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Michael Connelly’s veteran detective Harry Bosch is making a sensational return to tv after a prequel collection was introduced.

Fans of Bosch and Bosch: Legacy have been devastated when Amazon Prime cancelled the long-running present, based mostly on Connelly’s bestselling thrillers and starring Titus Welliver because the veteran LA detective and, after its tenth collection earlier this 12 months. Now they will look ahead to Bosch: Start of Watch, from MGM+ Studios, starring Cameron Monaghan because the 26-year-old rookie cop and exploring his ‘origin story’.

It’s one other spin-off from what Connelly, 69, jokingly known as the “MC Universe” talking with the Express final 12 months. Omari Hardwick will play Bosch’s coaching officer, Vietnam veteran Eli Bridges, a brand new character not within the books, a seasoned, rough-around-the-edges type of cop who mentors the younger patrolman.

Connelly launched Bosch, already a veteran detective, in his debut novel, 1992’s The Black Echo, so aside from the odd point out of Harry’s early years right here and there, there isn’t a definitive prequel story. Connelly known as the brand new present “uncharted character territory”.

According to Deadline, the collection will “explore a city on the edge, teeming with racial tension, gang violence, and a fractured LAPD. Amid routine calls and growing unrest, Bosch finds himself drawn into a high-profile heist and a web of criminal corruption that will test his loyalty to the badge and shape his future as the detective who lives by the code, ‘Everybody counts or nobody counts’.”

“I’m deeply grateful to Michael Wright and the team at MGM+ for championing this next chapter in Bosch’s journey with such remarkable care and integrity,” Connelly stated. “Being able to see how Harry Bosch became the man we have loved for 10 seasons is a gift to me and his many fans. I can’t wait to dig in with Cameron and the writers to explore this uncharted character territory.”

In Bosch: Start of Watch, Bosch is a probationary patrol officer with the LAPD possessing most of the qualities that may come to mark his legendary profession – he’s sensible, relentless, decided and fiercely protecting of the victims of crime.

“We are thrilled to expand the Bosch universe with this compelling origin story that showcases how one of television’s most beloved detectives became the man we know today,” stated Michael Wright, head of MGM+.

“With Cameron Monaghan and Omari Hardwick bringing these complex characters to life, and the creative vision of Michael Connelly and our talented executive producers, Bosch: Start of Watch promises to deliver the gritty, authentic storytelling that honours the franchise’s legacy while opening an exciting new chapter.”

This marks the fourth collection within the Bosch franchise and third centred on Harry Bosch. All three originated on totally different Amazon platforms. A second season of Ballard, based mostly on one other fashionable Connelly character, Renée Ballard and starring Maggie Q, was given the go forward earlier this month.

Connelly, whose Lincoln Lawyer collection runs on Netflix, has simply revealed his forty first novel, The Proving Ground.