"Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man" trailer breakdown: Steven Knight previews a fatherson story (exclusive) Samantha HighfillThu, February 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC 0 Cillian Murphy is Thomas Shelby in 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man' Courtesy of Netflix Thomas Shelby is a changed man... at least for now.
"Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man" trailer breakdown: Steven Knight previews a father-son story (exclusive)
Samantha HighfillThu, February 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC
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Cillian Murphy is Thomas Shelby in 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man'
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Thomas Shelby is a changed man... at least for now.
In the just-released official trailer for Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man — the film that will conclude the former show's story — Cillian Murphy's infamous gangster has retreated from his life when he gets word that his son, played by Barry Keoghan, is "running the Peaky Blinders like it's 1919 all over again," as Ada (Sophie Rundle) tells Tommy.
"The father and son were the main structures," series creator Steven Knight tells Entertainment Weekly of the idea behind the finale film, which he admits has changed slightly in the four years since season 6 aired. But the general idea is the same, and now, Knight is breaking down the trailer exclusively for EW and revealing a bit more about what to expect from Thomas Shelby's final farewell.
"You live in a house haunted with ghosts of people who died because of you"
The trailer kicks off with a quote from Rebecca Ferguson's new character, Kaulo. "She just sort of takes over, in a really good way," Knight says of adding Ferguson to the cast. Although the details of her character are being kept under wraps, Knight knew he wanted her to serve a specific purpose within the Peaky Blinders universe.
"I wanted her to reflect the tradition of powerful female characters and the fact that Peaky has always been a bit supernatural," he says. "I wanted the idea of destiny and fate, and is it fate or is it your own choice and free will and all that. She's just such a great actor."
Barry Keoghan in 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man'
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The Gypsy son
Ferguson isn't the only new face in the mix. As her character also tells Tommy, he's abandoned his kingdom...and his son.
"I never leap on board when people start saying about an actor, 'Oh my God, he's got this stillness,'" Knight says of casting Keoghan as Tommy's son. "You start using all these words about an actor. But with him, it's all true. I wanted him to be the son from the beginning, and when we knew we got him, he took it to another level. Who he is in real life is perfect for this. He's just so good."
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As for the final shot of the trailer, Knight admits, "Just to see those two in The Garrison on either side of the bar drinking whiskey — didn't get any better for me. "
"I'm not that man anymore"
When we find Tommy, he's not the gangster of earlier seasons. He's hung up his suit, and he's left Birmingham behind.
Technically speaking, it's been years since we last saw him riding off on a white horse, and he's yet to recover from losing so many of his loved ones, in particular his daughter, Ruby (Heaven-Leigh Clee). "He's in a very bad place," Knight says. "He's withdrawn from the world. He's haunted by his life and the things he's done."
But ultimately, Tommy has always been driven by family, and that will be the thing that makes him once again grab his lethal newsboy cap. "For family, he's invited to come back to the world and save his son," Knight says.
Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby in 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man'
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Timeline
Previously, Knight had said the series would end with the first siren sounding for World War II. This film, however, takes place a few years later than originally planned, dropping viewers into Birmingham in 1940, as the chaos of WWII is already underway. "That was my original idea when I first started writing episode 1 of series 1," Knight clarifies.
But after sitting with the story — and finding inspiration from a few historical events — Knight decided to tweak his original plan. As for why he's ending things on a movie and not another season? "The plan was always to do series 6, series 7, and then the movie. But the pandemic happened, so we didn't do 7. So rather than delay, we went straight to the film. But it was always the plan to finish with a feature film. It's a good way to end it."
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man hits select theaters on March 6, followed by Netflix on March 20.
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Published: February 19, 2026 at 10:00AM on Source: PRIME TIME
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