Season 2 of Bodyguard may be on the way
"We're in talks. We're going through the logistics," Mercurio told the Banff World Media Festival about discussions with the BBC.became a small-screen phenomenon, series creator Jed Mercurio on Monday said he's in talks with the BBC about a second season.
"We're in talks. We're going through the logistics of it. There's no real update now," Mercurio told a keynote session at the Banff World Media Festival.Mercurio's appearance at the fest in the Canadian Rockies follows— on which Richard Madden plays an embattled protector caught up in a devious assassination plot — grabbing a peak audience of 11 million viewers, or a 47.9 percent share for the finale on BBC One.
And the British showrunner of popular thrillers said he's open to working in Hollywood. Mercurio has written a few U.S. pilots, but none received a series order.it's not ending, but I'm beginning to look at the future," he told Banff delegates. Mercurio said much depended on how his ideas for fresh series are received by U.S. studios or streamers.
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