A Thousand Blows is looking like it will be even more of a knockout new show when it arrives on Hulu in the US and Disney Plus internationally next year, following the release of new artwork today.
Alongside the announcement about the new images (see above and below), Disney also confirmed that the show will premiere on February 21, 2025, which means it’ll arrive two days after the new Pixar series Win or Lose debuts.
With such a stacked February lineup, it’s probably safe to assume that our best Disney Plus shows and best Hulu shows guides will be in need of a big overhaul by then after seeing new images of BAFTA award-wining actor Malachi Kirby playing the boxer Hezekiah Moscow aka ‘Ching Hook’.
Given that A Thousand Blows is made by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, it’s great to see him really lean into making the show a realistic retelling of boxing in Victorian London. It seems the screenwriter and director does some of his best work when it’s inspired by real-life events.
While the show is fictionalized, it is loosely based on the real lives of a group of East Londoners in the 1880s, who find themselves in the criminal underbelly of a bare-knuckle boxing scene. Such a setting requires a gritty cast that can pull it off and Kirby looks fighting ready in the new images.
According to Disney’s plotline for the show, Hezekiah Moscow will find fortune and fame in the boxing ring but his new found attention also attracts an infamous crime leader Mary Carr (Erin Doherty) and self-declared leader of East London boxing Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham), who set out to exploit him.
With such a talented cast onboard, I can’t wait to stream A Thousand Blows when it arrives on Disney Plus in the UK on February 16, 2025.