Season One of Prime Video’s Cross series, starring Aldis Hodge as Washington DC detective Alex Cross, is streaming now and season 2 has already been shot in Toronto and DC.
Cross can be pretty grim but there’s warmth and humour in his bromance with Isaiah Mustafa’s detective John Sampson — even an Old Spice joke at Cross’s expense made by the former spokesmodel.
Cross is a twisted thriller about Alex Cross (Aldis Hodge), a detective and forensic psychologist, uniquely capable of digging into the psyches of killers and their victims, in order to identify — and ultimately capture — the murderer
Cross s brilliant, flawed, and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left him too damaged to receive it.
Cross is adapted from James Patterson’s best-selling books.
Morgan Freeman played Alex Cross in the movies Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider.
Related: Prime Video’s Alex Cross Series With Aldis Hodge Starts Filming in D.C. & Toronto
Filming season one:
Related: Alex Cross Series With Aldis Hodge Has Season 2 Filming Dates in Toronto
Characters:
Black Adam’s Aldis Hodge plays Washington DC detective Alex Cross, whose wife was murdered a year ago.
Old Spice spokesmodel and Shadowhunters’ Isaiah Mustafa plays Alex’s partner on the force John Sampson and BFF of 30 years, also known as Two-John and Man-Mountain.
A blonde Ryan Eggold from New Amsterdam plays well-connected Ed Ramsey who started off as a fan of Cross but soon becomes an adversary.
Underground’s Johnny Ray Gill play ex-police officer Bobby Trey, who now works for Cross’s antagonist Ed Ramsey.
Samantha Walkes plays Alex’s new love interest Elle.
Sharon Taylor plays pregnant Lt. Oracene Massey, Alex Cross’s immediate superior at the Metro PD in a replacement casting.
SEAL Team’s Alona Tal plays FBI agent Kayla Craig, who aims to recruit Cross into the bureau and possibly her bed.
50 Shades of Grey’s Eloise Mumford plays Shannon Witmer, who’s ensnared by Ed Ramsey.
Murdoch Mysteries’ Siobhan Murphy plays driven Washington Post journalist Tania Hightower.
Cross Season One:
Filming dates:January 17 2023 – May 12 2023.
Showrunner: Ben Watkins.
Cast: Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Ryan Eggold, Samantha Walkes, Alona Tal, Johnny Ray Gill, Eloise Mumford, Siobhan Murphy, Sharon Tayler.
Producers: Skydance Television, James Patterson, Paramount Television, Amazon Prime Video.
Cross was renewed for season two before season one premiered.
Cross Season Two :
Related: Prime’s Cross Season 2 With Aldis Hodge In Production in DC & Toronto
Toronto and Washington DC filming dates: April 29 2024 – September 23 2024.
Showrunners: Jim Dunn, Sam Ernst.
Cast: Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Samantha Walkes, Alona Tal, Johnny Ray Gill, Jeanine Mason, Wes Chatham, Matthew Lillard.
Producers: Skydance Television, James Patterson, Paramount Television, Amazon Prime Video.