Luther creator Neil Cross has confirmed that there will not be a sixth season of the BBC detective series.The hit show, which stars Idris Elba as DCI John Luther, has been off screens for nearly two years – though it seems a follow-up to season five on the small screen is now off the cards.“There is not going to be a season six — definitively no season six,” Cross told Australia’s Insider magazine (via Daily Mail).However, he did announced that some “exciting news” was on the way, which comes ahead of a planned spin-off film.“But Idris, [director] Jamie Payne, and I will shortly have some exciting news to share,” he added. “There’s gonna be more later, but it’s not going to be season six.”Cross’s latest comments come a month after he teased.
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