Good news for anyone who missed grumpy, trenchcoat-clad detectives stomping through London at night. Idris Elba is back on set filming a new Luther movie, and the first photos from the shoot look like someone mixed a rainy crime drama with an action movie and forgot to tell the caterers.
Wet streets, burning cars, and very dramatic running
The newly released set photos show Luther sprinting through a soaked London while chaos erupts around him. One frame even captures a car on fire and a person being helped out of the wreck, which is the sort of Tuesday morning most of us would like to avoid.
This is early days of filming, but the imagery already promises a loud, smoky, and very wet comeback. If you enjoy cinematic meltdowns and people yelling in the rain, your streaming subscription is about to get very happy.
Old wounds, new horrors
It has been three years since we last saw Elba hunt down the monstrous David Robey, played by Andy Serkis, in the movie that followed the BBC series. That last outing had everything: Luther busting out of prison, a trip to rural Norway with DCI Odette Raine, played by Cynthia Erivo, to stop a dark web torture livestream, and an ending that flirted with the idea that MI5 might actually be tempted to recruit him.
Clearly Luther’s calendar still has a few empty slots, because the new film is bringing him back into the game when, according to the studio, a wave of brutal, seemingly random murders starts terrorizing London. In other words, the city is back to needing a man who does not do small talk.
Fans will be pleased to learn that the brilliant and terrifying Alice Morgan, played by Ruth Wilson, is also returning. If you thought pulling punches was a thing in this franchise, you should probably sit down.
Creator Neil Cross said that he and the team kept wondering where these characters had gone and what kind of horrors might be prowling in the shadows while Luther was off the grid. So they got together and decided to find out what happens next.
Details are still under wraps as filming ramps up, but the set photos have already given us a reliable promise: expect wet hair, moral ambiguity, and at least one very loud explosion. Stay tuned for more news as the detective returns to do what he does best - solve brutal crimes while making everyone around him slightly uncomfortable.
