Inside Peaky Blinders’ Arthur Shelby and actor who plays him

Following the dramatic conclusion of Peaky Blinders, viewers are eager to discover what's in store for Tommy Shelby and his family in Steven Knight's forthcoming film.

A fresh trailer has dropped for Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, with the highly anticipated movie arriving on Netflix and in selected cinemas next month.

Several cast members have been officially announced, with Cillian Murphy and Sophie Rundle returning as Tommy and Ada respectively.

The stellar ensemble also features Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, Ned Dennehy, Packy Lee, Ian Peck, Jay Lycurgo, Barry Keoghan and Stephen Graham.

Yet, viewers are still waiting for official word on whether pivotal character Arthur Shelby will make a comeback. Here's a recap of Arthur's fate in the series six finale. *Warning - spoilers ahead for Peaky Blinders season 6.*

Arthur Shelby is a fictional character in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders, created by Steven Knight.

As the oldest of the Shelby brothers, Arthur is a key member of the Peaky Blinders gang. He serves as deputy vice president of the Shelby Company Limited, whilst his younger sibling Tommy Shelby holds the position of president.

Whilst the Shelby family is purely fictional, The Peaky Blinders were an actual street gang operating in Birmingham during the early 20th century, reports the Mirror.

The Peaky Blinders series finale showed a newly sober Arthur pulling back from the edge. He found himself in an explosive gunfight with Jeremiah and his gang, ultimately triumphing over Captain Swing and her associates.

Finally avenging what she'd done to Aunt Polly, he put a bullet through her heart. Yet he was too emotionally raw to join a farewell meal with his brother Tommy Shelby, who'd revealed he was dying from an inoperable brain tuberculoma.

But after the bombshell revelation that this diagnosis was actually an elaborate deception by Oswald Mosley, there's potential for the brothers to meet again.

Paul Anderson, an actor from London, portrays Arthur Shelby in Peaky Blinders. His CV includes major Hollywood productions, notably the Academy Award-winning film The Revenant and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

When Digital Spy asked whether he'd reprise his role as Arthur Shelby in the upcoming Peaky Blinders film, he made it clear he'd only commit if the screenplay met his standards.

He explained: "There is talk of it, and if I believed in the script enough and thought it could work, then why not? But like I say, there [are] very few TV shows that do that.

"You wouldn't want to end a good TV series with a bad movie. That wouldn't be right. And TV's such a great medium. A movie is over in an hour and a half, or two hours, and you shoot it for four months or less, and then it's done."

The upcoming film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, is set in the early days of WWII and will feature Cillian Murphy reprising his role as Tommy Shelby.

Netflix's official description states: "Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet.

"With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground. By order of the Peaky Blinders..."

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is coming to select cinemas on March 6 and arrives on Netflix on March 20.

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