Netflix Unveils Cast For Next Harlan Coben Series The Woods

Netflix has assembled its cast of familiar British faces for the next Harlan Coben collaboration.

Following on from the success of shows like Run Away, Fool Me Once, Missing You and The Stranger, the streaming giant announced on Wednesday that production is now underway on The Woods, based on the Coben novel of the same name.

The thriller will be led by Tom Bateman and Michelle Keegan, the latter of whom previously made an international name for herself in another Colen series, Fool Me Once.

Mandeep Dhillon, Pearce Quigley and The Inbetweeners’ James Buckley have also been cast in the series, which is expected to premiere in early 2027, given the release dates for past Coben adaptations on the platform.

Now, we all know that Netflix’s past Harlan Coben shows have included one or two rogue castings, and The Woods is no exception, with comedian Tom Allen and soap actor Tracy-Ann Oberman set to share the screen with Rade Sherbedgia, Shannon Watson, Pamela Nomvete and Roger Barclay, with more names still to be announced.

An official synopsis for The Woods has teased: “Twenty years ago, Paul ‘Cope’ Copeland’s sister Camille vanished from a summer camp in the woods, a loss that tore his family apart.

“Now a top barrister and devoted single father to ten-year-old daughter Cami, Cope appears to have rebuilt his life. But when the body of a man turns up – twenty years after he was supposedly murdered alongside Camille – Cope becomes convinced his sister may have made it out of the woods alive, too.

“Determined to uncover the truth, Cope reunites with his first love, Lucy Silverfield, and together they begin a search for answers, unearthing years of lies, cover-ups, and family secrets that threaten to destroy everything he has built.”

Before that, though, Netflix is due to release yet another Coben adaptation in I Will Find You, which boasts Severance’s Britt Lower, Avatar’s Sam Worthington, Dear White People’s Logan Browning and Gilmore Girls’ Milo Ventimiglia among its cast.