The Peaky Blinders spin-off movie 'The Immortal Man' has been released on Netflix after a cinema run. According to reports, the film has been a box office success and critically acclaimed, and it has remained at the top of Netflix's chart of most-watched movies since arriving on the platform.
The film 'The Immortal Man' stars Cillian Murphy and an ensemble cast including Sophie Rundle, Stephen Graham, and others. Paul Anderson did not reprise his role as Arthur Shelby in the film, with creator Steven Knight insisting that the character being killed was the only reason he was not part of the film.
The story determines the cast, and the story was set.
Arthur Shelby died two years prior to the events of the film, with Tommy Shelby having killed him. This event left Tommy living in isolation after Arthur's death, haunted by visions of his daughter Ruby.
The film introduces Duke, Tommy Shelby's illegitimate son from an affair with a gypsy woman, who took over the Peaky Blinders after Tommy left.
I knew that Tommy needed to have done something that he couldn't forgive himself for. Therefore, that's why the plot went in that particular direction.
In November 1940, Nazi Germany plots to use counterfeit British currency to trigger hyperinflation in the UK, with John Beckett, a Nazi agent sent by Hitler, offering Duke a large sum of counterfeit money to help distribute it.
Tommy returns to Birmingham to stop Duke's alliance with Beckett, spurred by Ada Shelby informing him of Duke's actions and Kaulo Chiriklo, twin sister of Zelda Chiriklo, convincing him to return to Birmingham to save Duke.
But in terms of Paul, all I'll say is that he's a fantastic actor.
Key plot developments include a Luftwaffe raid in Birmingham that destroys a BSA munitions factory, killing its female workforce, and Tommy planning to kill Beckett at the mortuary where Ada's body is.
Character revelations include Tommy's wife Lizzie having left him with their son during season 6 of the show, and Kaulo prods Tommy into admitting the truth about Arthur's death.
I'm thrilled to be announcing this new chapter in the Peaky Blinders story.
The film 'The Immortal Man' premiered at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 2 March 2026, was released in select cinemas on 6 March 2026, and globally on Netflix on 20 March 2026.
Contradictions exist in the narrative regarding Arthur's death and the amount of counterfeit money. On Arthur's death, one version claims Tommy accidentally killed him under the influence of opium, while another states he murdered Arthur with his bare hands in a drunken rage. Regarding the counterfeit amount, Beckett offers Duke £90 million (about £400 million today), but Duke agrees to distribute £350 million of counterfeit currency.
Once again it will be rooted in Birmingham and will tell the story of a city rising from the ashes of the Birmingham blitz.
Unknowns persist, such as whether Paul Anderson's personal issues influenced his absence beyond the plot reason given by Steven Knight, and the exact release date for the Peaky Blinders sequel series beyond a possible mid-to-late 2027 window. Specific details about the new characters and adventures teased for the sequel series also remain unclear, along with whether Cillian Murphy will reprise his role as Tommy Shelby. Critical reception details and box office figures for 'The Immortal Man' beyond general success claims have not been fully disclosed.
Netflix and the BBC confirmed two new six-part sequel series of Peaky Blinders in October 2025, set in the 1950s after the events of the film and focusing on Birmingham's reconstruction and the Shelby family.
Steven Knight previously claimed it was the 'plan from the beginning' to end the story 'with a movie'.
Filming for the sequel series began in Stoke-on-Trent in early March 2026, with a possible mid-to-late 2027 release, and the new run of episodes will be set 20 years after the events of season one.
The creative team involves Cillian Murphy on board as a producer for the sequel series, and the new run of episodes will focus on a new generation of Peaky Blinders.
Steven Knight teased new characters and adventures for the sequel series.
Unknowns about the sequel include specific details about release dates, characters, and Cillian Murphy's acting role, with no confirmation of a sequel film to 'The Immortal Man'.