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28.02.2023 - 07:23 / etcanada.com
It’s been six years since the top-rated 2016 U.K. drama “The Night Manager”, starring Tom Hiddleston, had its season one finale.
Now, the popular adaptation of John le Carré’s 1993 espionage novel is reportedly in the works for a second season at Prime Video and the BBC, with Hiddleston set to reprise his role as protagonist Jonathan Pine, as per Deadline.
The outlet reports that season 2 will film later this year in London and South America. Although a new season has yet to be formally greenlit by Prime Video and the BBC, sources tell Deadline that the show is on track to receive a two-season order.
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The publication also reports that David Farr, who penned season 1, will return to write season 2.
Since the first season ended in late 2016, widespread rumours began circulating about a second season, which is now understood to reportedly be set in the present day.
Season 2 will follow “British arms dealer Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) being taken away by the Syrians at the end of Season 1,” to which “Hiddleston’s Pine is informed he is dead two years later, and he has to face up to a new, even more deadly challenge,” as per Deadline.
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The first season, directed by Susanne Bier, also starred Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki and David Harewood. It followed “Pine, the night manager of a luxury Cairo hotel and former British soldier who is recruited by the manager of a Foreign Office taskforce to infiltrate Roper’s inner circle.” The series thriller received two Emmys and three Golden Globe awards.
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Tom Hiddleston met his Night Manager counterpart Aditya Roy Kapur for the first time last night.
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The Night Manager is getting a much-requested second season – six years on from its globe-conquering debut.The hugely successful adaption of the John le Carré novel is set for a surprise return. The follow-up to the 2016 smash-hit BBC drama will also see Tom Hiddleston return as Jonathan Pine.As per Deadline, the BBC and Amazon Prime Video have brought the show back from hiatus.
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It seems like a million years ago, because so much has happened in the realm of prestige TV since, but the BBC/AMC thriller series, “The Night Manager,” was only released back in 2016. However, it’s been long enough that folks just assumed that one season of the John le Carré adaptation was all we’d ever get.
A second season of The Night Manager is in the works with Amazon Prime Video and the BBC! In even better news, it looks like Tom Hiddleston would be returning for the second season to reprise his role as Jonathan Pine.
EXCLUSIVE: A second season of smash John le Carré adaptation The Night Manager is in the works at Amazon Prime Video and the BBC with Tom Hiddleston set to reprise his role as protagonist Jonathan Pine.
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Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor This article first appeared as part of Jenelle Riley’s Acting Up newsletter – to subscribe for early content and weekly updates on all things acting, visit the Acting Up signup page. Charlie Mackesy always thought Tom Hollander would make a great mole. More specifically, the artist who wrote and illustrated the bestselling 2019 book “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” felt the British actor was a wonderful match to voice one of his characters in the short film adaptation he co-directed with Peter Baynton. The film, now streaming on Apple TV + has charmed audiences worldwide and is nominated for an Academy Award for animated short film.