads an international cast in the dystopian thriller “The Flaw,” the feature directorial debut of Theophilos Papastylianos, which is currently filming in Athens.

Dawson is joined by U.K. actors Arthur McBain, Ralf Little (“The Royle Family,” “Death in Paradise”) and Danny John-Jules. Veteran Greek theater director Angela Brouskou also joins the cast in a lead role.

Set in a dystopian world dominated by the Regime, “The Flaw” follows a ruthless Interrogator (Dawson) who is ordered by the Special Service to follow a perfect Plan to prove a Suspect (McBain) is guilty. But once the interrogation gets underway, he comes to realize that there is a flaw not only in the Plan, but also in the Regime itself.

Published in 1965, “The Flaw” is the best-known work of Antonis Samarakis, one of the leading figures in modern Greek literature. It has been...

Acclaimed British screenwriter Steven Knight has had a very busy 2024, penning Pablo Larraín‘s “Maria,” BBC One‘s series “This Town,” and the FX On Hulu show “The Veil.” But all eyes are on Knight’s 2025, which sees him finally make his “Peaky Blinders” movie (now titled “The Immortal Man“), as well as another brand new series, “A Thousand Blows.”

Read More: Fall 2024 TV Preview: 40 Must-See Series To Watch

And from Knight’s involvement alone, “A Thousand Blows” is easily one of 2025’s most anticipated new TV shows.

Continue reading ‘A Thousand Blows’ Teaser: Steven Knight’s New British Period Crime Series Hits Hulu In 2025 at The Playlist.

Backed by Mediaset España and Movistar Plus+, Cadiz’s South International Series Festival made an inaugural splash last year, showcasing some of Spain’s biggest series of the season.

In 2024, the Andalusia-based event has moved to a post-Mipcom stop-over berth, and with France as the guest country, attendance could well scale up.

Spain has hosted major TV markets for years now, including Conecta Fiction each summer and Iberseries & Platino Industria, which unspooled in Madrid last week. South sets itself apart by being a true festival in the vein of Canneseries or the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in France. While there will be plenty of roundtables, networking, and B2B get-togethers at South, the event’s main objective is to showcase some of the best new and new-ish series from around the world.

“From the very beginning, the idea was to create something different from what was already being done in Spain,...

A Discovery of Witches immediately gained popularity once the AMC show was added to Netflix, and I can tell you that I'm definitely not surprised. The fantasy series has all the elements to make it a success, and it's just so great to see. There's also only three seasons and they're not particularly long, so it's easy to get through quickly.

If you've reached season 3, then you might have noticed a different actor playing Baldwin Montclair, aka Matthew Clairmont's vampire brother. So why did Trystan Gravelle leave A Discovery of Witches (Adow) and why isn't he in the third season? Well, it all came down to scheduling conflicts during filming.

Scheduling conflicts got in the way of Trystan Gravelle returning to A Discovery of Witches

Per the official A Discovery of Witches X (Twitter) page, the show shared a post sharing that when production on season 3 came into play,...

Netflix’s House of Guinness has brewed its cast.

James Norton and Jack Gleeson have been named among the cast for Steven Knight-penned Guinness factory drama series.

Joining them are Niamh McCormack, Anthony Boyle (Masters of the Air, Manhunt), Louis Partridge (Pistol, Enola Holmes), Emily Fairn (The Responder, Black Mirror: Demon 79), Fionn O’Shea (Normal People, Dance First), Seamus O’Hara (Blue Lights, An Irish Goodbye), Dervla Kirwan (True Detective: Night Country, Smother), Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones, The Long Shadow), Danielle Galligan (Shadow and Bone, Obituary), David Wilmot (Station Eleven, Bodkin) and Hilda Fay (The Woman in the Wall, Spilt Milk).

The series, from Banijay UK’s Kudos, is billed as an epic story inspired by The Guinness family, a European dynasty made famous by the drink they brew.

‘Tinder Swindler’ Indie Builds Features Team

All3Media’s Raw, the company behind The Tinder Swindler, Three Identical Strangers and upcoming Amazon MGM Studios doc Crime 101, has hired Sam Gordon as producer/executive producer for its features team. Gordon is an experienced film and TV producer, with spells at Baby Cow, Calamity Films and BBC Films on his CV. Most recently, he was a development producer for Brouhaha Entertainment, where he worked on Firebrand and co-produced Karim Ainouz’s Motel Destino, which launched in Official Competition at Cannes this year. He also worked on Philomena and Stan & Ollie while at Baby Cow. At Raw, he’ll report into Cco Dimitri Doganis and CEO Joely Father, working with filmmakers Bart Layton and Tim Wardle, as well as Head of Scripted TV Sara Murray and other senior creative execs. Raw’s features to date have included American Animals, Three Identical Strangers, The Imposter,...

Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay Entertainment, has closed a significant scripted package deal with Spain’s Movistar Plus+, the country’s leading pay TV and SVOD service.

The agreement, encompassing over 60 hours of drama content, includes several of Banijay Rights banner titles at the London TV Screenings this year. Among them are the BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning “Wolf Hall,” Steven Knight’s “This Town,” the upcoming “The Hardacres,” historical drama “Marie Antoinette,” BAFTA award-winning “The Sixth Commandment” and the coming-of-age series “My Mad Fat Diary.”

Upscale mass audience entertainment, the dramas carefully observed social context makes them a good fit for Movistar Plus+, whose auteur-driven original series enrolling often some of the best movie directors in Spain, aim to be part of Spain’s cultural conversation.

Marion Vergnaud, senior VP Iberia, Italy and Malta, Banijay Rights, who brokered the deal, said: “From the inner workings of the...

By order of Netflix, Steven Knight's long-awaited Peaky Blinders movie is officially happening! Yes, three years since we first learned of showrunner Knight's plans to bring the Brum-set mob drama to the big screen – and two years since Series 6's epic finale saw Tommy Shelby riding off into the sunset – Deadline has confirmed that the series' feature-length follow-up has been greenlit at Netflix. And as if that ain't cause enough for celebration, Cillian Murphy will be back as Tommy Shelby for the film, with Blinders alum Tom Harper (Wild Rose) set to direct and Knight handling the script.

With a Peaky Blinders film finale having been on Knight's mind for a while now, we actually have a pretty solid idea of where our favourite flat-cap wearing clan's return will take us already. When Empire spoke to Knight back in 2022, the show's creator talked about how the Blinders story,...

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is writing the script for the movie, but letting someone else take on directing duties. More here.

Later this year, filming is set to begin on the long-mooted Peaky Blinders movie, that’s going to wrap up the long-running TV series with a cinema adventure. The film is going to be housed at the relatively new Digbeth Loc Studios site in Birmingham, the international production facility that’s been a passion project of writer, director and producer Steven Knight.

Steven Knight has been keen to bring such a facility to his home town, and the first major production that was homed at Digbeth Loc was the recent BBC TV series This Town. Now, Knight confirms in the new issue of Film Stories magazine that the Peaky Blinders film is on schedule to fully move in Digbeth Loc in September. Furthermore, he’s also confirmed that...

Star Wars has quite a list of projects in the works currently, from Mangold’s new Star Wars film that takes place thousands of years in the past to Waititi’s undisclosed project that he claimed “will piss off the fans.’ Somewhere in the middle of this is a new Rey movie ‘Star Wars: Episode X’ with the current working title ‘New Jedi Order,’ which is rather connected to what the movie is supposed to be about.

A new Star Wars movie was announced at Star Wars Celebration 2023, focusing on Rey after ‘The Rise of Skywalker.’ Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the film follows Rey’s journey to rebuild the Jedi Order. Originally, Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson were set to write, but Steven Knight took over. The story is set 15 years after ‘Rise of Skywalker,’ exploring the post-war, post-First Order galaxy with the Jedi in disarray. Kathleen Kennedy shared that...

Star Wars has a variety of projects in development right now, ranging from Mangold’s historical Star Wars film to Waititi’s mysterious project that he hinted might upset fans. Somewhere in between lies a new movie centered around Rey titled ‘Star Wars: Episode X,’ with the working title ‘New Jedi Order,’ which hints at its content.

This new Star Wars movie was unveiled at Star Wars Celebration 2023, focusing on Rey’s journey following ‘The Rise of Skywalker.’ Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the film explores Rey’s efforts to reconstruct the Jedi Order. Initially, Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson were slated to write, but Steven Knight took over. The story unfolds 15 years after ‘Rise of Skywalker,’ delving into the aftermath of war and the state of the galaxy with the Jedi in disarray. Kathleen Kennedy revealed that Rey is committed to fulfilling her promise to Luke by rebuilding the Jedi Order,...

The Peaky Blinders movie is in final stages, with shooting scheduled to start in September. Cillian Murphy is eager to return as Thomas Shelby. Fans can expect a film that will leave them "shocked and delighted," promises Steven Knight.

The eagerly anticipated Peaky Blinders movie is just undergoing "final polishes", confirms series creator Steven Knight. First debuting in 2013, the British drama told the story of the Shelby family, who run various legal and illegal enterprises across Birmingham following the First World War. Despite appearing in major blockbusters like Oppenheimer, Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy, and 28 Days Later, Cillian Murphy is perhaps most synonymous with playing the family's brooding and emotionally scarred 'leader', Thomas Shelby.

Speaking to NME to promote his new series, This Town, Steven Knight was asked about the current state of the Peaky Blinders movie, which was first confirmed back in 2021. Knight said the project is moving ahead well,...

The Peaky Blinders world will light up screens worldwide again with the news that Steven Knight is developing a movie sequel. After six seasons, the series ended two years ago and has been enjoyed by fans worldwide after it hit Netflix. In an interview with NME while talking about his new BBC series This Town, Knight shared an update about the film's progress, confirming that the September filming window was still on track, saying:...

The whole concept of art triumphing over every worldly problem sounds novel on paper, but it’s really hard to execute on screen. There’s a huge risk of things turning into a gimmicky mess. But that’s not the case with Steven Knight’s latest show, This Town, which is truly magnificent in every possible sense. It drops you in a world of chaos that is filled with genuinely likable characters worthy enough to root for. Engaging from the spectacular opening sequence of a riot breaking out to the final scene of a maddeningly beautiful concert, This Town is an ingenious piece of work. The 80s’ set Irish drama is a heady mix of many genres, from crime noir to coming of age to dysfunctional family drama to musical. Imagine if Sons of Anarchy was made by John Carney, and you get the idea!

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Meet Dante And...

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is taking audiences back to Birmingham with his new BBC series This Town. Set in the West Midlands in the 1980s, at a time of great political unrest, the show follows the formation of a band against such a backdrop of terror and violence and sparked a revolutionary chapter in the history of modern music. Knight’s iconic crime drama Peaky Blinders was also set primarily in Birmingham, but This Town is a more personal project for the British screenwriter, director, and producer, as it’s set during a time that he lived through and experienced first-hand. The music-themed series recounts the explosion of ska and two-tone that united youths and artists of all races and ages from the late 70s through the 80s in Coventry and Birmingham.

Cillian Murphy has been cast in 'Blood Runs Coal'.The 'Oppenheimer' actor will take the lead in an adaptation of Mark A. Bradley's book 'Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America' about a corrupt union leader who kills one of his rivals.As reported by Deadline, the movie is being scripted as "a starring and producing vehicles for Murphy".'Spectre' and 'Ford v Ferrari' scribe Jez Butterworth will pen the script alongside 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' writer John-Henry Butterworth.The story is set in the late 1960s in the Pennsylvania coal mines, focusing on one of the most infamous union crimes in United States history.The movie will focus on the life of Jock Yablonski, who championed better working conditions for miners.He accused an election opponent of fraud, and was assassinated along with most of his family.

Get ready to step back in time to the explosive year of 1981 with the premiere of “This Town,” airing this Sunday at 8:00 Pm on BBC One. In Season 1 Episode 1, viewers are transported to Birmingham, where the city is on the brink of chaos.

Amidst the turmoil, we meet Dante, a young man who finds himself caught up in the midst of a riot while searching for love. As he navigates through the streets of Birmingham, Dante discovers a new world filled with surprises, dangers, and unexpected opportunities.

Narrated with authenticity and depth, “This Town” offers a gripping portrayal of a pivotal moment in history, capturing the tension and excitement of a city in flux. Through Dante’s eyes, viewers are invited to witness the struggles and triumphs of individuals grappling with love, loyalty, and the desire for a better future.

Don’t miss the premiere of “This Town” this...

Fans of Peaky Blinders can look forward to the BBC One series This Town as a replacement. This Town, created by Steven Knight, focuses on a family in 1980s Birmingham. Future Peaky Blinders spinoffs include a movie and a show set in Boston, providing historical context and nuance.

Fans of Peaky Blinders, the Cillian Murphy-starred historical drama, will finally have a replacement after two years of waiting in the upcoming BBC One series This Town. Peaky Blinders chronicles the rise of the Shelby family in 1900s England, a notorious gang that earned the name Peaky Blinders by sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps. Led by Murphy's character Tommy Shelby, the gang quickly take over the city of Birmingham and dispatch anyone who gets in the way of their growing empire.

Peaky Blinders was created and written by Steven Knight, with Murphy starring alongside other larger...

Cillian Murphy will "definitely" return for the 'Peaky Blinders' movie.The BBC drama's creator Steven Knight has confirmed that the 'Oppenheimer' star will reprise his role as gangster Tommy Shelby in the big-screen adaptation of the drama that will be filmed later this year.Speaking to Birmingham World at the premiere of his new BBC series 'This Town', Knight said: "He definitely is returning for it. We're shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth."The Oscar-winner's return as Tommy Shelby is unsurprising as he has often talked about his interest in playing the character in a film as long as the script was of sufficient quality.Cillian told Rolling Stone UK last year: "If there's more story there, I'd love to do it. "But it has to be right. Steve Knight wrote 36 hours of television, and we left on such a high. I'm...

Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy will return to the mean streets of Birmingham to reprise his role in the BBC hit franchise when the Peaky Blinders feature-length movie films later this year, the creator of the show has confirmed.

The Oppenheimer star, whose streak of awards season wins this year culminated with him taking home the best actor Oscar at this month’s Academy Awards, starred in the hit BBC period crime series as Tommy Shelby, leader of the titular street gang. The news that he would reprise the role in the movie sequel was confirmed by creator Steven Knight during a red carpet interview on Tuesday at the premiere of his new BBC series, This Town.

“He definitely is returning for it. We’re shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth,” Knight, referring to the area of central Birmingham, told Birmingham World.

While speaking with the publication,...

Recent Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy is set to reprise his role as Tommy Shelby in the upcoming Peaky Blinders film.

The long-awaited Peaky Blinders film is finally gearing up to film in Birmingham this year. Before that, creator Steven Knight took to the red carpet to celebrate and promote his new BBC programme This Town. While there, Birmingham World asked the Peaky Blinders creator the question: will Cillian Murphy return as Tommy Shelby for the big screen adaptation of the hit TV show?

“He definitely is returning for it,” Knight told the outlet. “We’re shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth.”

Murphy just won the Oscar for Best Actor for his turn in Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Oppenheimer. He’s also due to appear in Tim Mielants’ Small Things Like These later this year.

The Peaky Blinders film doesn’t yet have an official release date, but...

Series creator Steven Knight has confirmed that star Cillian Murphy will return as Thomas Shelby for the Peaky Blinders movie. What’s more, Knight signaled a fall start for the production.

Knight dropped the news while speaking to BirminghamWorld at the premiere of his new BBC series, This Town. “He is definitely returning for it,” the screenwriter said of Murphy. “We’re shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth.”

Earlier this month, Murphy expressed his desire to reprise his role as the captivating crime boss. “I have always said that if Knight delivers a script that I know he can deliver, because he is such a phenomenal writer, I’ll be there,” the recent Oscar winner told the Irish Star.

It seems Knight has indeed delivered the script, and Murphy will indeed be there. Knight has had plans for a Peaky Blinders film since before the sixth and final season premiered.

By order of the Peaky Blinders, we've got some blockbuster news as it's been confirmed that the upcoming film adaptation of the world-famous sensation drama series is going to be sprinkled with gold. For those wondering what Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy is doing next, look no further. Speaking to BirminghamWorld at the premiere of his new BBC show, This Town, show creator Steven Knight delivered the thrilling news that Murphy would be reprising his role as the iconic Tommy Shelby in the film, which is set to begin production in September this year at the Digbeth Loc Studios in the East Midlands.

This Town, created by Steven Knight, sheds light on Birmingham's 1980s music scene amid social upheaval. The series promises a similar aesthetic to Peaky Blinders, showcasing a vibrant historical period on BBC One. This Town will premiere in March 2024 on BBC One.

A new trailer for This Town reveals the new period show from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Written by Knight and directed by The Crown’s Paul Whittington, the new BBC show charts the story of a group of young aspiring musicians drawn into the infamous 1980s Birmingham music scene at a time of great social, political, and economic upheaval. Starring Levi Brown (Payback), Jordan Bolger, Eve Austin (You), and Ben Rose (The Innocents), the show will make its debut on BBC One on March 31.

Ahead of This Town’s impending release, the BBC unveiled an official trailer for the six-part miniseries that showcases the drama’s violent backdrop.

The first trailer for the BBC’s upcoming drama This Town created by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has just been released. Set to be released on March 31, 2024, the show tells the story of an extended family fighting to choose their own paths during a time of social upheaval. The show is set in 1981 and revolves around a group of youngsters who decide to form a rock bang in the middle of the political unrest in Birmingham.

Pop music’s resident lover boys Niall Horan and Shawn Mendes charmed London on Friday night with a surprise performance of “Treat You Better.” Horan welcomed Mendes to the stage halfway through the latest stop on The Show: Live on Tour, sliding the appearance in between the tender ballads “Flicker” and “This Town.”

Both singers played guitar as they led the arena in a singalong of Mendes’ hit single from 2016’s Illuminate. “That’s my boy!” Horan exclaimed as his guest exited the stage. The appearances marks Mendes’ first live performance in almost a year.

“Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light,” formats “Upside Down” and “Shaolin Heroes” and premium doc feature “Front Row,” offering a novel take on the Ukraine War, are potential highlights on Banijay’s powerhouse lineup at what promises to be one of the biggest presentations at next week’s London TV Screenings.

Mixing third-party pick-ups and Banijay productions, further scripted titles take in second seasons of two Banijay hits, the sumptuous and revisionist “Marie Antoinette,” and “Rogue Heroes,” a big WWII special ops adventure story which hit high ratings on BBC.

Unspooling over Wednesday Feb. 28 at BAFTA in three sessions, dedicated to factual, scripted and then formats, the Banijay@BAFTA lineup, as last year, the spread will give audiences a chance to catch up with high-concept adventure reality “The Summit” and “Deal or No Deal Island,” described as an “epic” recast of the format.

Banijay’s lineup features some big names on the current U.