After Double Trap on Netflix, Harlan Coben is competing for the next series

After Double Trap on Netflix, Harlan Coben is competing for the next series



Harlan Coben visits Prime Video

Harlan Coben It’s the golden age of Netflix. Since the author signed a major deal with the platform in 2018, so 14 of his novels have been made into series or films, numerous successes emerged. Among other things, the streaming service put it online In the woods (2020), Innocent (2021) or even Gone forever (2021). But it is Double trap, Harlan Coben’s latest series (created with Daniel Brocklehurst), which represents his greatest success to date. Released online on January 1, 2024, the show attracted many subscribers. After several weeks it even placed itself in the top 10 of the most watched English-language series on Netflix, just ahead of the first season of The witcher.

Most watched English-language series ©Netflix
Most watched English-language series ©Netflix

While Netflix shouldn’t let the creator go, it would be a bit of disloyalty to the platform if he left. on Prime Video’s side for a miniseries. It is again with Danny Brocklehurst that Harlan Coben prepares a new psychological thriller. A hard blow from the streaming service that offers one of the most popular authors of the moment, e the duo behind Double trap.

The duo of Double trap preparing a new series

Variety announces that this series, titled Lazarus, will be an original story imagined by Harlan Coben and Danny Brocklehurst. Logical given that the contract with Netflix concerns Harlan Coben’s novels. The plot has already been revealed. It will be about a man returning home after his father’s suicide. Then disturbing things and inexplicable phenomena will happen, and the man will find himself involved in a series of unsolved murders. At the same time, he will try to understand the mystery surrounding his father’s death, but also the murder of his sister, 25 years before him.

A good programme, which on paper has everything to please Harlan Coben fans. The novelist will be the screenwriter and executive producer of Lazarus with Daniel Brocklehurst. Some casting was also given. The main role, named Laz, will be played by Sam Claflin (Before you). Alongside him will be Bill Nighy (Role playing game) to play Doctor Lazarus, described as “a psychologist and father of Laz, Jenna and Sutton“. Finally, Alexandra Roach (The light in the room) will play Jenna, Laz’s sister scarred by her sister’s death.

Lazarus is currently in production. The broadcast date was not specified.

Source: Cine Serie

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