Idris Elba has 'Luther'-inspired album in the works

LONDON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Idris Elba is working on a Luther-inspired album.

The 42-year-old actor has portrayed Detective John Luther on three seasons of the BBC One series. The character is a troubled but brilliant inspector who pursues dangerous serial killers, and the record has the working title Murder Loves John.

"I'd like to dissect the idea of someone who has to deal with so much darkness," Elba told BBC Radio 4's Front Row. "Detectives carry a lot of stuff. They meet someone who's done something heinous, but they have to have an objective perspective on them until proven. That could create some really good songs...and definitely an interesting mood, musically."

Elba released his first EP, Big Man, in 2006. The actor also serves as a music producer, and DJs as DJ Big Driis and DJ 7wallace. He will release an album, Idris Elba Presents mi Mandela, inspired by his role as Nelson Mandela in Long Walk to Freedom on Nov. 24.

Elba will return as Luther for a two-part special in 2015, and he and series creator Neil Cross will executive produce an American remake of the crime drama for Fox. The actor is also scheduled to reprise Heimdall in Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015.