Gary Levin

USA TODAY

Fox is aiming for another British remake: This time it's Luther, the acclaimed BBC series about a brilliant (but violent) murder detective played by Idris Elba. Neil Cross, the series' creator and executive producer, is behind the new version as well.

The show ran for just 14 episodes on BBC America, ending in July 2013, but Fox is expected to produce a pilot episode for a U.S. version of the series that would count Elba as a producer -- though not the star -- and in success, will run longer.

Fox hasn't had luck lately with remakes of well-regarded British series: Gracepoint, a murder mystery based on the U.K.'s Broadchurch, is sputtering toward its conclusion this month with an average 5 million viewers.