Is this Idris Elba’s James Bond moment?
The British star – who has long been touted as a possible replacement to Daniel Craig’s 007 – is showing off his action chops in a thrilling new trailer unveiled Thursday for the upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries Hijack.
The 50-year-old performer starred as a negotiator who is tasked with convincing a team of criminals who have taken over a plane to stand down peacefully.
The trailer began with Sam Nelson, played by Elba, making his way through Dubai International Airport before boarding a plane bound for London.
Shortly after takeoff, a team of criminals took control of the aircraft and demanded cooperation from the flight’s passengers, with their apparent leader making a reference to an ‘operation.’
Leading man: Idris Elba was featured in the tense trailer for the upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries Hijack
Man of action: The 50-year-old performer starred as a negotiator who is tasked with convincing a team of criminals who have taken over a plane to stand down peacefully
Heading home: The trailer began with Sam Nelson, played by Elba, making his way through Dubai International Airport before boarding a plane bound for London
After a group of air traffic controllers noticed that the plane had gone off course, one revealed that a passenger had managed to call for help.
Nelson then comforted a particularly emotional passenger, and he told her that ‘we’ve got one job to do right now. Just get through it for them.’
Nelson’s wife Marsha, played by Christine Adams, then stated that she had received a message from onboard the flight, and when a detective asked their son what his father did for a living, he stated: ‘It’s difficult to explain.’
Marsha then added that her husband was a negotiations expert and ‘the best at handling it.’
Nelson went on to tell a criminal that ‘there are 200 people on this flight. If one of them tries something and this plane goes down, I don’t get home to my family. Let me make you an offer.’
After a criminal is disarmed and a gun goes off inside the plane, Elba’s character told the plane’s captain that ‘if it’s all going wrong in the first hour, imagine the next six.’
Nelson then circled a message on the side of a milk carton to tell everyone around him to ‘get ready to shake things up’ before various passengers improvised weapons out of seatbelts and jewelry.
After it was discovered that ‘five passengers on that plane do not exist,’ Zahra Gahfoor, played by Archie Panjabi, attributed the group’s origin to ‘a network running all across Europe.’
Complication: Shortly after takeoff, a team of criminals took control of the aircraft and demanded cooperation from the flight’s passengers, with their apparent leader making a reference to an ‘operation’
Reaching out: After a group of air traffic controllers noticed that the plane had gone off course, one revealed that a passenger had managed to call for help
Man with a plan: Nelson’s wife Marsha, played by Christine Adams, then stated that she had received a message from onboard the flight, and when a detective asked their son what his father did for a living, he stated that ‘it’s difficult to explain.’
Trying his best: Nelson went on to tell a criminal that ‘there are 200 people on this flight. If one of them tries something and this plane goes down, I don’t get home to my family. Let me make you an offer’
Risky business: Nelson then circled a message on the side of a milk carton to tell everyone around him to ‘get ready to shake things up’ before various passengers improvised weapons out of seatbelts and jewelry
Conspiracy: After it was discovered that ‘five passengers on that plane do not exist,’ Zahra Gahfoor, played by Archie Panjabi, attributed the group’s origin to ‘a network running all across Europe’
Target located: The plane is then targeted by an air force jet, and the captain commented that the aircraft was being viewed as ‘an incoming missile’
The plane is then targeted by an air force jet, and the captain commented that the aircraft was being viewed as ‘an incoming missile.’
After Nelson covertly made his way to the front of the plane and attacked one of the hijackers, he ominously stated: ‘It’s either us or them, and I can tell you it’s not going to be us.’
It was announced that Elba, who also serves as one of the project’s executive producers, had signed on to star in Hijack in April of last year.
The miniseries is currently scheduled to premiere on June 28.