{"id":48492,"date":"2024-03-26T12:28:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T11:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2015277"},"modified":"2024-03-26T13:11:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:11:24","slug":"cillian-murphy-to-star-in-blood-runs-coal-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/cillian-murphy-to-star-in-blood-runs-coal-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cillian Murphy to star in Blood Runs Coal adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The newly minted Oscar-winner will also produce the new historical drama. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 26 March 2024 at 11:28 AM<\/p>

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It has been reported that Cillian Murphy has already lined up a new epic film following his Oscars win for playing the titular character in Oppenheimer<\/a>, with an adaptation of the book Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America.<\/p>\n

The 2020 non-fiction book tells the story of a union leader Tony Boyle, who was convicted in 1974 of charges of conspiracy in the murder of Joseph A Yablonski, Yablonski\u2019s wife Margaret, and their daughter Charlotte. Yablonski\u2019s son Chip later made it his mission to find justice for the death of his father.<\/p>\n

Murphy will reportedly be producing as well as starring as Chip, while the script is said to be coming from brothers Jez Butterworth (Ford v Ferrari) and John-Henry Butterworth (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny<\/a>), who have previously teamed up on a number of projects.<\/p>\n

According to Deadline<\/a>, a pre-emptive acquisition deal was done for the book two days before Murphy won the Best Actor<\/a> Oscar for his role in Oppenheimer.<\/p>\n