Global best-selling author Harlan Coben has landed yet another Netflix adaptation. And it marks the second one for his 2007 mystery thriller, The Woods.
The latest partnership with the author comes with the British version that will star Based on a True Story’s Tom Bateman and another Coben-inspired series lead, Michelle Keegan, from Fool Me Once.
Additionally, Mandeep Dhillon, Pearce Quigley and Rade Sherbedgia will all appear in the adaptation.
It's a little confusing, as The Woods was previously adapted by Netflix in Poland just a few years ago, with the six-episode series premiering in the summer of 2020.
“Evidence found on the body of a homicide victim sparks hope in a prosecutor that his sister who disappeared 25 years earlier could still be alive,” the synopsis for the limited series read, which garnered a score of 6.6 from viewers, with many calling it a “solid series.”
Screenrant called the Polish-language production, set across two timelines, a “masterful example of non-linear storytelling” that has a “gripping, twist-filled nature of the source material.”
The newest limited series adaptation, which will span a total of 8 episodes, was written by Danny Brocklehurst and comes on the heels of many massive hits like the aforementioned Fool Me Once (the ninth most-popular English-language TV show ever, per Variety) and Run Away.
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As for why The Woods is getting another adaptation, it remains one of Coben's "most personal novels," despite being published nearly 20 years ago on April 17, 2007.
“Like the story’s hero, Paul Copeland, I worked as a counselor at a sleepaway camp when I was too young for the job,” he told Tudum.
As for what viewers can expect from the newest version, it’s being described as “a chilling mystery with a romantic core.”
The Woods will focus on the mystery of Paul ‘Cope’ Copeland’s sister, Camille, who vanished from a summer camp in the woods 20 years ago, leaving a family torn apart by the loss.
“Now a top barrister and devoted single father to ten-year-old daughter Cami,” Cope has rebuilt his life, but it all begins unraveling when the body of a man supposedly murdered alongside his sister turns up.
“Cope becomes convinced his sister may have made it out of the woods alive too. Determined to uncover the truth, Cope begins a search for answers, unearthing years of lies, cover-ups, and family secrets that threaten to destroy everything he has built,” the synopsis continues.
There is currently no premiere date, though the show currenty in production in the UK.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author has 14 titles produced for Netflix, according to Tudum, working alongside screenwriters around the world, and across four languages so far.
One of the most successful mystery writers of the past three decades, Coben has sold over 75 million books worldwide, with his breakout hit, Tell No One, The Innocent, Gone for Good and the recent bestseller, The Boy from the Woods, among some of his most successful titles.
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