Netflix has finally unveiled the full trailer for THE IMMORTAL MAN, the highly anticipated Peaky Blinders film that marks the continuation of Steven Knight’s acclaimed television saga. The trailer confirms that Oscar winner Cillian Murphy will reprise his iconic role as Tommy Shelby, the flat cap-wearing criminal mastermind, as he returns to Birmingham during the devastation of World War Two.
The film boasts an impressive ensemble of new and returning talent. Rebecca Ferguson, known for her work in DUNE, joins the cast alongside Tim Roth from RESERVOIR DOGS and Barry Keoghan from SALTBURN, who takes on the role of Shelby’s son—a young man desperately in need of guidance. Stephen Graham, an accomplished actor recognized for ADOLESCENCE, returns to the fold, as does Sophie Rundle, reprising her role as Tommy’s sister Ada. The supporting cast rounds out with appearances from Ned Dennehy, Packy Lee, Ian Peck, and Jay Lycurgo.
According to the trailer’s revelations, Tommy faces a reckoning of devastating proportions. Ferguson’s character confronts him with harsh truths, noting that he lives in “a house haunted with ghosts of people who died because of you” while accusing him of abandoning both his kingdom and his son. Ada delivers equally cutting words, explaining that Tommy’s illegitimate firstborn son, Duke Shelby—now portrayed menacingly by Keoghan—has taken control of the Peaky Blinders and is running them “like it’s 1919, all over again.” Tommy’s response, “I can’t help him, because I’m not that man anymore,” rings hollow, convincing neither the people around him nor himself.
Set in Birmingham in 1940 amid the rubble and chaos of World War Two, THE IMMORTAL MAN shows a greying and weathered Shelby driven back from self-imposed exile to confront his most destructive reckoning yet. The stakes have never been higher—with the future of his family and the nation itself hanging in the balance, Tommy must decide whether to face his demons and confront his legacy or burn everything to the ground. The Birmingham he once commanded has transformed in his absence, and nothing remains as he left it.
Directed by Tom Harper and written once again by Knight, THE IMMORTAL MAN arrives in select cinemas on March 6, with its streaming release on Netflix following two weeks later on March 20.