First there was Bosch, then Bosch: Legacy. Now the world of Michael Connelly is increasing once more with Ballard, the latest sequence to hit Prime Video based mostly on the crime fiction of the creator. Taking a lead from its predecessors, Ballard has loads of hyperlinks to Bosch – together with that includes the person himself (performed by Titus Welliver) in a number of episodes. Nonetheless, whereas chatting with MovieWeb’s George Edelman, Connelly mirrored on which of his different characters he believes may very well be the subsequent Bosch alternative for crime followers.
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Harry Bosch has been essentially the most outstanding character in Connelly’s intensive library of novels, from his first look in 1992’s The Black Echo by way of to The Ready in 2024, which additionally options the protagonist of the brand new sequence, Renee Ballard, performed by Maggie Q. For Connelly, although, there’s one other character would has appeared a number of occasions in his work that would additionally deserve their very own time to shine. He defined:
“I’ve written three books. Nicely, a fourth one, one’s gonna come out in October, a few journalist named Jack McAvoy. And you understand, of all of the characters I’ve written, he is closest to me as a result of I used to be a journalist and so forth. So I am actually near that character. So I believe that might be fairly great if any studio ever knocked on my door and stated, ‘Let’s do a Jack Present.’ That may be a cool pleasure if some journalist based mostly on me grew to become a TV present.”
Michael Connelly’s ‘Ballard’ Continues the ‘Bosch’ Legacy
When it was introduced that Bosch: Legacy was ending after simply three seasons, many followers, and certainly among the stars, have been fairly shocked by the choice. Bosch ran for six seasons, and the expectation was that its sequel sequence would get no less than 5 seasons. Nonetheless, to appease these mourning the lack of the sequence, the finale of the present launched a personality very acquainted to Connelly’s readers, Renee Ballard, and now her personal sequence has managed to ship one thing equal to its predecessor in some ways.
Ballard debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% Tomatometer rating, an ideal determine held by all however the very first season of Bosch. Delivering the identical form of intricate plotting, well-rounded characters, and the added bonus of Welliver’s Harry Bosch dropping in sometimes, Ballard appears to be like set to be one other hit sequence for Prime Video, and maintain the Bosch legacy transferring alongside.
Nonetheless, Ballard is so very a lot its personal factor, one thing that Maggie Q defined in a current interview with Collider. She stated:
“We’re not seeking to rehash the identical issues. There’s a lot richness there. These are complicated individuals in a sophisticated metropolis. Crossovers do not should be about nostalgia. They’ll transfer the story ahead. Bosch was remoted and Hollywood-centric. Ballard’s world is wider — she’s on the ocean, amongst individuals, and a part of a workforce. It is a completely different tackle the identical relentless spirit.”
Though followers of Bosch: Legacy grew used to having to attend for episodes to drop every week, Ballard is returning to the unique Bosch launch mannequin with the complete 10-episode season being out there now to binge on Prime Video.
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Bosch
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2014 – 2021-00-00
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Eric Ellis Overmyer
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Ernest R. Dickerson, Alex Zakrzewski
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Ballard
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July 9, 2025
- Community
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Prime Video
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Jet Wilkinson
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Courtney Taylor
Samira Parker
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John Carroll Lynch
Thomas Laffont
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