Aldis Hodge announces "Cross" series premiere date live from Essence Fest!
Prime Video’s new action series Cross will premiere on November 14, 2024!
Cross is a crime/thriller series that follows Alex Cross (played by Aldis Hodge), a decorated D.C. homicide detective and forensic psychologist who faces a sadistic serial killer leaving a string of bodies strewn around the city. As Alex and his partner, John Sampson (Isaiah Mustafa), track this killer, a mysterious threat from Cross’ past appears, aiming to destroy what he’s done to keep his grieving family, career, and life together.
Cross also stars Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Caleb Elijah, Melody Hurd, Jennifer Wigmore, Eloise Mumford, and Ryan Eggold. Our publication was present at Essence Festival on July 6, 2024, where an excited, packed house of fans sat engaged and thoroughly entertained throughout the entire Cross panel. The seating area was filled to capacity! When Hodge was introduced and the teaser for Cross was shown, the crowd erupted into cheers. The teaser gives audiences a glimpse into how thrilling, fast paced, and full of action this new series will be ahead of its official trailer release. Hodge described this series as not only thrilling, but also “sexy, dangerous, and funny”.
Cross officially received a season 2 renewal on Prime Video ahead of its season 1 premiere date.
“Getting a Season 2 pick-up before our first season even drops is a huge testament and vote of confidence in the amazing work that our crew, cast, directors, writers and production team have delivered thus far. It’s also a direct result of the unwavering support bestowed upon us by Prime Video and our producing partners at Paramount TV Studios, Skydance and James Patterson Entertainment. I am grateful for all of the above and can’t wait to run it back even bigger and better”, said Cross showrunner Ben Watkins.
The new series from Prime Video is based on the books by bestselling author James Patterson. According to The Wrap, the character of Alex Cross was first portrayed by Morgan Freeman in two films – 1997’s “Kiss the Girls” and 2001’s “Along Came a Spider.” The film series was given a reboot in 2012 with “Alex Cross,” this time installing Tyler Perry as the title character. Patterson introduced the character in the 1993 novel “Along Came a Spider,” with the nursery rhyme titles continuing for another 10 novels. Starting with book 12 (“Cross”), all of the titles have involved some use of the word “Cross.” So far, there have been 32 mainline novels, two novellas and a trilogy of spin-off books. Nearly everyone has been a bestseller.
Cross is created by showrunner and writer Ben Watkins, Paramount Television Studios, Amazon MGM Studios, and Skydance Television. Watkins produced Cross via his company Blue Monday Productions. Along with Watkins and other creatives, Stacey Muhammad will also serve as director for Cross. For Season 2, Aiyana White and Aldis Hodge are being added to the executive producing team.
Check out the official teaser for Cross season 1 below. Cross will make its debut on Prime Video on November 14, 2024! This is one thriller that audiences do not want to miss!