Idris Elba’s ‘Hijack’ Renewed for Second Season at Apple TV+

Apple
TV+
just
gave
the
Idris
Elba-fronted
series
Hijack
a
green
light
on
Season
2.

The
popular
series,
also
executive
produced
by
Elba,
is
from
creators
George
Kay
and
Jim
Field
Smith.

Jay
Hunt,
creative
director,
Europe,
Apple
TV+,
said
in
a
statement,
“Global
audiences
were
on
tenterhooks
watching
Idris’s
riveting
performance
in
‘Hijack,’
and
we’re
thrilled
to
be
working
again
with
60Forty
and
Idiotlamp
on
an
equally
compelling
season
two,”

Advertisement

Then
Elba
said,
“I
was
floored
by
the
overwhelming
audience
response
after
season
one.
It’s
top
secret
what
new
situation
unfolds
for
Sam
Nelson
but
I
can
assure
you
we
will
bring
the
high
octane
back!”

Here’s
the
official
season
1
description:

Told
in
real-time,
Hijack
is
a
tense
thriller
that
follows
the
journey
of
a
hijacked
plane
as
it
makes
its
way
to
London
over
a
seven-hour
flight,
and
authorities
on
the
ground
scramble
for
answers.
Elba
will
star
as
‘Sam
Nelson,’
an
accomplished
negotiator
in
the
business
world
who
needs
to
step
up
and
use
all
his
guile
to
try
and
save
the
lives
of
the
passengers
—
but,
his
high-risk
strategy
could
be
his
undoing.
Panjabi
will
play
the
role
of
‘Zahra
Gahfoor,’
a
counter-terrorism
officer
who
is
on
the
ground
when
the
plane
is
hijacked
and
becomes
part
of
the
investigation.

The
rundown
on
the
cast
members
from
the
first
season:
Christine
Adams,
Max
Beesley,
Eve
Myles,
Neil
Maskell,
Jasper
Britton,
Harry
Michell,
Aimee
Kelly,
Mohamed
Elsandel,
and
Ben
Miles.

Season
2
includes
executive
producers
Jamie
Laurenson,
Hakan
Kousetta,
and
Tom
Nash
with
60Forty
Films
and
executive
producers
Kay
and
Field
Smith’s
Idiotlamp
Productions.
Field
Smith
also
serves
as
director
for
the
series.