Cillian Murphy says Tommy Shelby will return on the big screen next year. In a new interview, Murphy indicated the long-awaited Peaky Blinders film is slated for 2026, lining up the franchise’s big-screen chapter ahead of the newly announced sequel series.
The movie is titled The Immortal Man and serves as a direct continuation of the BBC/Netflix series. It’s set during World War II and has wrapped filming, which makes a 2026 rollout realistic. Reported cast includes Murphy alongside Rebecca Ferguson, Barry Keoghan, Stephen Graham, Tim Roth, Sophie Rundle, and more. Tom Harper directs from a script by creator Steven Knight.
The timing also fits with this week’s news that Netflix and the BBC ordered two seasons of a Peaky Blinders sequel series set in 1953. That show follows a new generation of Shelbys and arrives after the movie, with Murphy aboard as an executive producer. In short, the screen order is: film first, sequel series next.
What to know
- Release window: Murphy says the film lands in 2026, following reports the project shifted from an earlier target.
- Status: Filming is complete and the movie is in post-production.
- Story era: World War II, bridging the gap from the series finale to the postwar sequel show.
- Sequel series: Two six-episode seasons are set in 1953 Birmingham and focus on the next wave of Shelbys, with Steven Knight returning.
If you’ve been waiting since the series ended in 2022, the pieces are finally aligned. Expect the cap, the razor, and Tommy’s stare to be back on your screen in 2026, with the saga continuing right after in the sequel series.
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