Apple has released the first trailer for the upcoming action thriller series hijack starring Idris Elba on Thursday. Created by George Kay (She-wolf) and Jim Field Smith (Criminal) and executive produced by Elba herself, the seven-part miniseries follows the crew and passengers aboard a flight to London that is hijacked by a terrorist cell. If you’ve somehow ever wondered what it would be like if 24 And Taken had a baby on a plane, now you have your answer.
Told in real-time, the series splits focus between the perspectives of several passengers aboard the flight in question and a team of counter-terrorism specialists and negotiators working to intercept the plane and safely rescue the hostages. With just seven hours until the flight runs out of fuel, both the passengers and the researchers on the ground will have to think fast if they want to save everyone on board.
hijack has two protagonists; Sam Nelson (Elba), a no-nonsense business negotiator with a knack for improvising himself out of tight situations, and Zahra Gahfoor (Snow piercer‘s Archie Panjgabi), an anti-terrorist officer who led the investigation into the hijacking. Elba and Panjgabi are joined by a supporting cast including Christine Adams (Black Lightning), Max Beesley (Bodies), Eva Myles (Torch wood), Neil Maskell (Small axe), Jasper Britton (The New World), Harry Michell (Yesterday), Aimee Kelly (Wolves blood), Mohamed Elsandel (rents) and Ben Miles (Andor).
hijack will premiere on Apple TV Plus on June 28.