Idris Elba needs you to buckle up.
Apple TV+ at present unveiled the trailer for “Hijack,” the upcoming thriller starring and government produced by Idris Elba (“Luther”).
Created by George Kay (“Lupin,” “Criminal”) and Jim Field Smith (“Criminal,” “Truth Seekers”), who additionally wrote and lead directed the collection respectively, the seven-part collection additionally stars Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife,” “Snowpiercer,” “Blindspot”).
Told in actual time, “Hijack” is a thriller that follows the journey of a hijacked airplane because it makes its method 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 might be his undoing.
Panjabi will play the function 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 collection 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 Films, the manufacturing firm arrange by Emmy Award-winning Executive Producers Jamie Laurenson and Hakan Kousetta (“Slow Horses,” “The Essex Serpent”) below its unique content material cope with Apple TV+, alongside Kay and FIeld-Smith’s personal manufacturing firm, Idiotlamp Productions, and likewise marks the primary collection to debut from Elba’s first-look cope with Apple TV+ and his Green Door Pictures.
In addition to writing and directing, Kay and Field Smith every function government producers alongside Elba, Laurenson, Kousetta and Kris Thykier.
Watch the trailer above.
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