Cillian Murphy is on a hot streak booking his next gig after winning the best actor Oscar for 'Oppenheimer.' The actor is attached to star in and produce 'Blood Runs Coal,' an adaptation of the non-fiction book that Universal has acquired.
00:00Cillian Murphy is on a hot streak, booking his next gig after winning the Best Actor Oscar for Oppenheimer.
00:06The actor is attached to starring and produced Blood Runs Coal, an adaptation of the non-fiction book that Universal has acquired.
00:14The project is based on the 2020 book and follows the 1969 murder of mining union organizer Joseph Jock Yablonski,
00:21who was killed at home with his wife and daughter.
00:23The killings followed Yablonski campaigning against a corrupt union leader and sparked a lengthy investigation that unveiled shady dealings within the coal industry.
00:32No word yet on a production start date.
00:34Murphy is busier than ever these days following his leading role at Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.
00:41Aside from Blood Runs Coal, the actor is attached to work on a sequel trilogy to 28 Days Later, the 2002 zombie feature that launched his career.
00:50In addition to this, fans have been buzzing about his involvement in the Peaky Blinders movie, which is in the works, to follow his long-running period gangster TV series.
00:59Series creator Stephen Knight confirmed that Murphy would be starring in the movie during a red-carpet interview on Tuesday at the premiere of his new BBC series, This Town.
01:07He definitely is returning for it. We're shooting it in September.
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