"Dame Edna Everage (and if you are too young to know of the housewife superstar that was Barry Humphries' greatest creation, get yourselves to YouTube and gaze upon her glory, possums) once begged South Bank Show presenter and prolific novelist Melvyn Bragg to stop writing: Give us all a chance to catch up. I feel the same way about Harlan Coben's TV career."
"With the possible revision that once we have caught up, if he doesn't feel refreshed enough to give us something better than Lazarus, he could extend his hiatus until full reinvigoration has been achieved. Coben, an established writer of mystery novels and thrillers, including the dependable Myron Bolitar series, signed a five-year, 14-book adaptation deal with Netflix in 2018. This was extended for a further four years in 2022, bringing the Bolitar books under its aegis. We are 10 adaptations into that."
Harlan Coben has produced numerous TV adaptations, including a five-year, 14-book deal with Netflix signed in 2018 and extended in 2022. Ten adaptations have been released, often starring Richard Armitage and other capable actors. The television scripts frequently fail to capture Coben's storytelling strengths and feel patched or incoherent. Coben also collaborated with Amazon on Shelter in 2023 and worked repeatedly with writer Danny Brocklehurst on new series such as Safe, The Stranger, Fool Me Once, and Lazarus. Lazarus is an original series starring Sam Claflin as psychiatrist Joel Lazarus and Bill Nighy as his father, Dr Jonathan Lazarus.
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