Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby Faces His Biggest Test in ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ Trailer

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Published Feb 19, 2026, 9:41 AM EST

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He's back. The first trailer for Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man has finally dropped, bringing Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby out of exile and straight into wartime chaos. And the biggest twist? Barry Keoghan is playing Tommy’s renegade son. Set in Birmingham in 1940, the film unfolds against the backdrop of World War II, with the Shelby empire once again caught in political and personal crossfire.

The film is written by series creator Steven Knight and directed by Tom Harper, marking a reunion for the creative team that helped shape the original series. Knight has promised “an explosive chapter” with “no holds barred” storytelling — essentially Peaky Blinders dialed all the way up.

The trailer teases a darker, more explosive chapter, with Keoghan’s character spiraling into chaos and forcing Tommy to return home to clean up the mess. There are also heavy wartime stakes, with Tim Roth appearing as a British Nazi sympathizer plotting an event that could shift the balance in Germany’s favor. Alongside Murphy, Keoghan, and Roth, the film features Rebecca Ferguson, Sophie Rundle, and Stephen Graham.

What's 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man' About?

The teaser opens with the question fans have been asking since the series finale: “Whatever happened to Tommy Shelby?” At one point, Tommy himself says, “I’m not that man anymore.” Whether that’s growth, denial, or something more ominous is anyone’s guess. Murphy told Netflix:

“It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me. It is very gratifying to be re-collaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for the fans.”

The official synopsis is as follows:

Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground. By order of the Peaky Blinders…

“The country is at war, and so, of course, are our Peaky Blinders,” Knight told Netflix. “It will be an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders story. No holds barred. Full-on Peaky Blinders at war.”

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man hits select theaters on March 6, 2026, and lands on Netflix on March 20, 2026.