Though they were movie length (and had some screenings), Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology was detoken ed more in/with regard to’concerning’regarding small screens that enormous’vast’massive’tremendous . But he's heading back to movies in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Blitz, which was first reported last year. Saoirse Ronan is now on board to star.###No, this isn't a remake of the 2011 Jason Statham crime thriller. Backed by Apple TV+, it'll tell the story of a group of Londoners during the bombing of the capital during World War II.###McQueen is writing, directing and producing this new project, which is being kept mostly under wraps in/with regard to’concerning’regarding now, so we don't know what role Ronan is taking. We do know, despite’in spite of’albeit , that she'll star alongside a newcomer that McQueen has discovered.###Apple will no doubt be hoping that this can be an awards player, so expect a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous cinema release. But McQueen first has to make the film, and he'll start shooting bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e the end of the year.