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Four years after Tommy Shelby rode off into the fog, Cillian Murphy is back in the cap. Netflix has confirmed that Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man will hit cinemas on 6 March 2026, with streaming to follow on 20 March.
Now that the official trailer has dropped, one thing’s clear. This isn’t a victory lap. Tommy isn’t rebuilding. He’s barely holding himself together.
Series creator Steven Knight returns to script the film, which lands between the original series and a sequel show already in development at Netflix. That follow-up is set roughly 20 years later and will track a new generation of Shelbys. This film, though, drags us back to the man who started it.
What is ‘The Immortal Man’ About?
The film picks up in 1940 as Britain braces for the Second World War. Tommy Shelby, fresh from a self-imposed exile that never quite stuck, is dragged back into a world he can’t outrun. With the country and his family under threat, he’s forced to confront an old enemy, take on new powers, and face the ghosts he’s spent years trying to bury.
The trailer makes it clear this isn’t a triumphant return. Tommy is isolated, medicating and living in what Murphy describes as a kind of purgatory. “Once, I nearly got fuckin’ everything,” he says. “But nearly doesn’t count.”
Meanwhile, Duke Shelby is running the Peaky Blinders like it’s 1919 all over again, and this time the danger isn’t just gangland politics. A British fascist sympathiser named Beckett enters the frame, threatening to pull the next generation of Shelbys into something far bigger than Birmingham.
It’s a story about legacy, loyalty and the kind of lavish violence the Shelbys call tradition.
“The country is at war, and so, of course, are our Peaky Blinders,” creator Steven Knight told Netflix. He describes the film as “explosive” and “full-on Peaky Blinders at war.”
Murphy agrees, saying the character wasn’t done with him yet and calling the film “one for the fans.”
Confirmed Cast for ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’
The film brings back familiar faces and drops a few heavy hitters into the fray. The confirmed cast includes:
- Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby
- Rebecca Ferguson
- Tim Roth as Beckett
- Sophie Rundle as Ada Thorne
- Ned Dennehy as Charlie Strong
- Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Agnes Shelby
- Packy Lee as Johnny Dogs
- Ian Peck as Curly
- Jay Lycurgo
- Barry Keoghan as Duke Shelby
- Stephen Graham as Hayden Stagg
- Sam Baker-Jones as Jake
It’s a mix of returning loyalties and new forces capable of rattling a few Shelbys.
Where the Film Fits in the Peaky Blinders Timeline
The Immortal Man follows the events of the series finale, which left Tommy alive, isolated and stripped of the empire he’d spent decades building. After walking away from his family, burning his possessions and preparing to face his fate, he discovered he’d been manipulated into believing he was dying. The final moments showed him riding off alone, purpose renewed, but with nothing left to rule.
The film picks up from that open-ended departure. The year is 1940. Britain is at war. And Tommy, dragged back from self-imposed exile, must face what the story calls his “most destructive reckoning yet.”
The trailer makes it clear that whatever clarity he found at the end of Season 6 didn’t last. He’s withdrawn, medicating, half-living in a house full of ghosts while Duke runs the streets in his absence. The man who once controlled Birmingham now has to decide whether he still believes in the kingdom he built.
‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ Release Date
The Shelbys march back into cinemas on 6 March 2026, with the film hitting Netflix shortly after on 20 March 2026—two weeks to let the smoke settle before the streaming crowd catches up.
By order of the Peaky Blinders.
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