The primary trailer for Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is right here, and it sees the return of Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby – watch beneath.
After the climax of the sixth season of the Netflix present, creator Steven Knight determined to end up the story of Tommy Shelby with a by-product characteristic movie, which is about to be launched in choose cinemas on March 6, earlier than it lands on the streaming service on March 20.
On the finish of the ultimate season, Murphy’s character rides off into the sundown after discovering out that his terminal mind tumour was really the results of a malicious false prognosis orchestrated by one in every of his enemies, and the movie will now discover the subsequent chapter in Tommy’s life.
Within the trailer, launched right now (December 24), Tommy returns, whereas a voice asks: “No matter occurred to Tommy Shelby, the well-known gypsy gangster?” Murphy later declares, “I’m not that man anymore”.
We additionally get a glimpse of forged newcomer Barry Keoghan, alongside ominous explosions and gatherings of Nazi teams. Watch right here:
The movie was greenlit final yr and encompasses a script written by Knight, with Tom Harper, who helmed a number of episodes in season one, returning as director.
Talking about returning to the function, Murphy has mentioned: “It looks as if Tommy Shelby wasn’t completed with me. It is rather gratifying to be collaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the movie model of Peaky Blinders. That is one for the followers.”
In a current interview with The Observer, Murphy defined why he determined to return to Peaky Blinders. “As a result of we received a very good script, and I’ve a way of responsibility to the followers as a result of, in some ways, they made the present the success that it’s,” he sais. “It’s a correct bookend to the entire 36 hours of tv.”
He went on to say he’d been listening to plenty of Fontaines D.C.‘s newest album ‘Romance‘ to get him again into the mindset of Tommy Shelby. “I did work out that I’ve been taking part in the character for 1 / 4 of my life, which is sort of mad,” he added.
Stephen Graham can be returning as union chief Hayden Stagg, as is Sophie Rundle as Tommy’s sister Ada. In addition to Keoghan, Rebecca Ferguson and Tim Roth are additionally becoming a member of the forged.
The official description of The Immortal Man reads: “Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is pushed again from a self-imposed exile to face his most harmful reckoning but. With the way forward for the household and the nation at stake, Tommy should face his personal demons, and select whether or not to confront his legacy, or burn it to the bottom. By order of the Peaky Blinders…”
“I feel the movie is gonna be a step up once more, and it’s gonna be nice that Peaky followers can meet in a single place and watch it,” he instructed NME earlier this yr. “The price range can be greater, but additionally as a result of we all know we’re ending this chapter, we’re all going to attempt to do our greatest.”
