Is Luther coming to the big screen? Recently, star Idris Elba teased plans for a film adaptation for the BBC TV show, Deadline reports.
The UK drama stars Elba as Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) John Luther, who works in the Serious and Serial Crime Unit. The cast also includes Ruth Wilson, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley, Steven Mackintosh, Indira Varma, Paul McGann, Saskia Reeves, and Warren Brown.
During a recent press junket, Elba revealed that there are now “formal plans” for a sixth season. However, the actor shared that the team behind Luther is very close to making a movie:
I’ve made it very clear that I’d like to see Luther come back as a film. And I can tell you this, that we are this close to making a film of Luther.”
Season five of Luther premiered on BBC One in January 2019 and began airing in June 2019 on BBC America in the United States.
What do you think? Are you a big fan of the Luther TV series? Would you watch a movie?
The way the series ended really SUCKED. Such a great series to have such a terrible ending. No big screen movie, please! Give it at least one more season to tie up all the loose ends.
My husband and I love Luther! Please bring back!
Would make a great movie I think it should be a long player about 2and a half hours to give it more power against the TV show which is superb so I think the movie will have to have a lot of content and action to compete with the series. I would love to see the movie . Please make it and perhaps bring Ripley back along with Alice or if not a complete new set of characters to give it a stand alone platform
No thank you unless it is a TV movie.
I belonged and belongs in TV format, one way or another (show is better then movie).
It will fail big time on the big screen.