Universal Studio's 'Blood Runs Coal' to have Cillian Murphy in lead role
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Los Angeles: Hollywood studio Universal Pictures is slated to release a new feature film starring Irish actor Cillian Murphy.
Blood Runs Coal is a period mining drama starring Murphy, who recently won his first Best Actor Oscar for his role in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, the Hollywood Reporter, an entertainment news source, reports this.
The project is based on author Mark A Bradley’s non-fiction book Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America.
The story is about the 1969 murder of mining union organiser Joseph “Jock” Yablonski, who was killed at home with his wife and daughter, PTI reported.
The killings followed Yablonski campaigning against a corrupt union leader and sparked a lengthy investigation that unveiled shady dealings within the coal industry.
Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth, who earlier worked on Tom Cruise's 'Edge of Tomorrow', will adapt the screenplay.
Blood Runs Coal will be produced by John Davis and Jordan Davis through Davis Entertainment. Murphy and Alan Moloney will also produce under their banner Big Things Films.
Murphy's upcoming projects also include a sequel to his 2002 zombie hit 28 Days Later, and a Peaky Blinders movie that will follow his long-running period gangster TV series.