Harlan Coben is becoming to Netflix what Taylor Sheridan is to Paramount+: a guaranteed return on investment. Both creatives have found a niche that keeps viewers begging for more. Even though their projects do not receive the highest critical accolades, the numbers are enough to justify renewals and greenlights. Just this year alone, Coben has delivered two hit shows with Missing You and I Will Find You. The latter was released several weeks ago, and it still shows no signs of slowing down — and neither is Netflix. As Sam Worthington and Britt Lower continue entertaining subscribers, Netflix has already got the ball rolling on the next Harlan Coben adaptation.
The new series has cast its main characters, with Colin Woodell, best known for his work in The Continental: From the World of John Wick, playing the main character. He starred as Winston Scott in the 3-part Peacock miniseries. Meanwhile, KJ Apa is ready to graduate from Archie Andrews and has joined the series. Additionally, Orange Is the New Black and Doom Patrol‘s Diane Guerrero is also part of the show. Other cast members include Jabari Banks (Bel-Air), Chloe Fineman (SNL), Jamie McShane (Task), Ben McKenzie (Gotham), Melissa Benoist (Supergirl), Jamie Hector (The Wire), and more.
With a working title of Myron Bolitar, the series is based on Coben’s long-running book series. It will start with the second book in the series, Drop Shot. Myron Bolitar follows the titular protagonist (played by Woodell), an NBA hopeful whose hopes are dashed by an injury. He pivots and becomes a sports agent, using his charm and wit to navigate the ruthless world of professional sports where protecting his clients could sometimes mean endangering himself. Netflix recently revealed on its official Instagram page that production for the series has kicked off. The streamer shared a set photo with Coben and the three main stars, Woodell, Apa, and Guerrero.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
What Other Harlan Coben Project Should You Look Out For?
Myron Bolitar is one of the three current Harlan Coben projects you should look out for. The first is another Netflix crime thriller titled The Woods. The UK remake of the series, first adapted by Netflix in Poland, has cast Tom Bateman and Michelle Keegan in the lead roles. The story is a missing persons drama with mystery elements Coben is known for. The other is a CBS’ true crime show, Harlan Coben’s Final Twist. In the series returning for Season 2 this fall, Coben takes viewers on a true crime journey as he dissects high-profile crime stories with exclusive interviews and never-before-seen archival footage, proving that while Coben might be able to weave together fictional twists, the truth is the biggest twist of them all.
Stay tuned to Collider for more updates about Myron Bolitar and the larger Coben-verse.
