Luther movie to be made into American TV series - Idris Elba, Neil Cross, Alice Morgan

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Luther is set to be made into an American TV series.

Following this season's Broadchurch adaptation, Fox has chosen Luther for its next British remake.

While the drama centres around detective John Luther, so expertly played by Idris Elba, the rumour is that Elba won't have an on-screen role, although he will be involved in executively producing the show.

Elbahas been nominated for three outstanding lead actor in a miniseries Emmy Awards for his part (and the series itself has received eight Emmy nominations), so we're sure he'll know more than anyone how to make the show succeed across the pond.

On Thursday 29 August 2013, we wrote...

Wildly speculative policing at the ready: Luther is set to become a movie, the BBC series creator Neil Cross has confirmed.

Speaking at the Edinburgh film festival, Cross confessed that he has already completed the screenplay for the movie, which will depict Idris Elba's rogue cop character in the years before the series starts.

"It will follow his [Luther's] career in the earlier days, when he is still married to Zoe, and the final scene in the film is the first of the initial TV series," he said.

Elba is set to reprise his role of John Luther for the film. Supporting characters Justin Ripley (Warren Brown), Luther's wife Zoe (Indira Varma) and DCI Ian Reed (Steve Mackintosh) are also expected to appear in the feature-length prequel. Cross went on to explain that he made the decision to work on a Luther movie in order to resurrect some of the series' more popular characters.

The psychotic Alice Morgan, played by Ruth Wilson, will not appear in the movie. However, the BBC is thought to have registered an interest in a spin-off series based on her erratic character.

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