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Season 3 of Cross is successful accumulation and creator and showrunner Ben Watkins revealed that nan adjacent section of nan Prime Video play will research addiction done nan lens of Alex Cross’ relentless pursuit of justice.
“We request to spot this characteristic confronting a different situation astir himself and nan group astir him, and successful Season 3 we person this speech astir addiction because Cross arsenic a detective is really addicted to nan hunt,” Watkins said astatine a Deadline-moderated Q+A astatine nan Monte-Carlo TV Festival. Watkins was joined by Cross title prima and exec shaper Aldis Hodge and added: “That became a bully taxable for america to play with. When you deliberation astir group who are addicted and nan effect they have, it doesn’t person to beryllium narcotics aliases alcohol.”
The showrunner sketched a four-season roadmap for nan drama, but said it tin spell for overmuch longer. ”Cross is nan type of show that tin spell forever,” he said. “The situation is, what is nan character’s journey?”
Season 1 of nan Amazon MGM Studios and Paramount Television Studios-produced show surged to 40M viewers globally successful its first 20 days connected nan streamer. It classed arsenic nan third-most-watched premiere connected nan level successful 2025. A 3rd play was greenlit successful March.
Hodge, who will beryllium seen successful nan Road House sequel, explained why he has go truthful invested successful Cross.
“I recovered alleviation successful nan writing,” he said. “What I realized was nan immediacy of this characteristic being presented arsenic smart, intellectual, unapologetic, charismatic, raw, dangerous, susceptible – each of these things without having to taxable aliases discuss his dignity aliases humanity.
“He’s a Black man stepping successful nan world of constabulary and justness and law, but not having to taxable to different people’s bias.”
Watkins added that he tested execs up of clip to guarantee they were afloat connected committee pinch his ngo to person a afloat realized Black man arsenic nan lead. “One of nan messages that I wrote into nan book was ‘this is going to beryllium an unapologetic Black man who is astonishing astatine his occupation and is ever nan smartest personification successful nan room. I wrote a segment for illustration that and sent it to nan executives. I’ve done that before, and had group say, ‘Oh that makes maine nervous,’ aliases ‘Oh, it seems for illustration he’s being excessively aggressive.’”
Watkins and Hodge besides described really they spell each retired to create an inclusive moving situation connected Cross.
“You dream of being successful a position wherever you’re a storyteller and being paid to show stories, and yet you often find yourself successful environments that look motivated by fearfulness and dominated by questions astir budget, clip and ego,” Watkins said. “I want to beryllium successful an situation wherever I’m reminded that what we do is very uncommon and tin beryllium magic if we attack it nan correct way. That requires being successful nan room pinch nan correct group pinch nan correct mindset.”
Hodge added that mindset extends to whoever is No.1 connected nan telephone sheet. “That intends you should beryllium number 1 successful statement to lick immoderate problems. Some group return it arsenic though group are location successful work to them. I disagree. I deliberation that you person to beryllium successful work to those astir you, because you’re mounting nan reside for a batch of behavior.”
