Peaky Blinders Storms the Big Screen: Barry Keoghan Joins Cillian Murphy in The Immortal Man
Saltburn and The Batman star Barry Keoghan is joining Cillian Murphy for Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, taking charge of a new generation of flatcaps as the long-awaited film heads to select theaters worldwide.
Peaky Blinders finally has a big-screen update worth talking about: Barry Keoghan is in. And not as a blink-and-you-miss-it gangster either. He is playing the leader of a new wave of flatcaps in the film, which has a title now too.
The essentials
- Title: 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man'
- Release plan: select theaters globally on March 6, 2026, then Netflix on March 20, 2026
- Barry Keoghan joins the cast as the leader of a new generation of Peaky Blinders
- Cillian Murphy is still front and center as Tommy Shelby
So what does Keoghan actually mean for this movie?
On paper, it looks like a baton pass without actually taking the baton out of Cillian Murphy's hands. Murphy's Tommy remains the lead, but bringing in Keoghan as the guy rallying a next-gen crew feels like the franchise setting its future in motion while still letting the main man run the show.
And if you are wondering whether Keoghan can bring the heat: his run speaks for itself. 'Saltburn,' 'The Banshees of Inisherin,' 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer,' and, yes, that scene-stealing turn connected to 'The Batman.' The vibe here is not 'can he handle it?' so much as 'what kind of chaos is he about to deliver?'
Keoghan on the catchphrase
He told Empire Online he is not exactly rushing to shout the line every fan has shouted at a party at least once:
'I feel like I shouldn't be allowed to say it. It's such an iconic line. I'd always wanted to be part of it. But the schedules never worked, or I didn't fit the description of what they were looking for.'
How he fits the world
This is where it gets interesting. Keoghan apparently has been circling the franchise before, and creator Steven Knight clearly saw something in him. The character sounds like it could echo the Michael Gray lane from the series (Finn Cole's role) — the ambitious new blood stepping into the family business — but the suggestion here is he may be cut from Tommy's cloth rather than positioned to backstab him. That last bit is reading the tea leaves, not a plot reveal, so do not carve it into your razor cap just yet.
Where this leaves fans after season 6
The series ended on a pretty definitive note, so a film called 'The Immortal Man' with Tommy still leading and a rising power right behind him is a bold way to reopen the door. If Keoghan clicks with this world the way his past roles suggest, this could be less of a farewell and more of a reset with sharper edges.
The bottom line
Barry Keoghan is in, Cillian Murphy is still the spine of it, and the movie lands March 6, 2026 in theaters before hitting Netflix March 20. Feels like the right mix of familiar and dangerous — which is exactly what this franchise does when it is at its best.