Hijack season 2 has started filming, here’s what we know so far about Idris Elba’s plane thriller
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The high-octane Apple TV+ series was renewed for a second season in January. Hijack was the unexpected breakout hit for Apple TV+ when it premiered last summer. The plane thriller, led by Idris Elba, kept viewers on the edge of their seats with its twists and turns, concluding in an action-packed finale almost a year ago.
Now, Elba’s smooth-talking corporate negotiator Sam Nelson will soon return for season two. The first season revolved around a hijacked plane flying from Dubai to London, and was told in real-time over the course of seven episodes, breaking new ground for the tech giant’s streaming service.
Elba’s character used his smarts gained from assessing high-stake mergers and acquisitions to take control of the situation unravelling on flight KA29, attempting to talk the hijackers into bringing the plane down to safety. It became only the second Apple TV+ show to make Nielsen's top 10 streaming charts, after Ted Lasso. “Hijack feels like it has the potential to be a watershed moment for the Cupertino-based company – no mean feat, given that Apple TV has already won a Best Picture Oscar for Coda,” our chief TV critic Nick Hilton said in his review last year. “Hijack could well end up being Apple’s Squid Game.”.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Hijack season 2 had begun filming in the UK. While details about the plot are being kept under wraps, Elba will be reprieving his role as Sam Nelson and will be joined by BAFTA award-winning Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office), Lisa Vicari and Christiane Paul as series regulars.
