Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Starring Cillian Murphy Hits Theaters 2 Weeks Before Netflix

Fresh from announcing it has bought Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion, Netflix has confirmed the merchandise day of the upcoming movie Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man successful theaters arsenic good arsenic connected the streaming level itself.

The upcoming continuation of the communicative of the Shelbys makes its debut with a theatrical rollout successful prime theaters opening connected March 6, 2026, 2 weeks earlier it hits Netflix connected March 20.

To coincide with the announcement, Netflix released a poster, below, showing prima Cillian Murphy, who volition reprise his relation arsenic Tommy Shelby, sitting connected a equine with his eyes successful shadiness nether the brim of his signature hat.

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. Image credit: Netflix.

The movie’s authoritative synopsis lays the groundwork for wherever we prime up successful the communicative arsenic the movie begins. It reads: “Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven backmost from a self-imposed exile to look his astir destructive reckoning yet. With the aboriginal of the household and the state astatine stake, Tommy indispensable look his ain demons, and take whether to face his legacy, oregon pain it to the ground. By bid of the Peaky Blinders.”

Alongside Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, Sophie Rundle, Barry Keoghan, and Stephen Graham prima successful the film. Tom Harper directs from a publication written by Steven Knight, with Murphy producing and Harper enforcement producing.

The movie was greenlit and announced successful June 2024. “It seems similar Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me,” Murphy said successful a connection astatine the time. “It is precise gratifying to beryllium recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper connected the movie mentation of Peaky Blinders. This is 1 for the fans.”

"I’m genuinely thrilled that this movie is astir to happen," Knight besides commented astatine the clip successful an interrogation with Deadline. "It volition beryllium an explosive section successful the Peaky Blinders story. No holds barred. Full-on Peaky Blinders astatine war."

He added: “When I archetypal directed Peaky Blinders implicit 10 years ago, we didn’t cognize what the bid would become, but we did cognize that determination was thing successful the alchemy of the formed and the penning that felt explosive. Peaky has ever been a communicative astir household — and truthful it’s incredibly breathtaking to beryllium reuniting with Steve and Cillian to bring the movie to audiences crossed the satellite connected Netflix.”

Now its woody to bargain Warner Bros. is confirmed, Netflix has said it expects shorter theatrical runs for movies successful aboriginal "to conscionable the assemblage wherever they are, quicker."

Today's announcement by Netflix that it volition get the Harry Potter, DC Comics, and Game of Thrones proprietor came with an acknowledgement that it plans to proceed releasing Warner Bros.' films theatrically — astatine least, for now.

Speaking successful an capitalist call, Netflix brag Ted Sarandos was asked however the company's plans for theatrical releases mightiness alteration post-merger. And portion Sarandos stopped abbreviated of confirming immoderate factual plans, the CEO made wide that helium believed shorter theatrical windows were the aboriginal — and what consumers wanted.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.