'Peaky Blinders' Might Get a Seventh Season After All
Cillian Murphy in "Peaky Blinders" Season 6
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Nothing keeps the Peaky Blinders down. Not even what seemed at the time to be a series ending. Word on the street is that, despite running six full seasons on Netflix and the BBC and landing a feature film continuation, the story of the Shelby clan might not be as concluded as we all thought.
Filming wrapped last year on the long-planned Peaky movie, rumored to be titled The Immortal Man. Plot details about the project, which will see Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) reprise his role as gang leader Tommy Shelby, have been kept under wraps, likely because the movie will focus on the fallout from the Season 6 finale. (In it, we saw the infamous anti-hero ride off into a new life after essentially faking his own death.)
But while The Immortal Man is (allegedly) supposed to wrap up Tommy Shelby's story, that doesn't mean the larger family saga can't continue without him. And although series creator Steven Knight is, of course, plenty busy these days, with multiple other shows (A Thousand Blows, Rogue Heroes, the forthcoming House of Guiness) trucking along on various platforms, he seems unable to leave the world of the Peaky Blinders completely behind. He has been rather cagily insisting for some time now that the film "won't be the end" of their story.
Per reports, talks are already officially underway between the BBC, Netflix, and producer Banijay UK, to bring the franchise back for another run. While there isn't an official green light for a seventh season as yet, the possibility is certainly something more tangible than fans could have possibly expected at this point.
Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan in the "Peaky Blinders" movie
(Photo: Robert Viglasky/Netflix)
The Immortal Man will reportedly follow the Shelby clan through the events of World War II, which is already a fairly big swerve from the series' original blueprint. The show was originally meant to end with the first air raid sirens breaking out, bringing its themes of repeated mistakes full circle. (Season 1 began with the conclusion of World War I.)
According to Knight, the rumored seventh season could potentially pick up the story of the Shelby family in the 1950s. Which makes sense: It's enough time to leapfrog past the immediate aftermath of the war, and age up the youngest generation to take over gangland, family, and/or political operations. After all, Tommy, Arthur, John, and Ava all had kids, and this show has never been shy about manifesting random Shelby relations out of thin air when necessary.
The Immortal Man is also set to introduce several new characters to the franchise universe, though we don't yet know who Barry Keoghan (Saltburn), Rebecca Ferguson (Dune), Tim Roth (Rob Roy), or Jay Lycurgo (The Radleys) will be playing, it's certainly possible these new faces could continue on in (or at least connect to) the story in some form or other.
This is a lot to say that we have absolutely no idea what any sort of Peaky Blinders Season 7 might involve. But it's going to be awfully fun to find out.
The Peaky Blinders movie is slated to premiere in 2025. Seasons 1-6 are currently streaming on Netflix.
