Idris Elba tweets teaser for 'Luther' Season 5 and OMG

Well that's a nice surprise.
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Sam Haysom
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Splendid news, Luther fans -- Season 5 is officially on its way.

On Monday night, Idris Elba shared a brief teaser for the show's new season on his Twitter.

Well, that's certainly a nice surprise.

Still, so we don't exactly have much to go on so far.

Aside from a bloodied Elba walking up to stare at the camera and the words "This will hurt", details are currently pretty thin. We don't even have a date yet: just that equally exciting/frustrating phrase, "coming soon".

Better than nothing though, eh?

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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