That much-rumoured Peaky Blinders movie seems to be well underway, at least according to one of the show's directors.
A movie adaptation of the hit BBC show has been talked about for years now, though we may have just been given our first concrete news in a while.
"I think it's actually being written," director Otto Bathurst, who helmed the first three episodes of the show, told Yahoo Movies UK. "I think Steve, Steve Knight the writer, I think they're planning something, yeah."
Last year, Knight said that they were "probably going to do it", though no further plans have since emerged.
Series lead Cillian Murphy was asked about a movie back in 2016, though he did not seem hugely keen, saying: "I'm sort of ambivalent about it. I'm sort of like, 'Eh, yeah, I don't know, I'm not sure'.
"I love the idea sort of theoretically, but it has to come at the right time, you know? You can't alienate the beautiful democratic thing of television where everyone just watches it."
He added: "It's kind of a sexy idea, but I'll reserve judgement until the idea is presented to me."
However, Murphy later said that he would be up for a movie "in theory", adding: "If the writing's as good as it is for the show, then for sure, yeah".
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