Tom Hardy joins the cast of hit period crime drama Peaky Blinders

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By JASON CHESTER
February 14, 2014



Tom Hardy will make a return to TV later this year after joining the cast of period drama Peaky Blinders.

The British movie star will appear in the second series of the hit BBC Two gangster drama, joining his The Dark Knight Rises co-star Cillian Murphy.

The official Twitter account for Peaky Blinders'announced the news on Friday, writing: 'FAN EXCLUSIVE: TOM HARDY WILL JOIN THE CAST OF #PEAKYBLINDERS! As a thanks for your support, YOU are the 1st to know (sic)'

Peaky Blinders follows the Shelby crime family - led by the cunning and masterful Tommy (Cillian) - and is set in Birmingham just after World War I.

The drama also stars top acting talent such as Helen McCrory and Sam Neill as Chief Inspector Chester Campbell, a detective who arrives in Birmingham from Belfast to rid the city of corruption and gangs


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Rosamund Pike, Sam Neill join 'Long Way Down': Pascal Chaumeil adapts Nick Hornby novel (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

LONDON -- Rosamund Pike and Sam Neill have joined the cast of French filmmaker Pascal Chaumeil's English-language debut "A Long Way Down."

Pike and Neill join Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots in the adaptation of Nick Hornby's darkly comic best-seller, which has just started lensing in the U.K. and Spain.

The film is about four strangers who meet on New Year's Eve on the top of a London skyscraper, who each had intended to jump off but make a pact to stay alive and help each other.

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