Despite being the subject of 34 bestselling crime novels from author James Patterson, fictional Washington Metro PD detective and Psychology PhD holder Alex Cross has yet to get a really good screen adaptation. Morgan Freeman starring 90s twofer Kiss The Girls and Along Came A Spider were decent enough, whilst the less said about Tyler Perry's 2012 effort probably the better. However, all that looks set to change with Prime Video's upcoming series Cross. Written and created by Hand Of God producer Ben Watkins, this new series stars Aldis Hodge (Black Adam) as Cross, the star detective who deploys his prodigious talent for forensic psychology to catch killers. Check out the first trailer below:
A fetishistic killer. Intensely personal stakes. Mind games upon mind games upon mind games. Is anybody else getting some serious American Luther vibes from this, or is it just us? Either way, there's plenty here to get hyped about. Hodge bringing the brains and the brawn as he coolly says "you can call me Detective Alex Cross" in the interrogation room; that never-out-of-style sterile, Seven reminiscent muted palette; and a case that looks both properly compelling and primed to push Cross to his limits. Really, what more could you ask for? Oh, a synopsis. Well, we do have that, too: "Detective and forensic psychologist Alex Cross is pulled back from family leave to hunt a dangerous serial killer after the tragic loss of his wife. Set in Washington, D.C., the series follows Cross as he uses his expertise to delve into the minds of criminals."
Among the actors joining Hodge in the line-up for Cross are Jennifer Wigmore (Dream Scenario), Isaiah Mustafa (IT Chapter Two), Sharon Taylor (Smallville), and Stacie Greenwell (Perry Mason). And whilst we'll have to wait until the series' launch on Prime Video on 14 November to find out whether Cross ticks all our crime thriller series boxes, the fact that the show has already had its second season greenlit before the first even airs surely bodes well. Plus, with Bosch: Legacy having just been given the heave-ho, you don't need a PhD to see that the timing couldn't be better for a new Amazon adaptation of a series of beloved American genre bestsellers.