Peaky Blinders: What We Learned From the First Trailer for The Immortal Man — Tommy Shelby Returns, Barry Keoghan as Duke
The first full trailer for the new Peaky Blinders film, The Immortal Man, has been released, and it lays out a clear, high-stakes picture: Tommy Shelby returns to Birmingham during World War Two to confront family, legacy and the cost of his past. The trailer establishes setting, cast dynamics and the moral reckoning that will drive the story.
Peaky Blinders trailer reveals setting and stakes
The trailer places the action in Birmingham in 1940 amid the destruction of World War Two. It presents a greying, older-looking Tommy Shelby driven back from a self-imposed exile to face what is teased as his most destructive reckoning yet. Press notes for the film frame the conflict in stark terms: the future of both the family and the country are at risk, and Tommy must decide whether to confront his legacy or burn it to the ground.
Visual cues in the trailer suggest a changed Small Heath — the neighborhood Tommy once commanded is no longer the same, and the war-time backdrop raises the scale of the consequences tied to his choices. That shift is presented as both personal and political, with the film positioning Tommy's return as a pivot point for those around him and for a wider social landscape.
Peaky Blinders cast additions and character dynamics
The trailer introduces several notable castings and returns. Cillian Murphy reprises his role as Tommy Shelby; the trailer notes he won an Oscar for a previous role. Alongside Murphy, the cast includes a new cohort of established actors and returning faces, setting up a mixture of fresh tensions and familiar family drama.
- Barry Keoghan appears as Duke Shelby — described in the trailer as Tommy's illegitimate firstborn son and the current gang leader. The portrayal positions Duke as a force running the Peaky Blinders in a way that echoes the past.
- Rebecca Ferguson is seen warning Tommy that he must face his demons for the good of his family and the country.
- Tim Roth, Stephen Graham and Sophie Rundle are also visible in the trailer; the latter returns as Tommy's sister Ada and Graham returns in his familiar role. Keoghan is noted as having received an Oscar nomination for a previous role.
These cast relationships are set up to explore intra-family conflict and generational consequence: Ada's lines in the trailer call out Tommy for abandoning his kingdom and his son, while other characters emphasize the haunted legacy of choices made in earlier years.
Tommy Shelby's moral reckoning and the film's narrative direction
The trailer centers Tommy's inner conflict as the engine of the story. On his return, he confronts a son who leads in ways reminiscent of an earlier era and a community reshaped by war. Key dialogue and imagery suggest that Tommy's past actions have left long shadows — a house haunted by the dead, a son running the gang in 1919-style fashion, and advisors urging him to confront his demons for the sake of others.
Tommy's own protestations that he is not the same man any more are met with skepticism in the trailer, underscoring the emotional friction at the heart of the film. That friction sets up both personal stakes — repair or further destruction of family ties — and larger implications about leadership, legacy and violence in a community under strain.
What the trailer promises next
The trailer functions as a compact promise: a wartime landscape, a returning leader forced to face past sins, and a new generation asserting itself in his absence. It teases a central decision point for Tommy that could redefine the Peaky Blinders and the people around them. Viewers should expect the film to explore the costs of power and the possibility of confronting or perpetuating a violent legacy.
Details beyond the trailer remain limited; the footage sets tone and stakes rather than answering all questions. Recent updates indicate further information will emerge as promotional material continues, and plot specifics may evolve as more is revealed.
