Will Moseley gave himself a year to make music a career or he would look for a steady job. With the set deadline fast approaching, the former football player found his big break. An amazing run on American Idol that led to him placing runner-up to Abi Carter. History has shown you don’t have to win the singing competition to make it, and the singer from Hazelhurst, Georgia is dedicated to adding to this statistic. The country hopeful was the final audition of the day for the judges just a few months ago. Lionel Richie had to catch a plane and was unable to listen to his whole performance. However, the Hall of Famer could tell within the first few moments of what he could hear of his original “Gone for Good” that the big guy had something. Katy Perry and Luke Bryan agreed. Since then, the singer remained consistent and stayed the course,...
- 5/20/2024
- TV Insider
On Sunday, May 19, the Final 3 artists on “American Idol” Season 22 each performed a pair of “Finale Night” songs as viewers voted live coast-to-coast for their favorites. (Read our minute-by-minute recap.) Ultimately, after millions of votes were cast, host Ryan Seacrest announced that the person eliminated in second place was Will Moseley, which meant Abi Carter was the winner. (Jack Blocker went home earlier in the night in third place.) Do you agree or disagree with those results? Be sure to comment below with your immediate reactions!
Will kept viewers entertained with song choices such as “Gone for Good” (Auditions round), “Ain’t No Sunshine” (Showstopper round), “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (Top 24 round), “Makin’ Me Look Good Again” & “Gone for Good” (Top 20 round), “Night Moves” (Top 14 round), “Starting Over” (Top 12 round), “Modern-Day Bonnie and Clyde” (Top 10 round), “Folsom Prison Blues” (Top 8 round), “Gimme Three Steps” & “Rolling in the...
Will kept viewers entertained with song choices such as “Gone for Good” (Auditions round), “Ain’t No Sunshine” (Showstopper round), “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (Top 24 round), “Makin’ Me Look Good Again” & “Gone for Good” (Top 20 round), “Night Moves” (Top 14 round), “Starting Over” (Top 12 round), “Modern-Day Bonnie and Clyde” (Top 10 round), “Folsom Prison Blues” (Top 8 round), “Gimme Three Steps” & “Rolling in the...
- 5/20/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Tonight on “American Idol,” after last night’s nation-wide vote, host Ryan Seacrest announces your Top 10 finalists. Then, judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie save four contestants to round out Season 22’s Top 14.
Below, follow with our live blog for “American Idol 22” Episode 11 airing Monday, April 15 (8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Et/Pt).
See ‘American Idol 22’ predictions: Now You can predict who will win and who’ll be voted out next
8:07 p.m. — Quintavious is first called up and learns he has not made the Top 14 yet. He tries to convince the judges with a rendition of “Make it Happen” by Mariah Carey. He throws in the whistle note and everything, praying he’ll get the judges on his side. Luke says it’s the best performance they’ve seen from him yet. Quintavious walks off to the danger zone to hear his fate.
8:10 p.
Below, follow with our live blog for “American Idol 22” Episode 11 airing Monday, April 15 (8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Et/Pt).
See ‘American Idol 22’ predictions: Now You can predict who will win and who’ll be voted out next
8:07 p.m. — Quintavious is first called up and learns he has not made the Top 14 yet. He tries to convince the judges with a rendition of “Make it Happen” by Mariah Carey. He throws in the whistle note and everything, praying he’ll get the judges on his side. Luke says it’s the best performance they’ve seen from him yet. Quintavious walks off to the danger zone to hear his fate.
8:10 p.
- 4/16/2024
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
There’s a reason we would never advise someone to audition for American Idol using one of the judges’ own songs — it doesn’t always end well.
But that didn’t stop 22-year-old Madaí Chakell from attempting to soar where so many others before her have stumbled, performing “I Kissed a Girl” in front of Katy Perry herself. And while it wasn’t a total crash-and-burn moment, Katy was visibly confused by what she heard.
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But that didn’t stop 22-year-old Madaí Chakell from attempting to soar where so many others before her have stumbled, performing “I Kissed a Girl” in front of Katy Perry herself. And while it wasn’t a total crash-and-burn moment, Katy was visibly confused by what she heard.
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- 3/4/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
After the huge success of Fool Me Once, Netflix have commissioned two more Harlan Coben adaptations, here are the details.
The Harlan Coben thriller is quickly becoming its own subgenre. So far, ten of his high-octane, twisty novels have made their way to the screen. Amongst the highlights, Tell No One was adapted into a terrific French film of the same name in 2006, directed by Guillaume Canet and starring Francois Cluzet and Kristen Scott Thomas.
On television, The Five, Safe, Innocent, Just One Look, No Second Chance, The Stranger, The Woods, Gone For Good, Stay Close, Hold Me Tight and – most recently – Fool Me Once have all been adapted variously for Channel 5 and Netflix.
It’s thanks to the huge success of Fool Me Once, which landed on Netflix over Christmas and stars Michelle Keegan, that the streaming service are pressing ahead with two more Coben adaptations, Deadline has revealed.
The Harlan Coben thriller is quickly becoming its own subgenre. So far, ten of his high-octane, twisty novels have made their way to the screen. Amongst the highlights, Tell No One was adapted into a terrific French film of the same name in 2006, directed by Guillaume Canet and starring Francois Cluzet and Kristen Scott Thomas.
On television, The Five, Safe, Innocent, Just One Look, No Second Chance, The Stranger, The Woods, Gone For Good, Stay Close, Hold Me Tight and – most recently – Fool Me Once have all been adapted variously for Channel 5 and Netflix.
It’s thanks to the huge success of Fool Me Once, which landed on Netflix over Christmas and stars Michelle Keegan, that the streaming service are pressing ahead with two more Coben adaptations, Deadline has revealed.
- 1/23/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Netflix’s library of Harlan Coben adaptations is growing. Following the success of Fool Me Once, the streamer is planning two more series based on books by the best-selling author.
‘Fool Me Once’ hits the Netflix top 10 ‘Fool Me Once’ | Matt Squire/Netflix
All eight episodes of Fool Me Once dropped on Netflix on Jan. 1. The show, which stars Michelle Keegan and Richard Armitage, quickly climbed to the top of Netflix’s list of most-watched shows, totaling 61 million views globally in the first two weeks after its release. It’s based a 2016 book by Coben.
Fool Me Once follows Maya (Keegan), a widow struggling in the aftermath of the murder of her husband Joe (Armitage). But not everything is as it seems in the twisty thriller, especially once Maya sees a man who looks like Joe on her nanny cam.
While Fool Me Once has proven popular with Netflix users,...
‘Fool Me Once’ hits the Netflix top 10 ‘Fool Me Once’ | Matt Squire/Netflix
All eight episodes of Fool Me Once dropped on Netflix on Jan. 1. The show, which stars Michelle Keegan and Richard Armitage, quickly climbed to the top of Netflix’s list of most-watched shows, totaling 61 million views globally in the first two weeks after its release. It’s based a 2016 book by Coben.
Fool Me Once follows Maya (Keegan), a widow struggling in the aftermath of the murder of her husband Joe (Armitage). But not everything is as it seems in the twisty thriller, especially once Maya sees a man who looks like Joe on her nanny cam.
While Fool Me Once has proven popular with Netflix users,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Author Harlan Coben exploded onto the literary scene in 1995 with "Deal Breaker," the first book in the long-running Myron Bolitar novel series. Myron Bolitar was a former basketball player and current sports agent who became embroiled in a string of sports-related murder investigations. There are 16 Myron Bolitar books and three in the YA Micket Bolitar spin-off series. Coben has also authored 19 standalone thrillers, and it's entirely likely you idly picked up one of his books at the airport. His most recent novel was the 2023 thriller "I Will Find You."
Coben is also notable for being the source of multiple new Netflix TV shows. A 2018 article by Deadline noted that Corben signed a massive plum deal with the streaming service to adapt 14 of his titles into either movies or TV series, to be filmed all over the world and made by various international studios. Since 2020, Netflix has released "The Stranger" and...
Coben is also notable for being the source of multiple new Netflix TV shows. A 2018 article by Deadline noted that Corben signed a massive plum deal with the streaming service to adapt 14 of his titles into either movies or TV series, to be filmed all over the world and made by various international studios. Since 2020, Netflix has released "The Stranger" and...
- 1/3/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The immediate flaw in any attempt to stack the twelve extant Harlan Coben TV thrillers in order of greatness is that none of them are exactly great. Pretty much all of them though, are compulsive viewing and will pull you through a bucking and twisting story at the speed of a beagle on the scent of a nearby sausage. They’re packed with incident and revelations, and are generally performed by a charismatic cast so big that you’ll never quite meet them all, let alone tire of their company. Binge-watches par excellence, each one of these series is precision-designed to be gulped down in very few bites.
As these stories all shop for plot in the same aisle, chances are that if you enjoy one Harlan Coben thriller, you’ll enjoy the others. They’re all filled with cliff-hangers, twists, secret identities, surprise resurrections, flashback wigs, and oh-no-it-was-you-all-along reveals.
As these stories all shop for plot in the same aisle, chances are that if you enjoy one Harlan Coben thriller, you’ll enjoy the others. They’re all filled with cliff-hangers, twists, secret identities, surprise resurrections, flashback wigs, and oh-no-it-was-you-all-along reveals.
- 1/3/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Film starring Sami Bouajila and Julie Gayet started shooting this week in Northern France.
Snd, the film arm of French broadcaster M6, has teamed with prolific French production company Empreinte Cinema for Juan Carlos Medina’s upcoming race-against-the-clock cop thriller The Chase (Abime) starring Sami Bouajila and Julie Gayet.
Snd has international rights for the film and will kick off sales at AFM for the murder mystery meets action film. Snd and Empreinte produce with Paris-based Once Upon A Time on board as co-producer.
The Chase stars Bouajila as a police officer who failed to find the murderer of a young girl 11 years earlier.
Snd, the film arm of French broadcaster M6, has teamed with prolific French production company Empreinte Cinema for Juan Carlos Medina’s upcoming race-against-the-clock cop thriller The Chase (Abime) starring Sami Bouajila and Julie Gayet.
Snd has international rights for the film and will kick off sales at AFM for the murder mystery meets action film. Snd and Empreinte produce with Paris-based Once Upon A Time on board as co-producer.
The Chase stars Bouajila as a police officer who failed to find the murderer of a young girl 11 years earlier.
- 10/24/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The Shins’ sophomore album Chutes Too Narrow is turning 20 this year, and Sub Pop is celebrating the occasion with a new anniversary edition of the record. The reissue is out October 20th, 2023.
After the runaway success of their debut Oh, Inverted World, Chutes Too Narrow proved The Shins were here to stay. It was recorded in frontman James Mercer’s basement home studio and finished with a little mixing help from Phil Ek; its remaster was handled by Adam Ayan, though Mercer kept a close eye on the process.
“I was very aware at the time that I had struck gold with the first record, and it was unlikely to happen again,” Mercer recalls in a press release. “’Sophomore slump’ and all that. The pressure to prove myself as a viable writer had never been so pronounced. Midway through the mixing process, I realized one of the songs would not work,...
After the runaway success of their debut Oh, Inverted World, Chutes Too Narrow proved The Shins were here to stay. It was recorded in frontman James Mercer’s basement home studio and finished with a little mixing help from Phil Ek; its remaster was handled by Adam Ayan, though Mercer kept a close eye on the process.
“I was very aware at the time that I had struck gold with the first record, and it was unlikely to happen again,” Mercer recalls in a press release. “’Sophomore slump’ and all that. The pressure to prove myself as a viable writer had never been so pronounced. Midway through the mixing process, I realized one of the songs would not work,...
- 8/22/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Swapping a book character from male to female for a screen adaptation is nothing new. It’s usually done to even out the gender balance or modernise an older story. Not though, in the case of Harlan Coben’s Shelter, an eight-part thriller now streaming weekly after its first three episodes arrived on Prime Video on August 18.
In the book Shelter, by aforementioned hit-machine Harlan Coben, the lead character Mickey Bolitar is the nephew of Coben’s most famous character – Myron Bolitar. A talented high school basketball player who became a sports agent to the rich and powerful, Myron is the lead in an 11-novel series, which spawned a three-book Young Adult spin-off about his nephew Mickey.
Because every streamer wants a bite of the profitable Harlan Coben cherry, the author has multiple adaptation deals. His main contract is currently with Netflix, which has already adapted several of his (mostly...
In the book Shelter, by aforementioned hit-machine Harlan Coben, the lead character Mickey Bolitar is the nephew of Coben’s most famous character – Myron Bolitar. A talented high school basketball player who became a sports agent to the rich and powerful, Myron is the lead in an 11-novel series, which spawned a three-book Young Adult spin-off about his nephew Mickey.
Because every streamer wants a bite of the profitable Harlan Coben cherry, the author has multiple adaptation deals. His main contract is currently with Netflix, which has already adapted several of his (mostly...
- 8/18/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Oscar nominee Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry), European Film Awards best actor winner Claes Bang (The Square), Sundance 2022 breakout Lily McInerny (Palm Trees and Power Lines) and French actress Nailia Harzoune (Gone For Good) are leading an English-language contemporary adaptation of French writer Françoise Sagan’s classic novel Bonjour Tristesse.
London and Paris-based outfit Film Constellation is launching sales in Cannes on the project written and to be directed by newcomer Durga Chew-Bose. UTA Independent Film Group is repping domestic sales alongside Film Constellation and Elevation Pictures.
The story follows Cécile (McInerny), a young woman spending the summer in a villa in the south of France with her widowed father Raymond (Bang) and his latest love interest, Elsa (Harzoune). Theirs is a lived-in compatibility—a world of ease and languor. But all that soon changes with the arrival of Anne (Sevigny), an old friend of Raymond and Cécile’s mother.
London and Paris-based outfit Film Constellation is launching sales in Cannes on the project written and to be directed by newcomer Durga Chew-Bose. UTA Independent Film Group is repping domestic sales alongside Film Constellation and Elevation Pictures.
The story follows Cécile (McInerny), a young woman spending the summer in a villa in the south of France with her widowed father Raymond (Bang) and his latest love interest, Elsa (Harzoune). Theirs is a lived-in compatibility—a world of ease and languor. But all that soon changes with the arrival of Anne (Sevigny), an old friend of Raymond and Cécile’s mother.
- 5/16/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Another Harlan Coben series is coming to Netflix. Richard Armitage, Michelle Keegan, and Joanna Lumley will star in Fool Me Once, based on Coben’s book of the same name.
‘Fool Me Once’ is currently filming in the U.K.
News: @michkeegan will star in Fool Me Once, a new thriller based on the book by @HarlanCoben.
The limited series also stars @RCArmitage, @adeelakhtar1234, and Joanna Lumley! Coming soon to Netflix. pic.twitter.com/3HZK5C12O2
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) February 20, 2023
Fool Me Once follows a woman named Maya Stern, who is struggling to move forward after the murder of her husband, Joe. Then, she spots someone on her home’s nanny cam who is supposed to be dead. Detective Sergeant Sami Kierce leads the investigation into Joe’s death while grappling with secrets of his own. At the same time, Maya’s niece Abby and nephew Daniel are...
‘Fool Me Once’ is currently filming in the U.K.
News: @michkeegan will star in Fool Me Once, a new thriller based on the book by @HarlanCoben.
The limited series also stars @RCArmitage, @adeelakhtar1234, and Joanna Lumley! Coming soon to Netflix. pic.twitter.com/3HZK5C12O2
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) February 20, 2023
Fool Me Once follows a woman named Maya Stern, who is struggling to move forward after the murder of her husband, Joe. Then, she spots someone on her home’s nanny cam who is supposed to be dead. Detective Sergeant Sami Kierce leads the investigation into Joe’s death while grappling with secrets of his own. At the same time, Maya’s niece Abby and nephew Daniel are...
- 2/26/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Netflix has re-upped its overall deal with international bestselling author Harlan Coben. The original five-year, multimillion-dollar pact gave Netflix access to 14 Coben books to develop, in partnership with the author, into English-language and foreign-language series as well as films. The new deal, believed to be for four years, adds 12 more Coben titles including his signature 11-book Myron Bolitar series as well as 2021’s Win.
A Myron Bolitar TV series is in early development at Netflix. It will keep the novels’ U.S. setting to possibly become the streamer’s first American-produced show based on Coben’s novels. The books’ title character is a former top basketball player-turned-owner of agency representing sports stars and celebrities.
So far, seven of the prolific American author’s novels have been turned into Netflix limited series: three in the UK, two in Poland as well as one each in Spain and France.
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In an interview with Deadline, Coben discusses extending his relationship with Netflix, the Myron Bolitar series, and more.
Deadline: Talk about the decision to extend the Netflix deal.
Coben: The relationship has been really fantastic. I think it’s been a bigger success than either one of us anticipated: seven shows, four different languages, several countries, tons of viewers. So we all thought we should keep going, making what we’re doing. And I think the key piece now is that they’ve added Myron Bolitar into the mix. One of our main goals is to make a Myron Bolitar series here in the USA while we continue to do the work that we’ve been doing overseas in both the countries we’ve already had success in and some new ones I hope.
Deadline: Will you be writing the Myron Bolitar series adaptation or will you bring in another writer?
Coben: It’s early, so we haven’t made a final decision yet or who’s going. I am involved always in some capacity but I don’t know if I’ll be the one who’s going to write the pilot or just be an executive producer on it — depends on who we ended up with and how it’s going to work. Part of the great joy with Netflix is that everybody I’ve worked with there has been extraordinarily open, and my role is bigger or smaller depending on the situation, who we have, what they think they need from me; it’s on a case-by-case basis.
Certainly Myron Bolitar is dear to my heart. I’ve written 34 books, a third of them involved Myron Bolitar; he is my most prized possession, and I’m really happy now that it’s in the Netflix camp, so that we can work hard on making it right. It’s one of the properties I’ve probably been a little bit more precious about. It’s easier to move a story like The Stranger or Stay Close to another country. Myron being a series character that people read over and over again, takes a little bit more care and has to be in the USA. So I’m very excited about getting started on that.
Deadline: This will be an ongoing series, correct? All of your previous shows for Netflix have been limited series.
Coben: Yes, that’s the goal. As you pointed out, we’d set the goal for limited series on the other ones, though, at times we’ve looked at it — and again, this is the beauty of Netflix. The Stranger and Stay Close, for example, did very, very well and we were discussing, should we do a second season, or should we do something new and original? And to me it felt a little forced to do a second season on those. So I said, instead of doing a second season of The Stranger, let’s do Stay Close, and they’ve agreed. But Myron Bolitar, because there are so many books and there are so many stories, and it was created as an ongoing character, that will be how we will try to make the show, it will be an ongoing show.
Deadline: Do you have any actors in mind to play Myron. Do you have a dream casting choice?
Coben: I don’t. I’ll be honest, that’s always been a hard thing for me. With a regular character — Matt was played by Mario Casas in Spain, or Adam who was played by Richard Armitage, or Cush Jumbo playing Cassie — I can change those people around. Myron is much harder because people have a very definite idea of what he looks like. So actually no actors really comes to mind. Many years ago I had looked at trying to make Myron into a movie, and they were talking about all the big famous movie stars of the day. All of them are wonderfully talented but I was like, I can’t see that guy as Myron. So it’ll be very hard. I am confident that Netflix will scour the world in casting and will find the perfect person for us.
Deadline: Have you decided which of the 11 books will kick off the TV series?
Coben: That’s also something to discuss when I find the perfect creative partners. It’s funny, I did The Innocent in Spain with a wonderful well-known director named Oriol Paulo and Mario Casas, who is a huge star — it’s really great firepower. And Oriol Paulo put it perfectly when he described what Netflix did by putting us together, “creative Tinder,” Tinder for creatives, we were like a perfect match for one another. We just saw eye to eye, we shared a vision. And so I’m hoping that Netflix’s “creative Tinder” finds us the perfect team to develop Myron Bolitar.
Deadline: Why is it now that Netflix is being able to adapt Myron Bolitar and not the first time around? Were the rights not available?
Coben: At times, it’d been under other option elsewhere. And also, I think with this new deal, we’ve now gotten to know each other well enough to realize that our mix, the mix of Harlan Coben, the mix of me and Netflix, works. And so we both want to expand that relationship.
Deadline: Will we see Myron’s nephew Mickey Bolitar on the show or are his rights tied up at Amazon?
Coben: I don’t know how rights work. He is tied up at Amazon right now. So who knows, maybe we’ll get to do something at some point but right now, there’d be no plans for him to be in the series. Mickey doesn’t really cross into the Myron series except for one or two books, so I don’t think that’ll be an issue. Amazon’s Mickey Bolitar series, Shelter, is filming right now.
Deadline: Will the new deal include other U.S. series or will the focus still be on international productions, with Myron Bolitar as an exception?
Coben: Both. We’re working on a couple other U.S. series. But we also are going to do more with the British team that I’ve been lucky enough to work with on Safe, The Stranger and Stay Close; we’re hoping to make at least one, maybe two more series with that team. We’re looking at other European countries, I’d like to try doing a Netflix Germany or Netflix Italy show, as well as returning to France and Spain. And maybe a third show in Poland. I hope to spread out even; I’d love to do something in India and Asia as time goes on. We’re looking at Netflix Brazil, Netflix Argentina, perhaps Netflix Mexico, we’re working on certain projects with the teams that have been already successful in those areas. Our goals are very ambitious.
And yes, part of the expansion part of the new deal is that we’ll be working on a Myron Bolitar series — and several others — that will be U.S.-based as well.
Deadline: How does adapting your books in another language work? I don’t know how many languages you speak — I assume you don’t speak Polish. Do you read scripts that are translated to you? How do you make sure that the local versions represent the spirit of the novels?
Coben: I don’t speak any languages. Even though I’ve done now four productions in France, I still don’t speak any French, so I’m really bad with foreign languages. They do translate them all for me. Sometimes that means the dialogue is difficult for me to make sure it has the right nuance. So I will talk to actors, I will talk to people who speak the language. For the most part, I have to trust my team. There are local things that I don’t quite get, which makes it more interesting for me in some ways.
A quick example from when we did The Woods in Poland. I based The Woods stories in two different time zones, one when kids are in summer camp as teenagers and then the same people as adults, which I thought was really a wonderful and interesting technique. Summer camps in the United States are very, very different than the summer camps that we chose to do in Poland. They were explaining to me what their camps are like. Can I tell you that those are really authentic camps? I can because everyone in Poland told me, boy, you captured it. But I have to respect the fact that I’m doing it now in Warsaw, and not New Jersey and Massachusetts where I’d set the book, and that’s part of the collaboration.
For some people, that’s a negative. For me, I think it’s the opposite. I think the hybrid makes it more interesting. I think taking the American story and American sensibilities and combining it with a location that may be less familiar to some people or a different world actually enhances the story. And I also think in my case, it gives the stories more variety. There are people who love all seven shows. There are some people who love the more moody pace of the Polish shows. There’s some who love the bonkers fun, I would call it, of the British shows. There are some some who like the gritty realism of the Spanish show. So there’s something for everybody in a way, and for me, it gives me a chance to explore new ways of telling the story. That’s the gift that Netflix has really given me as a storyteller.
Deadline: Are you involved in the creation of English-language dubbing or subtitles for your shows?
Coben: I see them and I can sometimes say to them, that’s really awkward phrasing. Do we have anything a little better than that? I personally am not a fan of dubbing. I get it, people want to do it, I respect that. I would always encourage people to use the subtitles if they can.
Deadline: Are there new series projects under the Netflix deal that are in advanced stages?
Coben: Nothing that I can really reveal but there are at least two or three that are in the works in some status of going very soon.
Deadline: You most recently released Match. What is next for you on the book publishing side?
Coben: The next one, coming out in March, is called I Will Find You. And even though I’m not done with the book, I’m working with Netflix already on that one. It was something I had told them about before I even started the book and they were like, that sounds really cool. So I’m already trying to — which is I think a new thing — I’m trying to do it before the novel is even completed because I had enough of the story for us to start on our way outside of that.
Coben is repped by UTA and Gendler & Kelly.
A Myron Bolitar TV series is in early development at Netflix. It will keep the novels’ U.S. setting to possibly become the streamer’s first American-produced show based on Coben’s novels. The books’ title character is a former top basketball player-turned-owner of agency representing sports stars and celebrities.
So far, seven of the prolific American author’s novels have been turned into Netflix limited series: three in the UK, two in Poland as well as one each in Spain and France.
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In an interview with Deadline, Coben discusses extending his relationship with Netflix, the Myron Bolitar series, and more.
Deadline: Talk about the decision to extend the Netflix deal.
Coben: The relationship has been really fantastic. I think it’s been a bigger success than either one of us anticipated: seven shows, four different languages, several countries, tons of viewers. So we all thought we should keep going, making what we’re doing. And I think the key piece now is that they’ve added Myron Bolitar into the mix. One of our main goals is to make a Myron Bolitar series here in the USA while we continue to do the work that we’ve been doing overseas in both the countries we’ve already had success in and some new ones I hope.
Deadline: Will you be writing the Myron Bolitar series adaptation or will you bring in another writer?
Coben: It’s early, so we haven’t made a final decision yet or who’s going. I am involved always in some capacity but I don’t know if I’ll be the one who’s going to write the pilot or just be an executive producer on it — depends on who we ended up with and how it’s going to work. Part of the great joy with Netflix is that everybody I’ve worked with there has been extraordinarily open, and my role is bigger or smaller depending on the situation, who we have, what they think they need from me; it’s on a case-by-case basis.
Certainly Myron Bolitar is dear to my heart. I’ve written 34 books, a third of them involved Myron Bolitar; he is my most prized possession, and I’m really happy now that it’s in the Netflix camp, so that we can work hard on making it right. It’s one of the properties I’ve probably been a little bit more precious about. It’s easier to move a story like The Stranger or Stay Close to another country. Myron being a series character that people read over and over again, takes a little bit more care and has to be in the USA. So I’m very excited about getting started on that.
Deadline: This will be an ongoing series, correct? All of your previous shows for Netflix have been limited series.
Coben: Yes, that’s the goal. As you pointed out, we’d set the goal for limited series on the other ones, though, at times we’ve looked at it — and again, this is the beauty of Netflix. The Stranger and Stay Close, for example, did very, very well and we were discussing, should we do a second season, or should we do something new and original? And to me it felt a little forced to do a second season on those. So I said, instead of doing a second season of The Stranger, let’s do Stay Close, and they’ve agreed. But Myron Bolitar, because there are so many books and there are so many stories, and it was created as an ongoing character, that will be how we will try to make the show, it will be an ongoing show.
Deadline: Do you have any actors in mind to play Myron. Do you have a dream casting choice?
Coben: I don’t. I’ll be honest, that’s always been a hard thing for me. With a regular character — Matt was played by Mario Casas in Spain, or Adam who was played by Richard Armitage, or Cush Jumbo playing Cassie — I can change those people around. Myron is much harder because people have a very definite idea of what he looks like. So actually no actors really comes to mind. Many years ago I had looked at trying to make Myron into a movie, and they were talking about all the big famous movie stars of the day. All of them are wonderfully talented but I was like, I can’t see that guy as Myron. So it’ll be very hard. I am confident that Netflix will scour the world in casting and will find the perfect person for us.
Deadline: Have you decided which of the 11 books will kick off the TV series?
Coben: That’s also something to discuss when I find the perfect creative partners. It’s funny, I did The Innocent in Spain with a wonderful well-known director named Oriol Paulo and Mario Casas, who is a huge star — it’s really great firepower. And Oriol Paulo put it perfectly when he described what Netflix did by putting us together, “creative Tinder,” Tinder for creatives, we were like a perfect match for one another. We just saw eye to eye, we shared a vision. And so I’m hoping that Netflix’s “creative Tinder” finds us the perfect team to develop Myron Bolitar.
Deadline: Why is it now that Netflix is being able to adapt Myron Bolitar and not the first time around? Were the rights not available?
Coben: At times, it’d been under other option elsewhere. And also, I think with this new deal, we’ve now gotten to know each other well enough to realize that our mix, the mix of Harlan Coben, the mix of me and Netflix, works. And so we both want to expand that relationship.
Deadline: Will we see Myron’s nephew Mickey Bolitar on the show or are his rights tied up at Amazon?
Coben: I don’t know how rights work. He is tied up at Amazon right now. So who knows, maybe we’ll get to do something at some point but right now, there’d be no plans for him to be in the series. Mickey doesn’t really cross into the Myron series except for one or two books, so I don’t think that’ll be an issue. Amazon’s Mickey Bolitar series, Shelter, is filming right now.
Deadline: Will the new deal include other U.S. series or will the focus still be on international productions, with Myron Bolitar as an exception?
Coben: Both. We’re working on a couple other U.S. series. But we also are going to do more with the British team that I’ve been lucky enough to work with on Safe, The Stranger and Stay Close; we’re hoping to make at least one, maybe two more series with that team. We’re looking at other European countries, I’d like to try doing a Netflix Germany or Netflix Italy show, as well as returning to France and Spain. And maybe a third show in Poland. I hope to spread out even; I’d love to do something in India and Asia as time goes on. We’re looking at Netflix Brazil, Netflix Argentina, perhaps Netflix Mexico, we’re working on certain projects with the teams that have been already successful in those areas. Our goals are very ambitious.
And yes, part of the expansion part of the new deal is that we’ll be working on a Myron Bolitar series — and several others — that will be U.S.-based as well.
Deadline: How does adapting your books in another language work? I don’t know how many languages you speak — I assume you don’t speak Polish. Do you read scripts that are translated to you? How do you make sure that the local versions represent the spirit of the novels?
Coben: I don’t speak any languages. Even though I’ve done now four productions in France, I still don’t speak any French, so I’m really bad with foreign languages. They do translate them all for me. Sometimes that means the dialogue is difficult for me to make sure it has the right nuance. So I will talk to actors, I will talk to people who speak the language. For the most part, I have to trust my team. There are local things that I don’t quite get, which makes it more interesting for me in some ways.
A quick example from when we did The Woods in Poland. I based The Woods stories in two different time zones, one when kids are in summer camp as teenagers and then the same people as adults, which I thought was really a wonderful and interesting technique. Summer camps in the United States are very, very different than the summer camps that we chose to do in Poland. They were explaining to me what their camps are like. Can I tell you that those are really authentic camps? I can because everyone in Poland told me, boy, you captured it. But I have to respect the fact that I’m doing it now in Warsaw, and not New Jersey and Massachusetts where I’d set the book, and that’s part of the collaboration.
For some people, that’s a negative. For me, I think it’s the opposite. I think the hybrid makes it more interesting. I think taking the American story and American sensibilities and combining it with a location that may be less familiar to some people or a different world actually enhances the story. And I also think in my case, it gives the stories more variety. There are people who love all seven shows. There are some people who love the more moody pace of the Polish shows. There’s some who love the bonkers fun, I would call it, of the British shows. There are some some who like the gritty realism of the Spanish show. So there’s something for everybody in a way, and for me, it gives me a chance to explore new ways of telling the story. That’s the gift that Netflix has really given me as a storyteller.
Deadline: Are you involved in the creation of English-language dubbing or subtitles for your shows?
Coben: I see them and I can sometimes say to them, that’s really awkward phrasing. Do we have anything a little better than that? I personally am not a fan of dubbing. I get it, people want to do it, I respect that. I would always encourage people to use the subtitles if they can.
Deadline: Are there new series projects under the Netflix deal that are in advanced stages?
Coben: Nothing that I can really reveal but there are at least two or three that are in the works in some status of going very soon.
Deadline: You most recently released Match. What is next for you on the book publishing side?
Coben: The next one, coming out in March, is called I Will Find You. And even though I’m not done with the book, I’m working with Netflix already on that one. It was something I had told them about before I even started the book and they were like, that sounds really cool. So I’m already trying to — which is I think a new thing — I’m trying to do it before the novel is even completed because I had enough of the story for us to start on our way outside of that.
Coben is repped by UTA and Gendler & Kelly.
- 10/3/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount+ Acquires Drama ‘Compulsion’ From Eccho Rights: Paramount+ has added a drama from its Paramount Global stablemate Channel 5 to its collection in several territories around the world. The streamer has tapped distributor Eccho Rights for Compulsion, which recently aired in the UK, for exclusive rights in Australia, Latin America and the Nordics. Moving On producer LA Productions made the show in association with Sweden-based Eccho. The family drama, from writer Sarah Deane, follows a woman on the edge of losing everything who meets a stranger who seems to have the answers to her problems. Leanne Best (Cold Feet) stars alongside Anna Chancellor (The Watch) and Hayley Mills (Pollyanna).
Australia’s ABC Welcomes ‘Long Lost Family’: Australian public broadcaster ABC has wrapped a deal for the first eight seasons of ITV family reunion series Long Lost Family with Amsterdam’s Lineup Industries. In the UK, the human interest...
Australia’s ABC Welcomes ‘Long Lost Family’: Australian public broadcaster ABC has wrapped a deal for the first eight seasons of ITV family reunion series Long Lost Family with Amsterdam’s Lineup Industries. In the UK, the human interest...
- 5/9/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video is getting into business with Harlan Coben.
Amazon Studios today announced that it has ordered Harlan Coben’s Shelter to series.
Based on the first novel in the New York Times best-selling author’s Mickey Bolitar trilogy, Jaden Michael (Colin in Black and White) will play the title character in the series, which will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Harlan Coben’s Shelter tells the story of high school junior Mickey Bolitar as he navigates his new life with a mom in rehab, a dead father, an annoying aunt, and a new school in New Jersey with a camel as its mascot.
When a creepy old lady who may or may not be a ghost tells Mickey that his father isn't dead, Mickey is sure he's losing his mind on top of everything.
Mickey finds a grounding force in Ashley Kent, another...
Amazon Studios today announced that it has ordered Harlan Coben’s Shelter to series.
Based on the first novel in the New York Times best-selling author’s Mickey Bolitar trilogy, Jaden Michael (Colin in Black and White) will play the title character in the series, which will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Harlan Coben’s Shelter tells the story of high school junior Mickey Bolitar as he navigates his new life with a mom in rehab, a dead father, an annoying aunt, and a new school in New Jersey with a camel as its mascot.
When a creepy old lady who may or may not be a ghost tells Mickey that his father isn't dead, Mickey is sure he's losing his mind on top of everything.
Mickey finds a grounding force in Ashley Kent, another...
- 3/15/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Amazon Studios has given a series order to its YA action-thriller pilot Harlan Coben’s Shelter, an adaptation of Coben’s Mickey Bolitar novels with Jaden Michael (Colin in Black and White) starring as Bolitar. The project, co-produced by MGM International Television Productions and Amazon Studios, will premiere on Prime Video.
The Shelter pilot, written by Harlan Coben and Charlotte Coben and directed by Patricia Cardoso, wrapped filming in Coben’s home state of New Jersey at the end of 2021. In addition to Michael as Mickey Bolitar, the cast also includes Constance Zimmer as Shira Bolitar, Adrian Greensmith as Arthur “Spoon” Spindell, Abby Corrigan as Emma Winslow, and Sage Linder as Rachel Caldwell, with Brian Altemus joining the cast as Troy.
Based on the first novel in the bestselling author Coren’s Mickey Bolitar trilogy, Shelter tells the story of high school junior Mickey Bolitar (Michael) as he navigates his...
The Shelter pilot, written by Harlan Coben and Charlotte Coben and directed by Patricia Cardoso, wrapped filming in Coben’s home state of New Jersey at the end of 2021. In addition to Michael as Mickey Bolitar, the cast also includes Constance Zimmer as Shira Bolitar, Adrian Greensmith as Arthur “Spoon” Spindell, Abby Corrigan as Emma Winslow, and Sage Linder as Rachel Caldwell, with Brian Altemus joining the cast as Troy.
Based on the first novel in the bestselling author Coren’s Mickey Bolitar trilogy, Shelter tells the story of high school junior Mickey Bolitar (Michael) as he navigates his...
- 3/15/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon has picked up the series adaptation of Harlan Coben’s “Shelter,” Variety has learned.
The show was ordered to pilot at Amazon in 2021. Based on the first novel in Coben’s Mickey Bolitar trilogy, the YA thriller series stars Jaden Michael as Bolitar as he navigates his new life with a mom in rehab, a dead father, an annoying aunt, and a new school in New Jersey with a camel as its mascot. When a creepy old lady who may or may not be a ghost tells Mickey that his father isn’t dead, Mickey is sure he’s losing his mind on top of everything. Mickey finds a grounding force in Ashley Kent, another new student who’s lived through her own tragedy. But then Ashley goes missing, and as Mickey searches for her, he learns that everything she told him was a lie—and that he is...
The show was ordered to pilot at Amazon in 2021. Based on the first novel in Coben’s Mickey Bolitar trilogy, the YA thriller series stars Jaden Michael as Bolitar as he navigates his new life with a mom in rehab, a dead father, an annoying aunt, and a new school in New Jersey with a camel as its mascot. When a creepy old lady who may or may not be a ghost tells Mickey that his father isn’t dead, Mickey is sure he’s losing his mind on top of everything. Mickey finds a grounding force in Ashley Kent, another new student who’s lived through her own tragedy. But then Ashley goes missing, and as Mickey searches for her, he learns that everything she told him was a lie—and that he is...
- 3/15/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The heart of Conecta Fiction is its pitching sessions where producers and creators bring onto the market, looking for partners and sales, projects which have often flown completely under the radar. Following, details of titles in the three main sections at Conecta Fiction:
Copro Series
“Antonio,” (Enrique Videla, Paula del Fierro, Zumbastico Studios, Pipeline Studios, Chile)
A sci-fi parable for the young teen crowd backed by Zumbastico (“Paper Port”), owned by Canada’s Pipeline Studios Group. Antonio (13) can repair most anything, except for his ailing mother. But by entering a strange mechanical world, he gets a chance to make that repair as well. From two of the writing stars of Chile’s fast burgeoning premium TV scene: Videla, whose credits take in Pablo Larrain’s “Prófugos,” Lucía Puenzo’s “La Jauria” and the upcoming “The Cliff,” from The Mediapro Studio and Vice Studios; and Del Fierro.
“Black Times,” (Alexandre Manneville,...
Copro Series
“Antonio,” (Enrique Videla, Paula del Fierro, Zumbastico Studios, Pipeline Studios, Chile)
A sci-fi parable for the young teen crowd backed by Zumbastico (“Paper Port”), owned by Canada’s Pipeline Studios Group. Antonio (13) can repair most anything, except for his ailing mother. But by entering a strange mechanical world, he gets a chance to make that repair as well. From two of the writing stars of Chile’s fast burgeoning premium TV scene: Videla, whose credits take in Pablo Larrain’s “Prófugos,” Lucía Puenzo’s “La Jauria” and the upcoming “The Cliff,” from The Mediapro Studio and Vice Studios; and Del Fierro.
“Black Times,” (Alexandre Manneville,...
- 9/13/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The first three editions of Conecta Fiction were a delight: an intimate, boutique Latin America-Europe co-production and networking event for drama series in which top executives from either side of the Atlantic spent quality time together, as they put through a revolution in content creation.
Last year’s 4th Conecta Fiction on-site event was decimated by Covid-19. This year, as attendance builds once more, the meet is making a virtue out of necessity, taking a new direction. This and six other takes on Conecta Fiction as it turns five.
Europe Calling
Over its first three editions, Conecta Fiction carved out a reputation for its influx of top Latin American TV execs, producers and showrunners, suddenly accessible in person in exquisite locations, latterly Pamplona in Navarre. For its fifth outing, the event has turned to Europe. This is partly for logistical reasons, says Conecta Fiction director Géraldine Gonard. Most Latin Americans majorly cannot travel to Pamplona.
Last year’s 4th Conecta Fiction on-site event was decimated by Covid-19. This year, as attendance builds once more, the meet is making a virtue out of necessity, taking a new direction. This and six other takes on Conecta Fiction as it turns five.
Europe Calling
Over its first three editions, Conecta Fiction carved out a reputation for its influx of top Latin American TV execs, producers and showrunners, suddenly accessible in person in exquisite locations, latterly Pamplona in Navarre. For its fifth outing, the event has turned to Europe. This is partly for logistical reasons, says Conecta Fiction director Géraldine Gonard. Most Latin Americans majorly cannot travel to Pamplona.
- 9/13/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
We’re deep into the dog days of summer, but Netflix’s list of new releases for August 2021 feels like fall.
That is to say that Netflix has some really good library TV titles this month that harken back to the glory days of the fall TV network calendar. August 1 sees the arrival of two of the best NBC shows of all time: Tina Fey comedy 30 Rock, and life-affirming (American) football drama Friday Night Lights. If you’ve not seen either, catch up with them both. That’s an order.
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As for original offerings, Netflix has plenty of those this month as well. Intriguing TV series such as Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified (Aug. 3), Brand New Cherry Flavor (Aug. 13), The Chair (Aug. 20), and Clickbait (Aug.
That is to say that Netflix has some really good library TV titles this month that harken back to the glory days of the fall TV network calendar. August 1 sees the arrival of two of the best NBC shows of all time: Tina Fey comedy 30 Rock, and life-affirming (American) football drama Friday Night Lights. If you’ve not seen either, catch up with them both. That’s an order.
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As for original offerings, Netflix has plenty of those this month as well. Intriguing TV series such as Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified (Aug. 3), Brand New Cherry Flavor (Aug. 13), The Chair (Aug. 20), and Clickbait (Aug.
- 8/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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