Netflix has found its sports agent. Colin Woodell will lead the streamer’s adaptation of Harlan Coben’s “Myron Bolitar” novels, playing the former college basketball star turned agent whose career pivots after an injury derails his shot at the NBA. KJ Apa and Diane Guerrero round out the trio of leads, playing Win Lockwood and Esperanza Diaz, the two allies who help Myron navigate cases that inevitably spiral into blackmail, murder and worse.
The casting marks a milestone in Coben’s decade-long relationship with Netflix, one that has produced 13 television adaptations since 2018 and pulled in more than 300 million views worldwide since 2023. Coben has called the Bolitar character his most personal creation, telling interviewers in the past that he considers the 12-book series, which began with 1995’s “Deal Breaker” and most recently added 2024’s “Think Twice,” the property he has guarded most closely while shopping his catalog to streamers.
Unlike most of Coben’s prior Netflix projects, which have largely been self-contained limited series, “Myron Bolitar” is positioned to run as an ongoing show, giving Netflix a potential long-term franchise built around recurring characters rather than a single mystery. That distinguishes it from the streamer’s most recent Coben release, “I Will Find You,” which became Netflix’s biggest scripted English-language debut of the year, pulling 24 million views in its first week and growing to more than 34 million in its second.
David E. Kelley and Kyle Long will write and showrun the new series, marking Kelley’s latest deal with the streamer after previous collaborations on “Anatomy of a Scandal,” “A Man in Full” and “The Lincoln Lawyer.” Greg Yaitanes, who directed on “Presumed Innocent” and “House of the Dragon,” will helm multiple episodes.
Guerrero’s Esperanza is described as a former professional wrestler who now serves as the backbone of Myron’s sports agency, while Apa’s Win is a man who walked away from family wealth to build a life alongside his closest friend. No premiere date has been announced, though production is expected to begin later this month.
