Netflix Enlists One of many Greatest Names in TV for New Harlan Coben Sequence

Netflix’s new sequence based mostly on Harlan Coben’s novels concerning the character Myron Bolitar bought a serious title as producer. Mega TV producer David E. Kelley (Lincoln Lawyer) might be collaborating with Coben as co-writers and co-executive producers, per Deadline.

Coben signed a take care of Netflix a number of years in the past which has seen a number of of his books tailored as reveals and upon renewing in 2022, Netflix bought entry to the 11 Bolitar novels and a novella known as Win. Having Kelley crew up with the writer is ideal, as he already has Lincoln Lawyer streaming on Netflix, which can be based mostly on the sequence of novels by Michael Connelly.

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Kelley is a prolific tv producer and author, having created a number of the greatest reveals of the previous few many years, together with L.A. Legislation, Ally McBeal, The Observe, Presumed Harmless, and a number of other others. And never all of them are authorized reveals; the writer famously wrote Lake Placid a couple of large crocodile terrorizing a small city in Maine. He additionally created Doogie Howser, M.D., Picket Fences, and Chicago Hope.

The Bolitar sequence is a serious precedence for Netflix and Coben spoke to Deadline just a few years in the past about how protecting he’s of the favored Bolitar character, a former basketball participant who turns into an agent to celebrities and sports activities stars:

“Definitely Myron Bolitar is pricey to my coronary heart. I’ve written 34 books, a 3rd of them concerned Myron Bolitar; he’s my most prized possession, and I am actually completely satisfied now that it is within the Netflix camp, in order that we will work onerous on making it proper. It is one of many properties I’ve in all probability been a little bit bit extra treasured about. It is simpler to maneuver a narrative like ‘The Stranger’ or ‘Keep Shut’ to a different nation. Myron being a sequence character that folks learn over and over, takes a little bit bit extra care and needs to be within the USA.”

Whereas it is nonetheless early in growth, it sounds just like the sequence is transferring quick and casting might be introduced within the subsequent a number of months.

Netflix and Coben Already Have A number of Hits

Ever since Netflix and Coben entered right into a manufacturing deal in 2018, the writer has seen a number of reveals produced and launched on the streamer, but all have been for markets all over the world. For instance, Idiot Me As soon as, an enormous hit for Netflix, is a British present. And most just lately, there have been two extra internationally-based reveals, together with the Spanish-language Caught (debuting Mar. 26) and the Polish-language Simply One Look (debuted on Mar. 5).

Coben’s novels are well-known all over the world, and it is sensible that Netflix would adapt books for particular markets. Lacking You, Keep Shut, The Stranger, Gone for Good, The Harmless, The Woods, Maintain Tight, and The Woods are different sequence which have debuted on the streamer.

Up subsequent for the streamer and Coben is I Will Discover You, the primary U.S.-based sequence that follows the novel of the identical title and is a couple of father, performed by Avatar’s Sam Worthington, who’s imprisoned for against the law he did not commit, the homicide of his son.

Supply: Deadline