# BBC’s Near-Perfect Detective Thriller Teases Major Changes for American Remake

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bbcs-near-perfect-detective-thriller-teases-major-changes-for-american-remake/
- Published: 2026-11-10T01:54:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T05:51:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/bbc-ludwig-rabbit-detective-thriller-american-remake/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- ABC is developing a US adaptation of *Ludwig* called *Rabbit*.
- David Mitchell plays a puzzle setter who helps solve murders.
- The adaptation is expected to change elements for its American setting.

## Summary

The BBC detective series *Ludwig*, starring David Mitchell as a puzzle setter drawn into police work, is being adapted for US broadcaster ABC as *Rabbit*. Executive producer Kenton Allen says the American version will make major changes to fit its setting, while retaining the central idea of an unconventional problem-solver helping investigate murders.

In *Ludwig*, John Taylor takes his missing identical twin James’s place at a Cambridge police station, then continues working with detectives as a crime consultant. The article says the US adaptation is being developed by writers Humphrey Ker and Megan Ganz; Allen discussed it ahead of the second season finale’s arrival on BritBox. The original series has also found viewers in North America through the streaming service.

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