‘Luther’: Netflix Releases “First Look” Images Of Idris Elba Film, Premiering March 2023
Netflix has released a couple of “first look” images for their upcoming ‘Luther‘ film, which sees Idris Elba return to the role of the gruff detective in March 2023.
The original series starred Idris Elba as DCI John Luther, a brilliant, but flawed detective who has the uncanny ability to think like the criminals he’s pursuing, but his obsessive commitment to the case is often to the detriment of everything else in his life. Over the course of five seasons, Luther has been through the wringer, losing friends, family and colleagues, and even trying to leave his old life behind. Luther is a deeply troubled man, a philosophical cop possessed by the insoluble problem of evil and justice in a Godless world.
This new film, based on the multi-award-winning international hit crime series created by Neil Cross (‘Mosquito Coast’) for the BBC, will continue in a feature film at Netflix under its pact with Chernin Entertainment. Cross writes the movie, with long-time ‘Luther’ director and Emmy Nominee Jamie Payne (‘The Alienist’, ‘Outlander’) behind the camera.
The movie will see the Golden Globe Nominated Idris Elba back in the titular role, and joined by Grammy, Tony, Emmy Winner and two-time Academy Award Nominee Cynthia Erivo (‘Harriet’, ‘Genius’), along with Emmy Award Nominee Andy Serkis (‘The Lord of the Rings trilogy’, ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’).
The drama, which premiered in 2010, has completed five seasons on the BBC. Elba has won two Golden Globes and a Royal Television Society best actor award for his performance in the titular role. We last saw Luther back in 2019 on a case that saw a series of monstrous killings becomes ever more audacious, as Luther and new recruit D.S. Catherine Halliday were confounded by a tangle of leads and misdirection that seems designed to protect an unspeakable horror.
The new film is produced in association with the BBC, with exec producers Dan Finlay (for Chernin Entertainment) Priscilla Parish (for BBC Studios) and Kris Thykier. Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and David Ready, Neil Cross, and Idris Elba serve as producers.
The ‘Luther‘ film will premiere in March 2023 on Netflix worldwide. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add it via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
