Fresh from announcing it has bought Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion, Netflix has confirmed the release date of the upcoming film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man in theaters as well as on the streaming platform itself.
The upcoming continuation of the story of the Shelbys makes its debut with a theatrical rollout in select theaters beginning on March 6, 2026, two weeks before it hits Netflix on March 20.
To coincide with the announcement, Netflix released a poster, below, showing star Cillian Murphy, who will reprise his role as Tommy Shelby, sitting on a horse with his eyes in shadow under the brim of his signature hat.
The movie’s official synopsis lays the groundwork for where we pick up in the story as the film begins. It reads: “Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground. By order of the Peaky Blinders.”
Alongside Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, Sophie Rundle, Barry Keoghan, and Stephen Graham star in the film. Tom Harper directs from a script written by Steven Knight, with Murphy producing and Harper executive producing.
The film was greenlit and announced in June 2024. “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me,” Murphy said in a statement at the time. “It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for the fans.”
“I’m genuinely thrilled that this movie is about to happen,” Knight also commented at the time in an interview with Deadline. “It will be an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders story. No holds barred. Full-on Peaky Blinders at war.”
He added: “When I first directed Peaky Blinders over 10 years ago, we didn’t know what the series would become, but we did know that there was something in the alchemy of the cast and the writing that felt explosive. Peaky has always been a story about family — and so it’s incredibly exciting to be reuniting with Steve and Cillian to bring the movie to audiences across the world on Netflix.”
Now its deal to buy Warner Bros. is confirmed, Netflix has said it expects shorter theatrical runs for movies in future “to meet the audience where they are, quicker.”
Today’s announcement by Netflix that it will acquire the Harry Potter, DC Comics, and Game of Thrones owner came with an acknowledgement that it plans to continue releasing Warner Bros.’ films theatrically — at least, for now.
Speaking in an investor call, Netflix boss Ted Sarandos was asked how the company’s plans for theatrical releases might change post-merger. And while Sarandos stopped short of confirming any concrete plans, the CEO made clear that he believed shorter theatrical windows were the future — and what consumers wanted.
Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
