Netflix adds four actors to Myron Bolitar drama series
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Netflix has finalised the cast for its upcoming drama series based on Harlan Coben's "Myron Bolitar" novels, adding four actors including former "Saturday Night Live" star Chloe Fineman, who lands her first major role since leaving the sketch show. Fineman, Jabari Banks ("Bel-Air") and Jamie McShane ("Task," "Wednesday") join as series regulars, while Ben McKenzie ("Gotham") takes a recurring guest part, rounding out a cast led by Colin Woodell, KJ Apa and Diane Guerrero.
The series, greenlit by Netflix in May, follows Myron Bolitar, a former basketball prospect who reinvents himself as a sports agent after an injury ends his NBA career, drawing on Coben's 12-book series. Fineman plays sports reporter Parker Quinn, Banks a rising tennis prodigy, McShane an NYPD homicide detective, and McKenzie Myron's estranged former agent. David E. Kelley and Kyle Long are writing and showrunning as executive producers alongside Matthew Tinker, Rick Muirragui and Coben himself, with Greg Yaitanes directing multiple episodes.
- Netflix casts Chloe Fineman, three others in "Myron Bolitar" series
- Fineman's first major role since leaving "Saturday Night Live"
- Series based on Harlan Coben's books, greenlit by Netflix in May
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Netflix's new drama is based on Harlan Coben's "Myron Bolitar" novels, a long-running series of crime thrillers. The lead character, Myron Bolitar, is a former basketball star whose NBA career was cut short by injury, prompting him to become a sports agent who ends up entangled in mysteries and crime. The show has been in development at Netflix and was officially given the go-ahead to proceed to production in May.
The cast is led by Colin Woodell as Myron, alongside KJ Apa and Diane Guerrero, with David E. Kelley and Kyle Long serving as the show's writers and lead executive producers, working alongside Coben himself. Casting has been filled out gradually, with new additions playing supporting characters connected to Myron's world, including a sports reporter, a tennis prodigy, a police detective and Myron's former agent.
This matters because Coben's novels have a large existing readership and have previously been adapted into other television projects, making this series part of a broader trend of streaming platforms turning established book franchises into ongoing shows. The calibre of the cast and creative team, including an experienced showrunner in Kelley, is being used as a signal of how much weight Netflix is putting behind the project.
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Originally published by Variety as “Chloe Fineman Among Four Cast in ‘Myron Bolitar’ Series at Netflix”.