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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