Amazon MGM Studios’Boschuniverse is expanding in a second spin-off, withMaggie Qreportedly set to lead the untitled Renee Ballard series based on novels byMichael Connelly. This will be the first entry of the studio’s Connelly-based franchise to not be headlined by Titus Welliver as Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch.
As perDeadline, the new series will bring Detective Renee Ballard to screen as she finds herself in charge of running the LAPD’s new cold-case unit. While attempting to clear down the city’s mountainous volume of unsolved crimes, she uncovers a conspiracy that will see her looking to the retired Detective Bosch for assistance.
The series, which will feature Welliver’s Bosch in a supporting role, acts as a follow-up to the originalBoschseries andits sequel show,Bosch Legacy, both of which have been hugely successful for Amazon Studios. Ballard and Bosch have crossed paths several times in Connelly’s novels, with the former appearing in five novels, starting with 2017’sThe Late Show, with a sixth book,The Witness, set for release in November 2024. This means that, just like theBoschseries, Ballard’s series could run for several seasons.
Maggie Q has a long list of credits to her name, including the Kiefer Sutherland-ledDesignated Survivor, and playing the lead in The CW’sNikitaseries. Her film credits have includedMission: Impossible 3, Live Free or Die Hard, andThe Family Planwith Mark Wahlberg.
Bosch Has Been a Popular Franchise for Amazon
Some of the most popular TV series are based on crime novels, and Amazon’sBoschis no exception. Debuting on Prime Video in 2014,Boschran for seven seasons and adapted many of Connelly’s novels, sometimes with one novel encompassing a whole season and other times combining two or more stories into one.
The series was well-received by fans of Connelly’s work, who praised the casting of Welliver as Bosch, and the faithfulness of the adaptations. The series became one of Prime Video’s longest running scripted shows by the time the final season aired in 2021. But that was not the end forBosch.
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Hot on the heels of that series, a spin-off series entitledBosch: Legacypicked up the story with Bosch having left the LAPD and now working as a private investigator. The series, which iscurrently set to air its third season, debuted on IMDb TV (now Amazon Freevee) in 2022 and has continued to deliver the same kind of gripping police procedural action that has engaged crime fans for a decade.
The new Ballard series comes from the same production team that has been responsible for Bosch’s on-screen success, including author Connelly on board as executive producer. There has been no date currently set for the new series’ premiere, but it is likely to be sometime in 2025.
