Peaky Blinders Movie: First Trailer Reveals Tommy Shelby's Return and Calke Abbey's Key Role
The first full trailer for the Peaky Blinders Movie, The Immortal Man, has arrived, signaling Tommy Shelby's return to Birmingham in 1940 and spotlighting Calke Abbey as a major production location. The trailer and production details matter because they set the tone for a wartime chapter that ties family stakes to the fate of the country.
What the Peaky Blinders Movie Trailer Reveals
The trailer presents an older, greying Tommy Shelby, reprised by Cillian Murphy, who is driven back from a self-imposed exile to confront what is framed as his most destructive reckoning yet. The story is set amid the destruction of World War Two in Birmingham, where changes to the neighbourhood and the gang’s dynamics are already visible.
Key cast updates visible in the trailer include a prominent new role for Barry Keoghan as Tommy's son, who now leads the gang and appears in need of guidance. Rebecca Ferguson's character urges Tommy to face his demons for the sake of family and country, while Sophie Rundle returns in her role as Tommy's sister. Stephen Graham also appears in the ensemble, and Tim Roth is shown in a formal, official-looking role who secretly approaches Tommy's son with an offer that suggests betrayal and collaboration with enemy forces.
Two elements woven into the trailer stand out as driving forces for the film's conflict: the generational tension within the Shelby dynasty and the broader national peril that forces moral choices. The trailer frames Tommy's central decision as whether to confront his legacy or to attempt to burn it down, a dilemma that promises to carry both personal and political consequences.
Calke Abbey and the Film's Production Footprint
Calke Abbey in Derbyshire was chosen for its atmospheric authenticity and will play a visible, key role in the film. The stately home's peeling paintwork and layered interiors were used to evoke a period when country houses were in rapid decline, allowing the production to film major scenes without extensive alteration.
Production used several specific rooms and areas: ground floor passageways, the kitchen, the schoolroom and the night nursery were all featured in shooting. The stable yard and riding school were repurposed to display vintage cars rather than their usual agricultural storage. One striking visual highlighted by the production is a scene featuring Cillian Murphy emerging from thick mist with a slow, staggering stride; the house is expected to become instantly recognisable for that sequence.
Bringing Calke Abbey to screen involved significant, careful work by the site team. More than 1, 300 historic objects were packed, moved and later reinstated, a process that required more than 950 hours of hands-on effort to protect the house's collections while enabling filming.
The Immortal Man has a two-stage release plan: it is scheduled to open in cinemas from 6 March and to launch on streaming on 20 March. These windows place the film in both theatrical and home-viewing contexts, which could shape audience reach and conversation around the franchise’s next chapter.
What to Watch For Next
From the trailer and the Calke Abbey footage, several threads will be critical to follow once the film is released: how Tommy navigates the moral choice at the story's center, the dynamics between Tommy and his son as the younger Shelby runs the gang in an old-fashioned way, and how the wartime setting escalates the stakes for both family and country. The physical production choices — including the use of a decaying country house and period vehicles — suggest a film focused on atmosphere as much as on character drama.
Recent material indicates a film that leans into heavy moral reckonings and wartime menace while reuniting familiar faces and introducing new ones who complicate Tommy Shelby’s path. Viewers can expect a chapter that foregrounds legacy, betrayal, and the cost of power in a nation at war.
