Luther: The Calling Luther: The Calling Luther: The Calling by Neil Cross is the first of three tie-in novels based on the BBC crime drama "Luther". The novel introduces the character of Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) John Luther. The novel is a prequel to the television series and focuses on the traumatic case involving a child killer named Henry Madsen. The novel expands on and explains several elements of the TV series, such as the breakup of the Luthers' marriage, and the corruption of DCI Ian Reed. The final events in the book mirror those portrayed at the start of Series 1 of
Luther (TV series) 66th Primetime Emmy Awards and Zap2It while promoting his movie "No Good Deed" (2014), Idris Elba promised that "the series isn't over", which kept the possibility for future series or a feature film of Luther open. In a September 2014 Reddit AMA, Elba addressed the possibility of future plans for "Luther" and said there were "talks at the moment to figure out a way to bring more Luther back to the TV, but the focus is to try and make a film from it." In an August 2016 Q&A session on his Twitter, Elba responded to a question about the