Idris Elba teases details for upcoming Luther movie as filming wraps

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14 Apr 2022, 11:11

Idris Elba has wrapped filming for the feature-length Luther movie, and according to him, fans can expect a 'grim' storyline.

The actor reprised his role as DCI John Luther from the original BBC drama for the upcoming film version on Netflix and has teased that his character has ended up in even more difficult and uncomfortable situations.

In an interview for SiriusXM, he said: "I just finished filming about three weeks ago, it was a grim shoot. Oh my gosh.

"I’m reading the script and then, 'He does what? Wow, this is incredible!' And then I’m actually doing it. I find myself freezing in some dark cave or something, but no spoilers."

Trouble seems to follow the DCI around, and it sounds like the film will be no exception.

Elba went on to say: “If you watch the last season, it picks up after that. But for new audiences that haven’t seen it, I think the film is a whole story. Even if you don’t know Luther, who he is, or anything about him, the film attempts to be whole for a new audience. "

Creator of the BBC show Neil Cross announced plans for a film based on that character back in June 2021 that would allow them to expand the Luther universe.

Speaking to RadioTimes.com at the time, he said: “I think the thing with Luther is never to rule out anything,” he said. “All we’ve ever wanted to do is, within the parameters that we’re given, make the best possible show.

“What we’ve been able to do [with the movie] – having delivered every episode of Luther on budgets which are comically small – is to have a wider canvas and a bigger budget to tell the kind of stories that we’ve always wanted to be able to tell. And we’ve really been given the opportunity – while staying entirely true.”

A release date for the Netflix Luther movie is yet to be confirmed.