Check Out Idris Elba In Luther Season 5 PreviewPosted by Wilson Morales
November 12, 2018
BC One has finally released the first preview from Luther, their award-winning crime drama’s upcoming fifth series. The video features Elba reprising his role as Detective Chief Inspector John Luther while being violently interrogated by a gangster named George Cornelius. However, towards the end of the clip, John gains the upper hand and immediately flips the situation by pointing the gun at the enemies.
BBC and BBC America ordered four new episodes to production with “Luther” creator Neil Cross back on board.
“Because we love John and wonder what he’s up to,” Cross said. “In the end, we picked up the phone to some old friends and asked if they’d like to find out what happens next. It turns out, they would. So that’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to find out what happens next.”
Said Elba: “I am thrilled that we have been able to bring it all together. I look forward to putting the coat back on.”
“Luther” started in 2010. The series has grabbed seven Emmy nominations to date. Elba won the Golden Globe in 2012 for lead actor in a miniseries or moviem a Screen Actors Guild award, an NAACP Image Award, a Critics’ Choice Award, and four Emmy nominations.
“ ‘Luther’ is compulsive, unnerving television,” said BBC America president Sarah Barnett. “Neil Cross, Idris Elba and the team are geniuses and we all wait with bated breath to see what happens next in this blindingly brilliant show.”
BBC Studios and BBC America are co-producing “Luther.” Elba, Cross, Marcus Wilson, Hilary Salmon, and Elizabeth Kilgarriff are exec producers. BBC Worldwide distributes the series.
