BBC America will revive the BBC series 'Luther' for a two-part miniseries, more than a year after the show aired its last episode. The news comes a day after Fox announced plans to remake the series for American television.
Idris Elba will reprise his role as Detective Chief Inspector John Luther in the co-production with BBC Drama Production and BBC America. Series creator Neil Cross will write the two hour-long episodes premiering in 2015.
"Ever since we said goodbye to John Luther on Southwark Bridge, there's hardly been a minute when I didn't wonder what happened next. So I decided to find out," Cross said in a statement. "We're putting the band back together; Luther is coming back where he belongs. Back to the BBC. Back to London. And back to work."
"Luther" had three seasons totaling 14 episodes that aired from 2010 to 2013. Elba earned three Emmy nominations and won a Golden Globe award in the title role, a murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.
The British series will join the BBC America lineup that includes 'Orphan Black,' 'Broadchurch,' 'The Game,' 'The Musketeers,' 'Ripper Street' and upcoming titles 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,' 'Tatau,' 'London Spy' and 'The Last Kingdom.'
Cross will pen the pilot script for the Fox remake from 20th Century Fox Television, Chernin Entertainment and BBC Worldwide Productions, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Elba will serve as an executive producer, but has no plans to star on-screen.
Fox premiered another BBC remake earlier this fall, choosing to transplant David Tennant in "Broadchurch" to the U.S. series "Gracepoint." Tennant co-stars with "Breaking Bad" star Anna Gunn.
