Cillian Murphy returns to 'Peaky Blinders' world with new film 'The Immortal Man'

Record ID: 2364185

  • Title: Cillian Murphy returns to 'Peaky Blinders' world with new film 'The Immortal Man'
  • Date: 12th March 2026
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (RECENT - MARCH 1, 2026) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR AND PRODUCER, CILLIAN MURPHY, ON BARRY KEOGHAN'S CASTING AS THOMAS SHELBY'S SON DUKE SHELBY, SAYING:  "And I suppose for me I had, all the research I had was like thirteen years in making the show. I was very lucky to have that. And then the key thing was the casting, you know? A
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  • Keywords: Barry Keoghan Cillian Murphy Peaky Blinders Peaky Blinders The Immortal Man Peaky Blinders movie Rebecca Ferguson Steven Knight Thomas Shelby Tom Harper Tommy Shelby
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / VARIOUS
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / VARIOUS
  • Country: UK
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Film
  • Reuters ID: LVA004276410032026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: CLIPS FROM "PEAKY BLINDERS: THE IMMORTAL MAN" CONTAIN PROFANE LANGUAGE
    Oscar winner Cillian Murphy returns to the gritty world of "Peaky Blinders" with a new film set during World War Two.
    The Irish actor reprises the role of Birmingham gangster Thomas "Tommy" Shelby, leader of the Peaky Blinders gang, now ageing and stepping out of retirement to foil a Nazi conspiracy in the British city of Birmingham.
    "I was always up for it, the idea... we were developing the script for years... just trying to get it right, see if we could justify its existence because it's a different beast, like a two-hour story as opposed to a six-hour story," Murphy told Reuters, referring to the "Peaky Blinders" series which first aired in 2013 and went on for six seasons, made up of six episodes each. The first was set in 1919.
    "Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man" introduces new cast members including actors Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth and Barry Keoghan who plays Tommy's illegitimate son, Duke Shelby. Their relationship provides the emotional crux of the story. 
    "When we got the story... clicking, it became just about family, about father and son," Murphy said.
    "The violence is the backdrop... you look at 'The Sopranos'...  it's the moments in the kitchen. It's all family," Keoghan added. 
    The Netflix film was written by the series showrunner Steven Knight.
    "I always wanted from the end of series one to end this part of the story with a film, and also to have that film set in the Second World War," he said. "It was always an intention to finish it in this way."
    Knight, who is also penning the upcoming James Bond movie, opens "The Immortal Man" by recreating the 1940 bombing of the Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) factory, where his mother worked.
    "My mum was working at the BSA factory at the time, putting explosive into artillery shells, but she wasn't on shift that night... she survived," he said.
    "I've always wanted the Peaky thing to be rooted in those sort of personal stories."
    "Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man" is out in cinemas for a limited theatrical release and begins streaming on Netflix on March 20.
    (Production: Shaurya Thapa, Marie-Louise Gumuchian)
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