Major Peaky Blinders movie news ahead: the official trailer for the upcoming film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man was just released — and it reveals that Barry Keoghan will play the son of Cillian Murphy’s iconic character Tommy.
The sneak peek of the movie, which will finish off the storyline started in the six-season series, revealed that Keoghan’s character has been “running the Peaky Blinders like it’s 1919 all over again,” according to Sophie Rundle’s Ada, in Tommy’s absence after he pulled back from the gangster life.
Creator Steven Knight recently opened up about casting Keoghan in the role. “I never leap on board when people start saying about an actor, ‘Oh my God, he’s got this stillness,'” Knight told Entertainment Weekly. “You start using all these words about an actor. But with him, it’s all true. I wanted him to be the son from the beginning, and when we knew we got him, he took it to another level. Who he is in real life is perfect for this. He’s just so good.”
He noted that the film’s focus has shifted a bit over the years, but the essence and main narrative have stayed the same since he started building out the film when Peaky Blinders was actively airing. “The father and son were the main structures,” he told the outlet, which highlights how important it was to get a top-notch actor like Keoghan in the role.
Knight also put the spotlight on the ending of the trailer, which features Keoghan’s character and Murphy’s character having a moment together. “Just to see those two in The Garrison on either side of the bar drinking whiskey — didn’t get any better for me,” he gushed to EW.
The Immortal Man represents the final goodbye for Thomas Shelby, who was first introduced in the first episode of Peaky Blinders back in September 2013. The movie, which was written by Knight and directed by Tom Harper, is set to arrive in theaters on March 6 and then debut on Netflix on March 20.
Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
