Tommy Shelby and his gang have been stranded by the pandemic: filming for the sixth season of Peaky Blinders has also stopped. Here’s when they’ll resume
Peaky Blinders is one of the most watched TV series on Netflix, and also one of the longest running. The episodes are inspired by the eponymous gang of criminals who disrupted the English city of Birmingham in the early 1900s. In the TV series, historical facts blend with fiction and, for five seasons now, have kept a large portion of the audience glued to the screen.
After the last episode of the fifth season, fans can’t wait to discover the new episodes and follow, once again, the adventures of the protagonist Tommy Shelby, played by actor Cillian Murphy. Unfortunately, because of the health emergency everything is stopped and there is not much news about the release of Peaky Blinders 6. In fact, the pandemic has stopped everything and the production is still waiting for the outcome of the emergency. Of course, the filming stop will have repercussions on the release date, which will probably be postponed for a year or more.
When will Peaky Blinders 6 come out
Director Anthony Byrne admitted in an interview that it is still not known when the filming of the TV series, which was suddenly interrupted because of the Coronavirus, will resume. He even talked about 2021 without giving any certain news. Moreover, if filming resumed in January 2021, it would not be finished until June and then it would take another 6 months for the post production of the episodes. According to these hypotheses of the director, Peaky Blinders 6 could be broadcasted at the end of 2021 or even in 2022, always on Netflix.
Byrne added that the works are not totally stopped but they are evaluating different solutions to resume as soon as possible and in total safety, i.e. complying with all the anti-contage rules. The production is therefore thinking of different ideas to shoot intimate scenes or fights, where it is necessary to get closer or physical contact. However, everything is still being analyzed because it is necessary to minimize the danger of contagion. In short, it is taking the right time to do everything correctly, without risks.
In addition, Byrne explained that the stop came 5 days before the start of filming, but when it is possible all the production will be able to get to work to shoot the episodes as quickly as possible, also because everything is already ready and decided.
Peaky Blinders 6 plot: what do we know?
Unfortunately, there are not many rumors related to the next episodes. However, Anthony Byrne spoke about a novelty: in the sixth season there will be the entry of a female figure, a totally dark and powerful character, incomparable to all the others in the series. Of course, we don’t know anything about her identity, but she will come to hunt down Tommy Shelby and the wealth that he has earned episode after episode.
She will be very close to the ideas of the antagonist Mosley and will give the protagonist a hard time. At the moment, the right actress to play this character has not yet been found, but according to the director there is little time left and soon we will be able to know more. Surely, the plot will start from the last episode of the fifth season, which has left everyone with bated breath. The first image will be an endless field in which Tommy will have a gun to his temple.
We just have to wait to see how the situation will evolve, in the meantime Netflix has announced the catalog of new releases for July 2020. So there are plenty of alternatives, including many TV series and action/thriller movies that might appeal to Peaky Blinders fans.