A film version of BBC series Luther is looking ever more likely, with Idris Elba confirming a script is being written by creator Neil Cross.
Elba, who was in London promoting the fifth season of the crime series, believes Luther has “all the ingredients to echo” films such as David Fincher’s 1995 crime thriller, Seven.
The actor recently referred to the new season as a “segue” into a possible movie written by Cross.
“I think what we would like to do is use that blueprint to create Luther: the film.