Surprise news from Apple TV+ today. The streamer has confirmed (via Deadline) that is has ordered a second season of real-time drama Hijack. The first season is available to stream now globally.
The first season of Hijack starred Idris Elba as an accomplished business negotiator forced to use his guile to save the lives of passengers onboard a hijacked plane making its way to London. The series co-starred Archie Panjabi, The Crown’s Ben Miles, Eve Myles and Max Beesley.
“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,” said Jay Hunt, creative director, Europe, Apple TV+.
“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!,” added Elba, who also serves as an executive producer on the drama.
In our four-star review of season one Neil says “Hijack is an intense, high stakes thriller set at 35,000 feet. It’s prime location, rather than limiting, in fact enriches what is already a gripping drama to create one of 2023’s most binge-worthy and exciting series.”
The series is produced by 60Forty Films, the production company set up by Emmy Award-winning Executive Producers Jamie Laurenson and Hakan Kousetta (Slow Horses, The Essex Serpent) under its exclusive content deal with Apple TV+, alongside Kay and Field-Smith’s own production company Idiotlamp Productions, and also marks the first series to debut from Elba’s first-look deal with Apple TV+ and his Green Door Pictures. In addition to writing and directing, Kay and Field Smith each serve as executive producers alongside Elba, Laurenson, Kousetta and Kris Thykier.
