{"id":2129250,"date":"2025-11-01T18:32:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2129250"},"modified":"2025-11-01T18:32:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:32:26","slug":"hijack-returns-to-apple-tv-for-season-2-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hijack-returns-to-apple-tv-for-season-2-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hijack&#8217; returns to Apple TV for Season 2 in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_83\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>\u2018Hijack&#8217; is returning to Apple TV in January 2026 for its eagerly anticipated second season.<\/p>\n<p>Idris Elba returns as Sam Nelson, and this time he finds himself on a hijacked train. Fans will remember that the show&#8217;s gripping first season saw him trapped on a hijacked plane. The series is created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hijack \u2014 Season 2 Date Announcement | Apple TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pr7R9hQuA2w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The eight-episode second season will premiere globally on Wednesday 14th January 2026, with the first two episodes, followed by one episode weekly until 25th February 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the thrilling second season of \u2018Hijack&#8217;, a Berlin underground train and its commuters are taken hostage, while authorities scramble to save hundreds of lives. Sam Nelson (Elba) is at the heart of the crisis on board, where one wrong decision could spell disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by 60Forty Films and Idiotlamp Productions, season two of \u201cHijack\u201d is executive produced by Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta and Tom Nash at 60Forty Films, alongside executive producers Kay and Field Smith for Idiotlamp Productions. Field Smith also serves as lead director for the series.<\/p>\n<p>Season two reunites its ensemble cast of stars including Elba, who was honored with an Emmy Award nomination for his season one performance, Christine Adams, Max Beesley and Archie Panjabi, and welcomes Christian N\u00e4the\u00a0(\u2018Ballon&#8217;), Clare-Hope Ashitey\u00a0(\u2018Seven Seconds&#8217;), Lisa Vicari\u00a0(\u2018Django&#8217;), Toby Jones (\u2018Mr Bates vs The Post Office&#8217;),\u00a0Karima McAdams (\u2018Dune: Prophecy&#8217;) and Christiane Paul (\u2018Counterpart&#8217;).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since its worldwide debut, \u201cHijack\u201d has become one of the top dramas on Apple TV, receiving wide acclaim from both critics and fans, quickly achieving a Certified Fresh\u00a0critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and landing on the Nielsen\u00a0Streaming Originals\u00a0Top 10\u00a0list. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source entertainment-focus.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Hijack&#8217; is returning to Apple TV in January 2026 for its eagerly anticipated second season. 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