Official Luther Thread

[mister doitnice]

Season 4 has started up.

 

[superblytrife]

Season 4? For some reason I thought they were wrapping up the story with a movie. I'll take another season though!

 

[mister doitnice]

It's really only two episodes so don't expect too much. I read that BBC America is going to air them tonight.

 

[rook]

Gonna catch both tomorrow morning. One of my fav shows ever man. Still wish Ruth Wilson returned for another season tho. Her and Idris chemistry was crazy together

 

[Arthur Shelby]

Idris Elba’s ‘Luther’ Will Return as a Three-Hour TV Movie in December

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This winter is going to be a great one for fans of prickly British detectives. Not only is Sherlock unveiling a Victorian-era standalone on New Year’s Day, Idris Elba‘s Luther will be back next month for a one-night special. Get more details on the Luther special, and take a peek at some brand-new photos, after the jump.

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BBC America announced the big news on Twitter. The Luther special will air Thursday, December 17 at 9 PM and run three hours long.

Luther premiered in 2010 to loads of acclaim in both the U.K. and the U.S., and aired three seasons through 2013. It was confirmed last year that Elba would return for Season 4, and shooting took place earlier this year. But now, instead of being presented as a season, it’s coming to us as a TV movie. Think of it as BBC America just giving you permission to binge-watch the whole thing, like you probably wanted to do anyway. According to The Independent, it is still unclear whether the new Luther will air episode-by-episode or as a single TV movie in the U.K.

Here’s the synopsis for the Luther special:

This time we find Luther on a leave of absence from the police force, laying low in a rundown cottage. A visit from colleagues, Detective Chief Inspector Theo Bloom (Darren Boyd, Veep, The World’s End) and Detective Sergeant Emma Lane (Rose Leslie, The Last Witch Hunter, Game of Thrones) brings a shocking piece of news that draws him back to London in search of the truth. At the same time, a gruesome cannibalistic serial killer has struck the city, eating body parts as he goes. With a trail of clues leading from one crime scene to the next, Detective Superintendent Unit Martin Schenk (Dermot Crowley, Babel, Bleak House) and his team must work out the twisted logic that connects each victim. But this murdering mastermind is more than a match for Schenk’s police, outsmarting them at every step. It’s not long before Luther makes his triumphant return to the Bullpen, determined to capture the killer before another mutilated body joins the mounting pile. But he’s dogged at every turn by ghosts from his past. Isolated and volatile, it will take every fiber of Luther’s being to keep it together.

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[$EA$ON$ Change]

Can't wait to watch this, hated when I caught up on all the EPs and nothing was left.

 

[based mod]

Is that the redhead that took Jon snows v card?

 

[Mark Antony]

Already caught some of the first part.

 

[mister doitnice]

Yeah that's Ygritte from GoT.

 

[melo0115]

It's back and we need to celebrate it.. Idris is going in...

 

[frshstunna]

Gotta check out the new episodes later

 

[big j 33]

I usually put off watching Luther for some reason because I don't want to watch it and then not have anything else to look forward to

 

[Master Zik]

^FACTS

I watched cuz I was so hyped and it's been so long but just to see this Thurs there's no new eps.

While the 3 hrs were really good it ends in a way where you think it has to go on but for now no word.

If I were you I'd hold off until the next special.

 

[SoleByThePound]

I wonder when this will be on Netflix.

 

[melo0115]

Depends if they want to pay for the rights, and when..

I'm re-watching all Three season now. I know the story pretty well even though its been a while. I just want to make sure I'm thorough, since i Love this show so much. 

 

[rook]

^FACTS

I watched cuz I was so hyped and it's been so long but just to see this Thurs there's no new eps.

While the 3 hrs were really good it ends in a way where you think it has to go on but for now no word.

If I were you I'd hold off until the next special.

It'll be back. May take 2-3 years but he'll be back

 

[mister doitnice]

I think I read something about a reboot with a new actor playing the lead role.

 

[melo0115]

You'd have to link the article. I haven't heard anything about that. I heard they are trying to make this into a possible movie. No foundation yet, but the thoughts are there. 

 

[Arthur Shelby]

This three hour special was great really good Storyline and like how they shaped it going forward

 

[Master Zik]

The last link I posted in the movie/tv thread was that Idris and the creator were going to do an American version for Luther. I think it was for FOX. Idris was gonna be an exec prod.

 

[superblytrife]

Whatever they do, Luther without Idris isn't something I'm interested in.

 

[SoleByThePound]

Netflix has uploaded the most recent season.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

Season 5 OTW
DEADLINE: Luther is returning for fifth series – where are you at with it?

CROSS: I delivered the final episode of Luther series five about an hour before leaving for the airport [to head to London for the Hard Sun premiere]. We’re in prep right now and we’re doing a bit of casting and we start shooting in January. For some reason, I always seem to shoot in the depths of winter.

DEADLINE: Are you still toying with the idea of producing a feature film version of Luther?

CROSS: Absolutely. The fact is that Idris and I are bound in this shared relationship with this character and every TV [season] we think it’s going to be the end, not least because Idris is a very busy and has a successful career but we always miss him when it’s over and then I start coming up with ideas and we always come back for more. For no other reason than we love doing it. Hopefully in some incarnation, the character will continue.

DEADLINE: How would the feature version differ from the TV series?

CROSS: I don’t know. It’s always going to be slightly different because of how long you have to tell a story. Ultimately, whatever Luther story you tell, in whatever medium, has to focus on that character so in some ways it will be exactly the same because it will be about him.
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[hand2handking]

Idris Elba Returning For Luther Season 5

Detective Chief Inspector John Luther is back on the case. BBC America has greenlit a fifth season of the acclaimed crime drama Luther. Series creator and writer Neil Cross has rallied Idris Elba back to reprise his role as the dark-minded detective, last seen in December 2015 in a two-episode miniseries.

Cross explained that the show certainly never felt resolved, and that Luther would never be finished hunting down evil in London. “It can’t be over, can it? There’s so much we don’t know. So much unfinished business,” he said in a statement. “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.”

There’s no news on what “old friends” might be joining Elba for the new season, but the actor expressed his enthusiasm for a return to the character. “I am thrilled that we have been able to bring it all together. I look forward to putting the coat back on,” he said

Production will begin early next year on the four-episode fifth season; no premiere date has been announced. Elba can next be seen in August in the adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, and in November in Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok.

 

[SoleByThePound]