Cillian Murphy to star in crime thriller ‘Blood Runs Coal’
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Oscar® nominee Cillian Murphy arrives on the red carpet at the 96th Academy Awards® at the Dolby® Theater at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Credit/Vendor: Mike Baker / ©AMPAS Copyright: ©AMPAS
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- Cillian Murphy will play a crusading lawyer in ‘Blood Runs Coal’.
- It will be based on the book by Mark A. Bradley.
- Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth will adapt the script.
Cillian Murphy is certainly having a giant time by any definition of the word. After years working in supporting roles, television and independent films, he is now an Oscar winner thanks to his performance in ‘Oppenheimer’ and is being courted for all kinds of roles.
Universal, which financed and distributed Christopher Nolan’s multi-award-winning biodrama, was so eager to work with its star again that it created a new project, the true crime film ‘Blood Runs Coal’ for him to direct and produce in a couple of days. before the Academy Awards.
And, like ‘Oppenheimer,’ it will see him at the center of a compelling real-life story.
What is the story of ‘Blood Runs Coal’?
Cillian Murphy accepts the Oscar® for Lead Actor during ABC’s live telecast of the 96th Academy Awards® at the Dolby® Theater at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Credit/Vendor: Phil McCarten ©AMPAS Copyright: ©AMPAS
The new film will adapt Mark A. Bradley’s 2020 book ‘Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America.’
Set in the coal mines of Pennsylvania in the 1960s, it chronicles one of the most infamous crimes in the history of organized labor.
Jock Yablonski, a second-generation miner whose father died in an underground explosion, sought to improve conditions in the mines where he worked. He ended up running for president of his miners’ union against the corrupt and uncaring incumbent Tony Boyle, who regularly stole union funds for his own needs, including his re-election campaign.
When Yablonski dared to run against him on a platform to expose his evil deeds, Boyle ordered him killed, and Yablonski died along with most of his family one New Year’s Eve.
However, brothers Chip and Kenneth Yablonski had not been home the night of the murders, and Chip, a labor lawyer, began a crusade to have Boyle investigated. Boyle ended up accused of hiring a hitman and was sentenced to three life sentences following his conviction in 1974. He died in prison just over a decade later.
Murphy would play Chip in the film, which is scripted by writing duo Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth. There is no director on board yet.
What other potential jobs does Cillian Murphy have?
Cillian Murphy in ’28 Days Later’ in 2002. Photo: Fox Searchlight Images.
Murphy has a big to-do list right now. He also produced and starred in the historical drama ‘Small Things Like These’ and is attached to a Netflix film called ‘Steve’, directed by ‘Small Things’ filmmaker Tim Mielants.
And according to ‘Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight, Murphy will once again play gang leader Tommy Shelby in the film continuation of that police series, which ran for six seasons between 2013 and 2022.
Finally, Murphy has embarked on ’28 Years Later’, the upcoming sequel to the 2002 zombie thriller ’28 Days Later’, which was one of his big breakout roles. At the moment, he’s an executive producer, but we’d be surprised if he didn’t return to his lead role as Jim in Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s new film.
When will ‘Blood Runs Coal’ hit theaters?
Universal hasn’t set a date for the new film yet, but given Murphy’s schedule, he may have to wait a while.
Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in ‘Oppenheimer’, written, produced and directed by Christopher Nolan.
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