Harlan Coben Says Myron Bolitar May Last Multiple Seasons

Some matches, like strawberries and cream, are made for each other. Netflix and author Harlan Coben seem to be another such example.

So perhaps it’s no wonder the author is yet again working with the service.

This week, Netflix began production on Myron Bolitar in New York.

Coben told the Hollywood Reporter (THR), “It’s been really heady and really interesting” to see the show come together.”

And, the author said, this new title might have a crucial difference.

“The other series that I’ve done are all designed to be limited series – and I don’t want season twos out of them, even if sometimes we think about them. My rule on that is that unless we can come up with a better story, I don’t see a season two,” he said.

“With I Will Find You, what, would we have another kid go missing?… [But] The Myron Bolitar series is created, like the books themselves, [so] that we can run more than one season if we’re so blessed.”

That’d spell good news for fans, who have previously been left with relatively short series.

Netflix’s Tudum said that the series follows the character who first appeared in 1995’s Deal Breaker, and went on “to appear in 12 of Coben’s novels, where he’s found himself investigating blackmail attempts, murder, and more.”

The show’s synopsis reads, “After an injury ends his NBA dreams, Myron Bolitar reinvents himself as a sports agent – using charm, smarts, and a ruthless partner to navigate the high-stakes and dirty world of sports, where saving his clients often means risking himself.”

As for who’ll star in the show, Coben told THR, “It took a long time to figure out this cast – this one’s harder for me. If you don’t like David Burroughs in I Will Find You, well, that’s only one book. But [titular character] Myron has lived with me for a long time.”

But they’ve settled on some names, including:

• Colin Woodell as Myron Bolitar (“I think he’s just an incredible talent, and it took a long time to find him. And now I even see him as Myron,” Coben told THR),
• KJ Apa as Win Lockwood, “the one Myron turns to when clients find themselves in trouble”,
• Diane Guerrero as Esperanza Diaz, a wrestler,
• Jabari Banks as Dwayne Richmond, a “charismatic tennis prodigy”,
• Chloe Fineman as Parker Quinn, a sports reporter,
• Jamie McShane as homocide detective Detective Ray Dimonte, and
• Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens as Wanda Green, Dwayne Richmond’s “charming and smart fiancée”,

We don’t have a release date for Myron Bolitar yet – but keep your eyes peeled.