Tom Hiddleston's Crime Drama Series THE NIGHT MANAGER Renewed for Second and Third Seasons

Last year, it was announced that a second season of the adapted series The Night Manager was quietly being developed under the codename Steelworks. Based on the novel by John le Carré, the crime drama stars Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, and Olivia Colman.

Now the BBC and new co-pro partner Amazon have revealed that they will be developing a supercharged two-season order of the series, with Hiddleston returning to lead, Laurie coming back as EP and with a new director in I Hate Suzie’s Georgi Banks-Davies. A third season has also been greenlit. David Farr is series creator and Stephen Garrett is leading the production.

The Night Manager Season 1 was a huge success, watched by millions and winning multiple BAFTAs, Emmys and Golden Globes including best actor for Hiddleston.

Also starring Tom Hollander, Olivia Colman and Elizabeth Debicki, it followed Pine – who ran a luxury hotel in Cairo – as he attempted to infiltrate the inner circle of Roper’s crime syndicate after being hired by Foreign Office task force manager Angela Burr.

The Night Manager Season 2 will begin filming later this year and will pick up with Hiddleston’s Jonathan Pine eight years after the explosive finale of Season 1, going beyond the original book, which was written by the celebrated British writer in 1993.

Additional plot details are being kept under wraps and there is not yet confirmation as to whether EP Laurie’s Richard Roper, who was last seen in the back of a paddy wagon driven by arms buyers who were not best pleased with him, will return to star.

Are you looking forward to the continuation of The Night Manager?

via: Deadline