Idris Elba Thriller ‘Hijack’ Coming to Apple TV+
Elba is set to star as Sam Nelson, an accomplished negotiator in the business world who needs to step up and use his skills to try to save the lives of the passengers on the plane, but it is a risky move and could be his undoing.
Elba previously signed a first-look deal with Apple TV+, and this is the first series to come of it. In addition to starring in the movie, Elba will serve as an executive producer under his Green Door Pictures label.
In other Apple TV+ news, Apple today shared the trailer for four-part true crime documentary “The Big Conn,” which is set to premiere on Friday, May 6.
“The Big Conn” tells the story of attorney Eric C. Conn, who defrauded the government and taxpayers out of more than half a billion dollars in the largest Social Security fraud case in U.S. history.
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