Colin Woodell to Lead Netflix's 'Myron Bolitar' Series
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- Colin Woodell will star as the title character in Netflix's "Myron Bolitar," with KJ Apa as Win Lockwood and Diane Guerrero as Esperanza Diaz rounding out the three leads.
- The series, adapted from Harlan Coben's 12-book Myron Bolitar franchise and announced at Netflix's May upfront, follows a former college basketball star who reinvents himself as a sports agent at MB Sports after his NBA career ends abruptly.
- David E. Kelley and Kyle Long serve as writers, showrunners, and executive producers, with Greg Yaitaines set to direct multiple episodes and Corben executive producing via Final Twist Productions.
- Woodell previously led Netflix's medical drama "Pulse" and starred in the "John Wick" prequel "The Continental"; Apa played Archie Andrews on "Riverdale" for all seven seasons; Guerrero broke out on "Orange Is the New Black" and voiced Isabela in Disney's "Encanto."
- "Myron Bolitar" joins 14 other recent Netflix Coben adaptations, including "Fool Me Once," "The Stranger," "Stay Close," and "Missing You," making Coben one of the platform's most-adapted authors.
Why it matters: Netflix now has 15 active or recent Harlan Coben adaptations on its platform, making this one of the most-aggressive book-to-screen strategies in streaming — and the show pairs that proven IP with prestige showrunner David E. Kelley, whose track record on legal dramas signals Netflix is treating the Bolitar franchise as tentpole fare rather than disposable content.
