Idris Elba on upcoming film Luther: 'We go into production in September'

The much-awaited movie adaptation of the popular BBC series Luther is set to begin production in September, actor and executive producer Idris Elba revealed recently. In the series, Idris plays John Luther, a detective chief inspector working for the Serious Crime Unit of the UK police. Speaking at digital MIPTV, Miranda Wayland said, "When it first came out everybody loved the fact that Idris Elba was in there -- a really strong, Black character lead. The Luther film is currently set up as a 20th Century Fox Television, BBC Worldwide Productions and Chernin Entertainment production, with Idris, Peter Chernin, Julie Gardner, Katherine Pope and Jane Tranter on board as executive producers.