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Cillian Murphy has landed another thrilling role following his Oscar win earlier this month for portraying famed physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.
On Monday, it was announced that the 47-year-old Irish actor will star and produce the upcoming film Blood Runs Coal.
The movie, based on the book Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America by Mark A. Bradley, is set in the late 1960s in the coal mines of Pennsylvania, according to Deadline.
It will follow 'one of the most infamous crimes in the history of organized labor' and chronicle the life of a coal miner, Jock Yablonski, 'who advocated for better working conditions with the United Mine Workers after a mine explosion killed his father.'
Cillian Murphy is set to star in his first film since earning an Oscar for portraying famed physicist J Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer; seen on March 10, 2024
Ultimately, Yablonski was killed by Tony Boyle, who was convicted of conspiracy in the 1969 murder of Yablonski and his wife and daughter.
Murphy has been cast as Jock’s surviving son, Chip Yablonski, that 'made it his life mission to get justice for his father.'
Jez Butterworth and his brother John-Henry Butterworth, who have co-written several screenplays together, including Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Ford v Ferrari (2019), penned the script.
Earlier this week, news broke that Murphy would be returning for the highly-anticipated Peaky Blinders movie.
The star - who played gangster Tommy Shelby in the BBC series which ended in 2022 - will begin shooting later this year with the rest of the cast.
Creator Steven Knight shared the exciting news while speaking to BirminghamWorld at the premiere of his new BBC show This Town last Thursday.
He said: 'He is definitely returning for it. We're shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth.'
The movie is set to begin filming at Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham in September, and will be set during the Second World War.
Just two weeks after taking home his first Academy Award, the 47-year-old Irish actor has been announced to star in the upcoming film titled, Blood Runs Coal
Murphy has been cast as coal miner Jock Yablonski's surviving son, Chip Yablonski, (seen above in 1970) that 'made it his life mission to get justice for his father'
Cillian had previously said of the project earlier this year: '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.
'If we want to watch 50-year-old Tommy Shelby, I will be there. Let's do it.'
Fans were thrilled with the news as they wrote in reaction: 'We are back.. the goat is backkkkkkkk.',
'Glad to see him back in the role for the film. Should be good.',
'I AM SO EXCITEDDDDD. This news made my day.',
'Oh my It's back.',
'This is a must tbh. Wouldn't be the same without him.',
'this gonna be massive.'
After his historic Oscars win for Best Actor for Oppenheimer last month, Cillian said of his character Tommy: 'I loved playing him. He was exhausting and so wildly different for me that each time going back was kind of a journey.
Earlier this week, news broke that Murphy would be returning for the highly-anticipated Peaky Blinders movie
'I'm really not sentimental about work. I feel like the next thing is the most exciting thing. And I mean, it was a ten-year period in my life, so it is significant, but I always feel, like, let's keep moving.'
He previously said he would be happy to
