There’s been plenty of chatter and unofficial confirmations, but after years of headlines, Netflix has finally greenlit the Peaky Blinders movie starring Academy Award-winning actor Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby OBE. First-look image and all (see: above).
“It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me,” said Murphy, who is also onboard as a producer.
“It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with [series creator] Steven Knight and [director] Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for the fans.”
Steven Knight, who has penned the screenplay and will serve as a producer, added: “I’m genuinely thrilled that this movie is about to happen. It will be an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders story.”
“No holds barred. Full-on Peaky Blinders at war.”
Here’s everything we know so far about Netflix’s Peaky Blinders movie.
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Has the Peaky Blinders movie been confirmed by Netflix?
As outlined above, yes: Netflix has — at long last — confirmed all systems are go for the Peaky Blinders movie; with series creator Steven Knight and leading man Cillian Murphy returning.
Additionally, season 1 director Tom Harper (Heart of Stone, The Aeronauts, War & Peace) would be revisiting BBC’s hit crime drama as the currently untitled project’s director.
“When I first directed Peaky Blinders over 10 years ago, we didn’t know what the series would become, but we did know that there was something in the alchemy of the cast and the writing that felt explosive,” he said in a press statement today.
“Peaky has always been a story about family — and so it’s incredibly exciting to be reuniting with Steve and Cillian to bring the movie to audiences across the world on Netflix.”
Production was initially slated to kick off sometime last year, according to series creator Steven Knight, who added that it would, “probably be the sort of the end of the road for Peaky Blinders as we know it.”
“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,” he explained at the BFI London Film Festival.
Of course, cameras never actually began rolling. More on this later.
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But that’s not all…
Anyone who was less than satisfied with the Peaky Blinders finale (which aired back in 2022) will be glad to hear that in addition to the movie, Netflix is making it up to you with two spin-offs.
Late last year, Bloomberg reported one of these spin-offs would be set in Boston during the middle of the 20th century (a few decades after the events of the original series).
The other would be centred upon Shelby clan matriarch Polly Gray. Given the passing of the character’s actress, Helen McCrory, we can only assume this would take the form of a prequel delineating her rise to prominence.
This falls in line with the earlier sentiments of Steven Knight, who previously stated he’d be willing to keep the BAFTA-winning crime drama’s cinematic universe alive with “shows related” to the main story.
Knight did also state, however, that should such projects go ahead, he’d adopt an extremely hands-off approach; instead choosing to “pass on the baton” to another creative with a vision.
Elsewhere, the British entertainment creative — who has been keeping himself busy with everything from SAS: Rogue Heroes and several other period dramas (i.e. one about the rise of Ferrari; another British crime drama starring Stephen Graham) to a “mysterious” Star Wars movie — stated, “the story is not yet over.”
“Huge thanks to our incredible fans for the past ten years. Here’s to the next ten.”
What will the Peaky Blinders movie be about?
While plot details are still very much under wraps, Steven Knight has long affirmed it would be set during World War II, potentially with a bit of narrative spillage beyond.
“It was always Britain between the wars — how the lesson from one war was not learned and was repeated,” Knight explained of the original series to Empire.
“It’s also the end of empire: we enter the Second World War and by the end of it, there is no empire, really.”
“I think of this sixth series as the end of the beginning.”
This feature-length sequel will likely also address the fallout of the season 6 finale wherein Murphy’s Tommy Shelby settles the score with cousin Michael Gray (Finn Cole), thereby fulfilling the late Polly Gray’s (Helen McCrory) prediction.
The calculating Shelby family patriarch also dispatches the IRA assassins responsible for the hit against his family; and hands the family business to sister Ada (Sophie Rundle) before finding peace and embracing his Romani gypsy roots by riding off on a white horse into the sunset.
Knight told Esquire: “The film, I know exactly what it’s about. And I know what two stories it’s going to tell. 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.”
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Do we know the Peaky Blinders movie cast members?
Initially, there were some doubts surrounding whether Cillian Murphy would reprise his role as Tommy Shelby OBE now that he’s won an Academy Award for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (along with doubts surrounding the long-discussed Peaky Blinders movie, period).
Thankfully, both have since been officially locked in.
Prior to this week’s announcement, series creator Steven Knight stepped in to ease our concerns.
“He definitely is returning for it,” said Knight (via Indiewire).
“We’re shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth [Birmingham].”
Cillian Murphy himself has consistently expressed an interest in the Peaky Blinders movie — on the condition that it’d be of a certain standard and not just cheap fan service for those who enjoyed the hit BBC/Netflix crime drama (“It has to be right.”).
“If there’s more story there, I’d love to do it,” he explained to Rolling Stone back in 2022.
“Steve Knight wrote 36 hours of television, and we left on such a high. I’m really proud of that last series. So, it would have to feel legitimate and justified to do more.”
Clearly, the talented Mr Knight has fulfilled the criteria. And attracted some A-list talent in the process, namely:
- Rebecca Ferguson (Dune, Mission: Impossible)
- Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction, Lie To Me, The Hateful Eight)
Other names we can reasonably expect include the following:
- Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby Jr., Tommy’s brother and right-hand man
- Sophia Rundle as Ada Thorne (nee Shelby), Tommy’s sister and newly-crowned family head
- Natasha O’Keeffe as Lizzie Shelby (nee Stark), Tommy’s estranged wife
- Conrad Khan as Esasmus “Duke” Shelby, Tommy’s illegitimate firstborn son from before World War I
- Possibly Harry Kirton as the banished brother Finn Shelby
Yet another fan-favourite character there’s room for is Tommy’s fellow crime boss (and the closest thing he has to a friend) in Alfie Solomons, portrayed by the one and only Tom Hardy.
Alfie is canonically still alive despite all that business towards the end of season 4 and season 5 in Margate; his rather limited on-screen presence throughout season 6 was due to Hardy’s professional availability.
Hopefully, there won’t be any scheduling conflicts by the time cameras roll for this one.
When is the Peaky Blinders movie release date?
The Peaky Blinders movie has officially begun principal photography in association with BBC Film.
“I’m thrilled to see the cameras rolling on this new chapter of the Peaky Blinders story, set during World War II,” Steven Knight recently told Netflix.
“The country is at war, and so, of course, are our Peaky Blinders.”
Assuming the standard 12-18 month period for a feature-length project of this scale — accounting for principal photography, editing, and marketing rollout — we should expect the release date to fall anywhere between late 2025/early 2026.
As for whether this will arrive straight to our streaming queues or attempt a limited theatrical run parallel to the digital release, that remains to be seen.
Has the Peaky Blinders movie trailer been dropped yet?
At this stage, there isn’t a Peaky Blinders movie trailer. But there is a first-look image of Cillian Murphy reprising his role as Tommy Shelby (see: top of this article).
Stay tuned for the crucial updates.
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