Idris Elba Says LUTHER Creator is Working on Show's Movie Version

Idris Elba confirmed at the Season 5 launch of "Luther," that the writer-creator of the series, Neil Cross, is working on a script for the movie version of the series, according to Variety.

Elba said, "We are really advancing on getting a movie version up on the screen. Neil is beavering away on writing this thing, and I think the remit for the film is to scale it up."

"'Luther' has all the ingredients to echo those classic [neo-noir] films of the 90s like 'Seven' and 'Along Came a Spider,' and I think what we would like to do is use that blueprint to create 'Luther' the film," added Elba.

He continued: "It will be more murder, more Volvos, more frowning Luther... essentially we just want to try to take it to a much bigger audience and scale, and perhaps international as well."

Elba was asked if the show could travel elsewhere besides its home in London, and he said: "The trick is ... it would have to be a city. The reason cities work is there are lots of shadows and so I think those cities that have that Gotham-esque vibe to them, and I think that is mainly Europe. A film version would transfer quite easily to cities in Europe but who knows - wherever there is crime LUTHER will go."

Read the original article on Variety.