Idris Elba needs you to buckle up.
Apple TV+ immediately unveiled the trailer for “Hijack,” the upcoming thriller starring and govt produced by Idris Elba (“Luther”).
Created by George Kay (“Lupin,” “Legal”) and Jim Area Smith (“Legal,” “Fact Seekers”), who additionally wrote and lead directed the sequence respectively, the seven-part sequence additionally stars Archie Panjabi (“The Good Spouse,” “Snowpiercer,” “Blindspot”).
Instructed in actual time, “Hijack” is a thriller that follows the journey of a hijacked airplane because it makes its approach to London over a seven-hour flight, as authorities on the bottom scramble for solutions. Elba will star as ‘Sam Nelson,’ an completed negotiator within the enterprise world who must step up and use all his guile to attempt to save the lives of the passengers — however, his high-risk technique could possibly be his undoing.
Panjabi will play the position of ‘Zahra Gahfoor,’ a counter-terrorism officer who’s on the bottom when the airplane is hijacked and turns into a part of the investigation. The sequence additionally stars Christine Adams, Max Beesley, Eve Myles, Neil Maskell, Jasper Britton, Harry Michell, Aimee Kelly, Mohamed Elsandel and Ben Miles.
“Hijack” begins on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, with the primary two episodes, adopted by one new episode each Wednesday by way of August 2.
“Hijack” is produced by 60Forty Movies, the manufacturing firm arrange by Emmy Award-winning Govt Producers Jamie Laurenson and Hakan Kousetta (“Gradual Horses,” “The Essex Serpent”) beneath its unique content material take care of Apple TV+, alongside Kay and FIeld-Smith’s personal manufacturing firm, Idiotlamp Productions, and likewise marks the primary sequence to debut from Elba’s first-look take care of Apple TV+ and his Inexperienced Door Photos.
Along with writing and directing, Kay and Area Smith every function govt producers alongside Elba, Laurenson, Kousetta and Kris Thykier.
Watch the trailer above.
