Summary
- Apple TV+ is renewing the series ‘Hijack’ for a second season with Idris Elba returning as the star.
- Elba’s character, Sam Nelson, will face a new situation and the second season will bring high-octane action.
- The first season of ‘Hijack’ received critical acclaim, with an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Apple TV+ series Hijack has now been renewed for a second season on the streaming platform, with star Idris Elba all set to return. Confirmed by Apple TV+ (via Variety), Elba will reprise the role of Sam Nelson in the second season, after surviving the events of the first season and using his skills as a business negotiator to broker a peaceful end to the hijacking of a plane on which he is a passenger.
Elba has released a short statement following the renewal, teasing a “new situation” for Sam and further “high octane” action.
“I was floored by the overwhelming audience response after Season 1. It’s top secret what new situation unfolds for Sam Nelson, but I can assure you we will bring the high octane back!”
Told in real time, Hijack was released on Apple TV+ last year and 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.
“Global audiences were on tenterhooks watching Idris’ riveting performance in ‘Hijack,’ and we’re thrilled to be working again with 60Forty and Idiotlamp on an equally compelling Season 2,” says Apple TV+’s creative director for Europe, Jay Hunt.
Created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, Hijack stars Archie Panjabi, Christine Adams, Max Beesley, Eve Myles, Neil Maskell, Jasper Britton, Harry Michell, Aimee Kelly, Mohamed Elsandel and Ben Miles alongside Elba.
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Hijack Was Met With Rave Reviews From Critics
The first season of Hijack received critical acclaim, and now stands at an impressive 88% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. MovieWeb’s own Julian Roman heaped praise on the editing of the show, the sustained tension, and the central performance from Idris Elba.
“Hijack is a summer nail-biter that respects the audience’s intelligence. The real-time delivery is used to great effect. Sam has seven hours to prevent a disaster. Elba’s in top form as a man living by wits and nerve to see his beloved family again.”
Hijack marks the first series to debut from Idris Elba’s first-look deal with Apple TV+ and his Green Door Pictures. The deal, which Elba signed back in 2020, will see both the actor and Green Door work alongside the streaming platform to produce both series and features for Apple TV+.
Plot details for season two of Hijack are being kept under wraps for now, but Elba will return as both star and executive producer. Creators George Kay and Jim Field Smith’s company Idiotlamp Productions will also produce, with the latter on board to direct the second series.
The first season of Hijack is available to stream on Apple TV+.
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