Cillian Murphy
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Cillian Murphy is as soon as once more mining the non-fiction house for his work. After profitable a greatest actor Oscar for Oppenheimer, the actor is hooked up to star in and produce Blood Runs Coal, an adaptation of the non-fiction ebook that Common has acquired.
The mission is predicated on the 2020 ebook Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Staff of America. Writer Mark A. Bradley’s ebook follows the 1969 homicide of mining union organizer Joseph “Jock” Yablonski, who was killed at residence together with his spouse and daughter. The killings adopted Yablonski campaigning in opposition to a corrupt union chief, and sparked a prolonged investigation that unveiled shady dealings throughout the coal trade.
John Davis and Jordan Davis will produce through Davis Leisure. Murphy and Alan Moloney will produce through Large Issues Movies. Bradley will government produce.
Murphy is busier than ever following his main position in Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the daddy of the atomic bomb. He’s hooked up to work on a sequel trilogy to twenty-eight Days Later, the 2002 zombie characteristic that launched his profession, and in addition has a Peaky Blinders film within the works to comply with his long-running interval gangster TV collection. Murphy is repped by CAA, Lou Coulson Associates, David Weber/Sloane Supply.
Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth will adapt the script for Blood Runs Coal. The duo labored on Fringe of Tomorrow, whereas Jez Butterworth can also be identified for James Bond movie Spectre and Ford V Ferrari, and John-Henry Butterworth’s credit embrace Get On Up and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future. The Butterworths are repped by CAA and Alan Wertheimer at Jackoway Austen.