In a new era of Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders, the race to own Birmingham’s massive reconstruction project becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions. Opinion: Can the Peaky Blinders sequel succeed without Cillian Murphy? I'm not so sureCillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders. But in the sequel seasons, Murphy isn't reprising his role – he's set to be the executive producer. I'm completely clutching at straws here, seeing everything we know about the Peaky Blinders sequel is limited.