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'Luther' Creator Neil Cross Says BBC Is "Very Interested" In Alice Spinoff Series

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 9, 2012 12:22 PM
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Television
It seems there is good news for fans of the BBC hit "Luther" starring Idris Elba, even as the show is likely to close off after the third season. At the end of last year, the show's writer and creator Neil Cross revealed that "there's a strong possibility that there'll be a 'Luther' movie in the near future." Exciting stuff, but it seems there's more, as another character from the show may be spun off into their adventures if things go according to plan.
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'Luther' Creator Neil Cross To Pen Sam Raimi Produced 'The Day Of The Triffids'

  • By Joe Cunningham
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  • March 2, 2012 10:46 AM
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News
John Wyndham's 1951 post-apocalyptic sci-fi-horror novel "The Day Of The Triffids" is a renowned classic. The story follows a scientist who has been working with lucrative plants called triffids -- tall plants with the deadly combination of intelligence and fatal aggression (which he believes have been bioengineered in Soviet Russia). After a meteor shower hits Earth and renders anyone who watched it blind, civilization begins to collapse and with much of the population left defenseless, the triffids begin to attack.
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Creator Neil Cross Says He's Planning A 'Luther' Movie, Rewrote 'Pacific Rim' For Guillermo Del Toro

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • December 5, 2011 10:46 AM
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News
You may or may not have seen any of "Luther," a crime procedural from the BBC that stars "The Wire" breakout Idris Elba as the titular cop, the kind of rule-eschewing maverick that cliches are made of. We wouldn't blame you for skipping it by, on BBC America or elsewhere, but it's actually a ton of fun for fans of the genre, partly thanks to the excellent performances of Elba (who was Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated), and Ruth Wilson, as his Hannibal Lecter-style nemesis/BFF, and partly because it embraces its own so ridiculousness with a big warm hug. There are few other shows that would see a Satanist villian lick a woman's face in the opening few minutes.
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More: Idris Elba, Neil Cross, Luther, Pacific Rim

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