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Paul Theroux’s 1981 bestselling novel The Mosquito Coast shapes Apple TV+’ original series created and executive produced by Luther’s Neil Cross. Season 1 plays like an expanded prequel, introducing the anti-consumerism idealist and inventor Allie Fox (played by Theroux’s real-life nephew Justin Theroux) who with his…

The new Apple TV+ series The Mosquito Coast follows mad political inventor Allie Fox and his family in the events prior to the famed 1981 Paul Theroux novel, which was adapted into a Golden Globe-nominated 1986 movie starring Harrison Ford. Playing Fox is the author's nephew Justin Theroux. Fox is still a quirky guy…

EXCLUSIVE: Years & Years star Russell Tovey is to star in ITV drama Because the Night from Luther creator Neil Cross. Tovey is to star alongside Bertie Carvel (Doctor Foster), Amrita Acharia (Game of Thrones), Nina Toussaint-White (GameFace) and Paul Bazely (Benidorm) in the four-part series from Fremantle-owned Hard S…

Apple has given a formal green light to Mosquito Coast, a drama series from Luther creator Neil Cross starring Justin Theroux. The series, directed by Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), is based on the 1981 novel The Mosquito Coast by Justin’s uncle, Paul Theroux. Mosquito Coast stars Justin Theroux as an…

Luther creator Neil Cross has scored a four-part drama about ghosts and murder for British broadcaster ITV. The network has commissioned Because The Night, produced by Hard Sun producer Euston Films. Inspired by Cross' own novel Burial, the series follows the well-meaning but directionless Nathan, who has a terrible…

There is a simple reason why shows like The Walking Dead are so captivating, according to Neil Cross, creator and EP of Hulu’s new drama Hard Sun. “I think all apocalyptic dramas are essentially reassuring, they're not really about destruction,” he said at TCA on Sunday. “We always assume that we're the ones who…

Neil Cross, creator of Idris Elba's BBC1 police drama Luther, is heading back to the small screen with Hard Sun, a six-part "pre-apocalyptic" crime drama that stars Agyness Deyn as Detective Inspector Elaine Renko and Jim Sturgess Detective Chief Inspector Charlie Hicks. After striking an exclusive overall deal with Fr…

EXCLUSIVE: Luther creator Neil Cross has struck an exclusive overall deal with FremantleMedia. I hear that Cross, who has just finished the first season of BBC One and Hulu "pre-apocalyptic" crime drama Hard Sun with FremantleMedia-owned Euston Films, will be focused on producing series for U.S. and UK…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has beaten out several bidders to acquire Inside, a large-scale supernatural thriller film to be written by Neil Cross, best known as the creator of the celebrated BBC series Luther. The film will be produced by the Picture Company’s Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman. Fox expands its relationship with…

Hulu has boarded Hard Sun, a pre–apocalyptic crime drama from Luther creator Neil Cross, which has cast Jim Sturgess (Cloud Atlas) and Agyness Deyn (Sunset Song) as the leads. The six-episode Hard Sun, originally commissioned by BBC One in December 2015, will now be a Hulu original in association with the BBC. Set in…

The series adaption of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels has found a writer in Luther creator Neil Cross. The project has been in development at Endemol Shine Studios for the past year. There are five novels in the series, beginning with The Talented Mr. Ripley, and followed by Ripley Underground (1970), Ripley’s…

Neil Cross is getting back into the detective business with BBC One. The network has ordered six-part pre-apocalyptic drama Hard Sun to be produced by Kate Harwood’s Euston Films. Set in contemporary London, it will feature detective partners and enemies, Elaine Renko and Robert Hicks, who seek to enforce the law and…