We Are Getting A 'Peaky Blinders' MOVIE After The Upcoming Final Season
With yesterday’s news that BAFTA-winning period gangster epic Peaky Blinders will conclude with its sixth season came a promise of the series continuing “in another form,” creator Steven Knight said. Elaborating on that, he tells Deadline, “Covid changed our plans. But I can say that my plan from the beginning was to end Peaky with a movie. That is what is going to happen.”
A film has long been considered for the series, and while there are no details for the moment and Deadline understands that nothing has been formalized, it would seem a logical extension for the show which has become its own industry — or as Knight has told me in the past, Peaky is “a beast that will not die.” There have been tie-in books, clothing lines, an official soundtrack and a video game. Knight has also been approached about a spinoff ballet version and a West End musical.
'Peaky Blinders' is one of my favorite shows currently running, and I know I'm not alone. Rich acting, amazing storylines/intricate plots and AMAZING music highlight this series which I have absolutely no problem labeling must-watch. In my eyes, season 1-3 are elite, season 4 is very good, and season 5 is just regular good. That slight dip in quality, specifically in the last season, definitely has me a little concerned with how the last season will wrap up, especially given where season 5 left off. I do have faith that Knight made sure that it has the ending it deserves.
Here is what I will say about the idea of capping it off with a movie. There is a track record of TV series that have done this, and it is pretty hit or miss. You might immediately think of the 'Entourage' movie, which was ass, but you can counter with the 'Deadwood' movie, which was good. There are a lot of different examples, but I really just don't know where Steven Knight would take it. He is a pretty talented writer of movies, but I am terrified of the idea that he might direct it.
His history there includes 'Locke', which I think was OK but a lot of people hated, and 'Serenity' which is one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my entire life. We at LCB affectionately call it 'Dad Boat', because the entire movie takes place around a boat and the entire movie turns out to be a video game where a kid was role-playing as his dead dad and fucking his mom. Spoiler alert. It's a 3/100 for me.
I do think that he would defer to a different director for this movie, as he has with the seres. But what happens in this movie? Will it just be an expanded vehicle for Tommy Shelby to finally die so we can have a sense of closure? Maybe something more from another perspective almost like 'El Camino'? I really have no idea. I do love this idea in concept regardless