Peaky Blinders movie: everything we know so far about Netflix film The Immortal Man

Peaky Blinders is returning as a movie on Netflix. The show is one of the UK’s longest running – and most loved – period crime dramas.

Titled The Immortal Man, it's set to be a dark and thrilling look into gangland crime in Birmingham, set just after World War II, it was based on the real-life Peaky Blinders street gang who terrorised the city of the West Midlands, robbing ‘n’ racketeering, unleashing brutal violence on others and running illegal gambling set-ups.

The BBC show ran for six seasons from 2013 to 2022, and its creator, Steven Knight, made household names of the main actors, Cillian Murphy as the lead, Tommy Shelby; Anna Taylor-Joy, Sam Claflin, Joe Cole, the late Helen McCrory and the ever-expanded cast saw all sorts of brilliant other faces pop up, like Adrien Brody, Stephen Graham and Paddy Considine to name just a few.

With the film in the can: that’s where we are right now, but what else can we expect from the film? Here’s everything we know so far.

Peaky Blinders movie release date

Huzzah! Netflix has finally confirmed that The Immortal Man will hit the streamer on March 20, 2026.

If you can't wait that long, it will have a limited theatrical release from March 6, though exact locations are currently unknown. In other words, keep your eyes peeled.

Peaky Blinders the movie: trailer, is there one?

Nope, not so much as a peek of a flat cap yet. Again, as soon as the trailer is released, we’ll bang it up here in all its glory.

Peaky Blinders the movie: cast

Obviously it wouldn’t be Peaky Blinders without Cillian Murphy, who returns once again as Tommy Shelby.

But the big interest is around new faces joining the gang, namely Barry Keoghan and Rebecca Ferguson and Tim Roth, whose roles have yet to be announced.

Other confirmed cast include:

• Stephen Graham as Hayden Stagg
• Sophie Rundle as Ada Thorne, née Shelby
• Ned Dennehy as Charlie Strong
• Packy Lee as Johnny Dogs
• Ian Peck as Curly
• Jay Lycurgo

Meanwhile, Knight has teased that there are even more famous names to come, calling the cast list “mindblowing”.

Peaky Blinders the movie: plot

The official Netflix synopsis reads, "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…"

Knight previously told Deadline: “The thing is that when I’m writing anything, but particularly Peaky, I tend to not have a plan except something very, very broad."

So for the film, it’s actually set in World War II which I think I probably wouldn’t have done for series 7; I’d have probably taken it up to the war but because it’s a movie then I think we need a sort of gear change.”

Knight reiterated this again in September 2024, and when filming began, he told Netflix: “I’m thrilled to see the cameras rolling on this new chapter of the Peaky Blinders story, set during World War II. The country is at war, and so, of course, are our Peaky Blinders.”

Netflix got hold of Peaky Blinders’ rights and streamed it in the US, and just before the final series aired on the BBC, Knight first mentioned the idea of a PB film in January 2021 to Variety:

“[The film is] in development. It’s a fully formed idea and it has a beginning, middle and end. And I think it’s going to be a fitting conclusion to the story told so far, but from it, there will be things I don’t really call spinoffs, but there will be other TV shows that I hope will come out of [it], that will continue to tell the story of this part of society and this family.”

The film was confirmed in June 2024, with Knight telling Deadline that the film would “be an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders story. No holds barred. Full-on Peaky Blinders at war.” Murphy added: “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.”

Filming began in September 2024 and it all started rolling in Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham, and in St Helens, around the Pilkington Watson Street works. It was a relatively quick shoot for a film, as it was all wrapped by December 13, giving everyone a nice long Christmas break, presumably.

The Peaky Blinders-verse: future

Now that production has come to an end on the new Netflix movie, Knight told BBC Breakfast: "We're putting it together now. I would say this, wouldn't I? But it's fantastic. We've got, I think, the best British actors all in one place, including Stephen [Graham]."

He also added that the movie will prove to be "a very fitting way to end this part of the Peaky story," which sparked questions from the presenters if there will be any future projects. Well, there's a glimmer of hope as Knight reassured fans that the Peaky Blinders story isn't over. He teased: "It's not over, let's just put it like that. I'm not allowed to announce it... but I'm just saying that the world of Peaky will continue."

Speaking with Esquire in 2022, Knight hinted that someone was planning to “pop out” in the film, which could then take the story elsewhere, in another film or even format: “The film, I know exactly what it's about. And I know what two stories it's going to tell. How the story will unfold, I don't know. What will happen after that, I want that to depend on the film. For all we know somebody is going to pop out – I think I know who it's going to be.”

And he confirmed that the film won’t be the end of PB in an interview with Times Radio in December 2024. He said: “Well, it’s interesting you should ask that question because the film is coming out and that won’t be the end. It won’t be the end, let me put it that way. I’m not saying none of it.” Watch this space!

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