{"id":193110,"date":"2025-12-20T08:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T08:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/193110\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T08:21:07","slug":"peaky-blinders-movies-tommy-shelby-replacement-why-cillian-murphys-character-returns-teased-by-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/193110\/","title":{"rendered":"Peaky Blinders Movie\u2019s Tommy Shelby Replacement & Why Cillian Murphy\u2019s Character Returns Teased by Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tommy Shelby lit his past on fire and headed towards an uncertain but hopeful future in the Peaky Blinders finale, but something has pulled him back to the life he tried to leave behind in the franchise\u2019s new film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man<\/a>. Tommy will once again be played by star Cillian Murphy, but he will be joined by a number of newcomers as well<\/a>. Recently, the Peaky Blinders creator teased Tommy\u2019s replacement and what drew Tommy back in the first place, and the answers will certainly get fans talking.<\/p>\n

In a new interview with Empire<\/a>, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and director Tom Harper provided some insight into what ultimately draws Tommy back into the fold. \u201cHe gets dragged back in by circumstance,\u201d Knight said. \u201cHe has to strap his guns back on, true Western-style.\u201d We also know that the future of the Shelby family and the country are at stake (via Netflix<\/a>), and Tommy will also have to face his own demons and legacy when he returns, so it seems Tommy\u2019s reasons for returning are rather complicated.<\/p>\n

Harper also gives some insight into how Tommy\u2019s return is framed in the film. \u201cWith Tommy, at the beginning, the film is very still and static and isolated and lonely, and the camera and cinematography and the design and the atmosphere all reflect that,\u201d Harper said.<\/p>\n

Peaky Blinders Will Reveal Tommy Shelby\u2019s Replacement\u2026But Who Is It?<\/p>\n

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The other key here is the addition of Barry Keoghan, and while his role hasn\u2019t yet been revealed, there are some big indicators that he will effectively be playing Tommy\u2019s replacement within the Peaky Blinders. The first indicator is that Keoghan gets to say the series\u2019 trademark line, \u201cBy order of the Peaky Blinders.\u201d Knight is staying tight-lipped overall, as when asked about who Keoghan was playing, Knight said, \u201cAh, that. Here are some embargo forms for everyone\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Harper gave us a bit more context about Keoghan\u2019s possible role in his description of the time gap and what\u2019s happened with the Peaky Blinders in Tommy\u2019s absence. The team recreated the Garrison for the film, and then described that this new group is mostly led by the next generation. From his description and that image above, it would certainly seem that Keoghan is in fact Tommy\u2019s replacement as the leader of the Peaky Blinders, or at least the new generation driving it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s eight years since we last saw the Garrison,\u201d Harper said. \u201cTommy Shelby has not been around. It\u2019s run by the younger generation, many of whom will not have met the older generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

This also ties in with what Keoghan said about the project and his love of the series. When asked about the iconic line, Keoghan can\u2019t believe he\u2019s the one saying it. \u201cI feel like I shouldn\u2019t be allowed to say it,\u201d Keoghan said. \u201cIt\u2019s such an iconic line.\u201d Keoghan would then reveal he\u2019s been a fan of the show for some time, but it never lined up to actually join the show. \u201cI\u2019d always wanted to be part of it, but the schedules never worked, or I didn\u2019t fit the description of what they were looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man will run in select theaters on March 6, 2026, and will then stream on Netflix on March 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tommy Shelby lit his past on fire and headed towards an uncertain but hopeful future in the Peaky…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[6678,156,111,139,69,120046,63636,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-193110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-cillian-murphy","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-peaky-blinders","14":"tag-regular-news","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}