Previously, on this site, I used the word “Propulsive” to describe Apple TV’s Hijack. The first season used a very basic premise that became gripping TV thanks to the simple real-time method, and the multiple story viewpoints that allowed the intrigue to build in layers.
The first season lasted seven episodes, each an hour long and each telling another hour’s worth of story set aboard a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London.
When it was hijacked, Idris Elba’s talented business negotiator character finds himself drawn into a desperate situation on board, while air traffic controllers, authorities, and criminals on the ground with a vested interest in the flight all begin to circle.
A second season is now coming, with a January 14th premiere date set. This time around series is switching from planes to trains, and a full trailer has been released showing how Sam Nelson finds himself having a touch of the John McClane’s, with the same shit happening to the same guy, twice.
The first season co-starred Archie Panjabi, Christine Adams, Max Beesley, Ben Miles, Eve Myles, and Neil Maskell. It was written by Lupin creator George Kay and the BAFTA-nominated Jim Field Smith.
When the first season of Hijack became a breakout hit and one of the streamer’s most-watched dramas, they started work on the second season. It wrapped production back in February.
Toby Jones, Lisa Vicari, Christiane Paul, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Karima McAdams, and Christian Näthe are the co-stars this time around.
