{"id":28411,"date":"2023-01-10T18:29:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1766828"},"modified":"2023-01-10T22:53:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T21:53:30","slug":"luther-star-idris-elba-says-james-bond-is-template-for-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/luther-star-idris-elba-says-james-bond-is-template-for-the-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Luther star Idris Elba says James Bond is \u201ctemplate\u201d for the movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 10 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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More than four years after he last appeared on the small screen, DCI John Luther is returning in a brand new film this year, with Idris Elba back as the maverick detective.<\/p>\n

Luther: The Fallen Sun<\/a> will arrive on Netflix at an as-yet-unspecified date in March, and ahead of the release Elba has been speaking about what lies in store for fans \u2013 including a reference to another iconic British character he was once strongly linked with playing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a competition, but I reference Bond as a template for the type of film we\u2019re going for,\u201d the star said in an interview with Total Film<\/a> magazine.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn is a leading character in a film that he\u2019s the hero of. That\u2019s the comparison I\u2019m making. Some films do them well \u2013 Bond is one of them.\u201d<\/p>

He also outlined his hopes that the film could kickstart a franchise with the same longevity as the iconic spy series, suggesting a different actor could eventually step into the role of John Luther in much the same way as the 007 mantle has been passed down on numerous occasions throughout the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy ambition for it is to have that sort of scale, that reverence,\u201d he revealed. \u201cI want people to be like: \u2018Ooh! Luther, the first film? Wicked.\u2019 And to continue that. And then maybe later down the line, when I\u2019m too old, someone else will step in to play John.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Idris Elba as John Luther in Luther: The Fallen Sun.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Over five seasons of the TV show, Luther solved an array of brutal crimes in his London stomping ground, and the film finds him tackling his trickiest case yet \u2013 after he first must make a daring prison escape.<\/p>\n

The official synopsis reads: \u201cA gruesome serial killer is terrorising London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film will also see Dermot Crowley reprise his role as Detective Superintendent Martin Schenk, with new cast members including Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis, the latter as the main antagonist \u2013 a tech billionaire who uses surveillance technology to manipulate and kill civilians.<\/p>