Peaky Blinders didn’t just launch Cillian Murphy from a Danny Boyle mainstay to a household name — it also defined a generation of crime thriller TV and, somewhat regrettably, discourse around masculinity. But behind all the Tommy Shelby memes and flat caps, Peaky Blinders truly was the platonic ideal of a period crime drama: gritty, unabashed, full of schemes, and impeccably costumed.
A dozen years after it premiered, Peaky Blinders is returning for The Immortal Man, a Netflix original movie that will bring back much of the original cast, including Murphy. But while this film serves as the end of an era, it may also be the start of a broader franchise.
