Netflix has released the official trailer for “Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,” with the original TV series star Cillian Murphy returning as Tommy Shelby. As revealed by the new trailer, Barry Keoghan plays a grown-up Duke Shelby, the illegitimate son of Tommy who’s now running the Peaky Blinders gang.
The trailer shows that the Peaky Blinders are terrorizing England, which is in upheaval during World War II.
“Your gypsy son is running Peaky Blinders like it’s 1919 all over again,” Ada Shelby (Sophie Rundle) tells Tommy, who is forced to return to his violent, old lifestyle and step up against Duke. Tim Roth plays a British Fascist sympathizer, who offers Duke a way to support Germany during the war. Eventually Tommy must remind everyone who he is and take a stand against Duke to save his city.
In addition to Murphy and Rundle, Stephen Graham and Ned Dennehy return as Shelby family allies Hayden Stagg and Charlie Strong, respectively. The cast also includes newcomers Rebecca Ferguson and Jay Lycurgo.
Tom Harper, who directed several episodes of the original “Peaky Blinders” series, helms the film. The show premiered on BBC in 2013, with Netflix later acquiring the U.S. rights. “Peaky Blinders” ended in 2022 after six seasons. The show was created by British screenwriter Steven Knight. A sequel series was picked up for two seasons by Netflix and BBC, with Murphy executive producing. According to the plot description, it takes place after “The Immortal Man.”
“After being heavily bombed in WWII, Birmingham is building a better future out of concrete and steel,” the logline says. “In a new era of Steven Knight’s ‘Peaky Blinders,’ the race to own Birmingham’s massive reconstruction project becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions. This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and danger: with the Shelby family right at its blood-soaked heart.”
“Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man” releases on Netflix on March 20.
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From Variety US