Idris Elba’s Coming Back For Season 5 Of ‘Luther’Posted by Wilson Morales
June 12, 2017
Source: Variety
According to Variety, Idris Elba is set to reprise his role as London homicide detective John Luther with a new four-part installment of “Luther.”
BBC and BBC America has ordered new episodes to production next year 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” bowed 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 movie.
“ ‘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.
