The new Peaky Blinders film brings one of the franchise’s longest-running fan theories into the open.
The trailer makes it clear that the mysterious Pinto Shelby is not just a new rival. He is Tommy Shelby’s son, and he is running the Peaky Blinders in the 1940s like it is 1919 all over again.
The reveal changes everything about the story the film wants to tell. Tommy returns from exile to a Britain at war and finds the family he helped build in a different hand.
The trailer opens with a blunt reckoning. Someone tells Tommy that his house is haunted by the ghosts of people who died because of him and that he abandoned his kingdom and his son.
Tommy replies that he is not the man he once was, yet the trailer shows him pulled back into a plot that could shape the course of the war.
Barry Keoghan joins Cillian Murphy on screen, and the chemistry between them is the emotional core of the preview. Barry plays Duke, also referred to as Pinto Shelby, and the trailer makes clear that he leads a new generation of the Peaky Blinders.
Ada tells Tommy that his Gypsy son is running the Peaky Blinders like it is 1919, and that line alone explains why Tommy must confront the past and the son he left behind.
The stakes in the trailer are both personal and global. A proposition is made to Tommy to take part in an act of treason that might decide this war for Germany.
Tommy’s reaction is bleak and blunt. He says the world does not give a damn about him, and he does not give a damn about the world, but then he declares this is now his war. That flip from refusal to commitment gives the film its dramatic engine.
Visually, the trailer leans into the franchise signature. The garrison pub appears as the symbolic center where father and son finally meet.
The film sets up tense family moments and large-scale conflict at once. Costuming, setting, and period detail move the story into the 1940s, while the music in the trailer pushes the series familiar mix of modern soundscapes with period action.
The movie was written by the show creator and led by an ensemble that brings back familiar faces while adding new ones. Beyond Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan, the cast includes Rebecca Ferguson, Stephen Graham, and Tim Roth among others.
Show creator Steven Knight has said he wanted Barry for the role from the start and praised the actor’s stillness and presence.
Barry himself has said he was thrilled to be part of the project and that he gets to deliver the now iconic line by order of the Peaky Blinders.
For fans, the reveal resolves long-running speculation. Social chatter after the trailer dropped focused on how Duke or Pinto would shape the family legacy and whether Tommy could accept the son he left behind.
Reactions ranged from excitement at the father-son showdown to curiosity about how the film will balance politics, family, and violence amid wartime.
The trailer gives a few clear lines to quote and to hold onto as signs of tone and intent.
Tommy is accused of abandoning his son. Ada tells him his Gypsy son is running the Peaky Blinders like it is 1919.
Tommy is asked whether he will take part in an act of treason that will decide the war. The trailer ends on a note that feels like a promise and a threat at once.
Tommy remembers that he nearly had everything and then admits that nearly does not count.
If you want context for why the story moves into the 1940s, it is the logical next chapter for a franchise rooted in the fallout of war and in family dynastic control.
The Peaky saga has always tied small personal betrayals to larger political shifts. Set against a new global conflict, the film asks whether Tommy’s legacy is something he can reclaim or whether being an immortal man in name means being chained to past choices.
The film opens in select theaters on March 6 and arrives on Netflix on March 20. The soundtrack features contemporary artists who continue the franchise tone, including Grian Chatten, Amy Taylor, and Nick Cave.
Expect heavy atmosphere, a father-son confrontation at the Garrison, and a plot that blends personal reckoning with wartime stakes.
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