Determined to kick off the new year with a bang, BBC has โ after a lengthy period of delays + marketing foreplay โ dropped a full-length trailer for Peaky Blinders season 6โฆ none of this 10-second bullshit that barely tells us anything. The biggest takeaway? If it wasnโt abundantly clear the Shelby familyโs (main) saga was finally coming to an end before, perhaps the following preview will drive the message home.
In a rare turn of events, Thomas Shelby OBE (portrayed by Cillian Murphy) found himself outmanoeuvred at the conclusion of season 5. Due to the betrayal of a yet-to-be-identified party, the plan to assassinate MP Oswald Mosley (portrayed by Sam Claflin) doesnโt quite go according to plan; allowing the fascist movement preluding World War II / the rise of Nazism to gain further momentum.
This latest Peaky Blinders season 6 trailer indicates Murphyโs Tommy Shelby is prepared to throw everything but the kitchen sink at his โ and the entire countryโs โ Mosley problem. To the point whatever repercussions may come โwill be the end of us.โ โOne last deal to be doneโ, as it were. Additionally, another dramatic heavyweight in the one and only Stephen Graham joins the cast in what is ostensibly a central role.
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The calendar still hasnโt been explicitly marked for a release date by BBC, Netflix, or otherwise. But series director Anthony Byrne recently posted a first look teaser clip on his personal Instagram, captioned with a very promising update:
โWeโre coming for you sooner than you think.โ
Previously, it was rumoured the Peaky Blinders season 6 was destined to land sometime in Spring of 2022 (US) โ meaning anytime between March to May. โSooner than you thinkโ, however, implies it could now be between January to February. In other words, we could be just a few short weeks away from witnessing the epic and โemotionalโ finale.
And while this forthcoming instalment will indeed mark the final chapter for the main series, late last year, creator Steven Knight promised the BAFTA-winning crime drama would โcontinue in another formโ โ first through a feature-length adaptation scheduled to roll cameras within the next year.
โ[Iโm] going to write the feature which will be set in and shot in Birmingham,โ Steven Knight revealed at the BFI London Film Festival.
โAnd that will probably be the sort of the end of the road for Peaky Blinders as we know it. Itโs a fully formed idea and it has a beginning, middle, and end. And I think itโs going to be a fitting conclusion to the story told so far.โ
According to Variety, Knight is also willing to entertain the possibility of keeping the Peaky Blinders universe alive with โshows relatedโ to the main story, apparently avoiding the term โspin-offsโ which he isnโt particularly fond of. Should such a project go ahead, however, Knight wouldnโt necessarily be supervising them; rather heโd โpass on the batonโ to another creative with a vision.
Check out the first proper Peaky Blinders season 6 trailer above.
