Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man has confirmed a serious Shelby household recast.
Following the top of Peaky Blinders season 6, the Shelby story will proceed in The Immortal Man. When audiences final noticed Duke Shelby in season 6, he was performed by Conrad Khan. Being Tommy Shelby’s long-lost son, Duke shortly turned an necessary a part of the household’s future, particularly as Tommy started stepping again from direct management of the enterprise.
Nevertheless, it has been confirmed that Barry Keoghan will take over the position of Duke Shelby in The Immortal Man. The recasting comes alongside the movie’s time soar, which advances the timeline a number of years past the present’s last season. Talking with Leisure Weekly, Knight addressed the choice to forged Keoghan as Tommy’s son. Learn his feedback beneath:
I by no means leap on board when individuals begin saying about an actor, ‘Oh my God, he is acquired this stillness.” You begin utilizing all these phrases about an actor. However with him, it is all true. I needed him to be the son from the start, and once we knew we acquired him, he took it to a different stage. Who he’s in actual life is ideal for this. He is simply so good.
The Immortal Man will see Tommy Shelby after a time soar to 1940, as he returns to Birmingham from exile throughout World Struggle II. The Immortal Man stars Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, Sophie Rundle, Stephen Graham, Ned Dennehy, Packy Lee, Ian Peck, and Jay Lycurgo, alongside Keoghan.
Knight’s feedback make it clear that Keoghan was the best choice for the position and that the recasting was much less about changing Khan and extra about evolving the character. With the story now set within the Forties, Duke shall be older and certain extra concerned with the Shelby empire.
Casting an actor like Keoghan, recognized for his intense display presence in movies like Saltburn, Crime 101, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, signifies that Duke’s position within the movie shall be vital. His expertise of usually enjoying complicated and unpredictable characters could possibly be precisely what Peaky Blinders wants because it transitions from tv to the large display.
Keoghan’s Duke is being positioned as a driving drive within the movie’s story. Within the trailer and early descriptions, he has seemingly taken the reins of the Peaky Blinders in Tommy’s absence. As Ada Shelby says within the trailer, “Your gypsy son is operating the Peaky Blinders prefer it’s 1919 once more.” Displaying that Duke has fully taken over Tommy’s gang and his former territory.
The Immortal Man may also apparently discover Duke and Tommy’s strained relationship. Whereas the movie would be the final time we see Murphy as Tommy Shelby, the franchise clearly has one eye on the long run, and Knight’s sturdy endorsement of Keoghan means that he may have a serious position within the Peaky Blinders franchise going ahead.
With The Immortal Man set to proceed the Shelby saga on a bigger scale, the recasting of Duke marks a serious second for the franchise. This might sign that Keoghan shall be main the upcoming sequel sequence Netflix is at present creating with Knight. Nevertheless, that is solely hypothesis, as it’s unknown if Duke Shelby will survive the occasions of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man hits choose theaters on March 6 and lands on Netflix on March 20.
- Launch Date
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March 6, 2026
- Runtime
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112 Minutes
- Director
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Tom Harper