Idris Elba’s Hijack returns Jan 14, 2026 as Season 1 surges on Apple TV

Movieweb reports Idris Elba is returning in Season 2 of the Apple TV thriller Hijack on January 14, 2026, and the show's 2023 first season has climbed back into the Apple TV chart as viewers rewatch ahead of the new episodes.

Season 2 moves the action from a hijacked plane to a hijacked train on the Berlin underground, while the first season was set aboard a plane and earned a 90% Tomatometer score alongside a 51% Popcornmeter. The series was praised for Elba as the “effortlessly cool, mysterious, and suave” lead and for “getting everyone invested in characters you have just met,” according to the report.

Early reaction to Season 2 has been mixed: only two reviews had been submitted at the time of writing, and critics Nick Schager of The Daily Beast and Katie Doll of CBR both gave the return a “rotten” rating, citing predictable beats and a repeat of the first season’s route. The article notes fans still have time to binge Season 1 before Season 2 drops, and that Elba recently appeared in the Netflix thriller A House of Dynamite and will appear in the Masters of the Universe reboot coming this July, with a Luther sequel set to start filming later this year.

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