BBC1 detective drama Luther is set to be remade in the US after Fox revealed plans to develop an adaptation produced by Idris Elba.
The US network has ordered a script from the show’s original creator Neil Cross and is expected to produce a pilot of the edgy cop show. It will become Fox’s latest British crime remake after it launched Broadchurch-adaptation Gracepoint, earlier this year.
Luther will be produced by BBC Worldwide Productions, the LA-based division headed by Jane Tranter, 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment. It will be exec produced by Chernin, Katherine Pope, Tranter and BBC Worldwide’s Julie Gardner.
The BBC in-house show launched in 2010 and has run for three series with a total of 14 episodes. The latest run pulled in a consolidated average of 6m (23.9%) over its four parts in July 2013.
It stars Elba as detective chief inspector John Luther, an obsessive cop on the hunt for killers. It was produced in-house at the BBC.
The series has also aired in the US on BBC America.
Luther has previously been adapted by Russian broadcaster Channel One as Klim with an eight-episode order produced by local indie Sreda.
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