Tom Hiddleston is set to reprise his leading role in the hit BBC series The Night Manager, which has been recommissioned for two new seasons. The John Le Carré adaptation will be co-produced by the BBC and Amazon Prime Video. David Farr, who wrote the original run of episodes, will return as the showrunner, while lead producer Stephen Garrett is also working on the project. Hugh Laurie, who played arms dealer Dicky Roper, will be an executive producer. Georgi Banks-Davies, known for her work on Sky Atlantic comedy I Hate Suzie, has been tapped to direct the new seasons.
The first season, directed by Susanne Bier, followed Jonathan Pine (Hiddleston), the night manager of a luxury Cairo hotel and an ex-British soldier, who is hired by an intelligence officer to infiltrate Roper’s inner circle. The show was a smash hit in the UK, and subsequently around the globe in the US and beyond. Indeed, The Night Manager went on to win two Emmys and three Golden Globes. Such was its success, that the original show even spawned a Hindi adaptation, which starred Aditya Roy Kapur and Anil Kooper. In early 2023, it was reported that the show would be making a return, and that it was being developed under the codename Steelworks.
Details were thin on the ground at the time. However, it has now been confirmed that filming will begin later this year, with the new episodes picking up with Hiddleston’s Pine, eight years after the season one finale. Speaking about the return, Hiddleston has said: “The first series of The Night Manager was one of the most creatively fulfilling projects I have ever worked on. The depth, range and complexity of Jonathan Pine was, and remains, a thrilling prospect.” Vernon Sanders, Amazon MGM Studios’ head of television, said: “We are elated to bring additional seasons of The Night Manager to our Prime Video customers. The combination of terrific source material, the wonderful team at The Ink Factory, a great writer in David Farr, an award-winning director in Georgi Banks-Davies, as well as the talented cast truly make the series the full package.”
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