Tom Hiddleston’s ‘The Night Manager’ to Return With Two New Seasons

“The Evening Supervisor” is returning for 2 brand-new seasons from the BBC and Prime Video, with Tom Hiddleston reprising his position as Jonathan Pine.

Filming is anticipated to start later this 12 months on the revival of the hit drama sequence, which is impressed by the characters in John le Carré’s bestselling novel of the identical title. The brand new episodes of “The Evening Supervisor” will decide up with Jonathan Pine eight years after the explosive Season 1 finale.

Collection creator David Farr will pen the brand new seasons, with BAFTA winner Georgi Banks-Davies (“I Hate Suzie,” “Paper Ladies”) connected to direct all six episodes of Season 2. Stephen Garrett is returning to guide manufacturing, and Hugh Laurie (“All of the Gentle We Can’t See,” “Veep”) will govt produce.

Premiering in 2016, Season 1 of “The Evening Supervisor” gained two Emmys and three Golden Globes, together with finest actor for Hiddleston. It was watched by 10 million viewers within the U.Okay. alone, making it certainly one of 2016’s hottest exhibits.

Ink Manufacturing unit is producing in affiliation with Character 7, Demarest Movies and 127 Wall, in co-production with Spain’s Nostromo Photos. The brand new seasons will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer within the U.Okay., and on Prime Video elsewhere. The deal for the sequence was negotiated by Fifth Season, which is dealing with international distribution rights.

Further govt producers embody Garrett for Character 7, Banks-Davies and Hiddleston; Joe Tsai and Arthur Wang for 127 Wall; Stephen and Simon Cornwell, Michele Wolkoff and Tessa Inkelaar for The Ink Manufacturing unit; Adrián Guerra for Nostromo Photos; William D. Johnson for Demarest Movies, Nick Cornwell, Susanne Bier and Chris Rice for Fifth Season and Gaynor Holmes for the BBC.

“The primary sequence of ‘The Evening Supervisor’ was one of the vital creatively fulfilling tasks I’ve ever labored on. The depth, vary and complexity of Jonathan Pine was, and stays, an exhilarating prospect,” Hiddleston stated in an announcement. “I’m so wanting ahead to reuniting with Simon and Stephen Cornwell, David Farr and Stephen Garrett, and to working with Georgi Banks-Davies to inform the subsequent chapter of our story. I can’t wait.”

Added Farr, “John le Carré’s work has lengthy been an inspiration to me and dealing intently with him on Season 1 was an honor and a pleasure. I didn’t tread calmly into extending ‘The Evening Supervisor’ past the unique ebook, however an thought got here to me a few years in the past which felt truthful to that distinctive world of darkish corners and shady identities. Nobody marries the suspense of espionage with a deep exploration of the human soul fairly like le Carré. I hope that ultimately we will pay homage to his uneasy genius on this new exploration. I’m thrilled to be working once more with Tom Hiddleston, Stephen Garrett and The Ink Manufacturing unit group, and to be welcoming the good director Georgi Banks-Davies into our ranks.”