James Nesbitt and Minnie Driver starred within the earlier adaptation Run Away (Image: NETFLIX)
The forged of The Woods boasts some extremely recognisable faces.
Netflix has unveiled the line-up for the eagerly awaited new Harlan Coben thriller, together with a much-loved actress making her long-awaited comeback.
Tom Bateman, star of forthcoming rom-com The Love Hypothesis, will seem alongside Michelle Keegan, finest recognized for Brassic and former Coben adaptation Fool Me Once.
The pair be part of a stellar ensemble confirmed for The Woods, primarily based on the American creator’s 2020 novel of the identical title. Manchester-based Quay Street Productions will as soon as once more be on the helm of the sequence.
Bateman and Keegan are joined by a outstanding forged that additionally consists of comic Tom Allen (Titanique), Mandeep Dhillon (After Life), James Buckley (The Inbetweeners), and Pearce Quigley (Small Prophets), stories the Mirror.
Netflix’s 14th Harlan Coben adaptation is formally in manufacturing (Image: NETFLIX)
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Coben mentioned in an announcement: “The Woods is a haunting and very personal story. It has everything you expect from us – twisty, turning, gasp-inducing – but at the core is a story of old love and yearning.
“Working with a forged led by Tom Bateman, Michelle Keegan, Mandeep Dhillon, Pearce Quigley, James Buckley, Tom Allen – it is a humiliation of riches.”
Written by Danny Brocklehurst, the forthcoming eight-part thriller opens with a mysterious disappearance 20 years ago that leaves a family shattered.
When fresh evidence emerges convincing barrister Paul ‘Cope’ Copeland (portrayed by Bateman) that his missing sister may still be alive, he launches a determined quest to uncover the truth.
Michelle Keegan and Tom Bateman will play reunited loves hunting for a missing person (Image: NETFLIX)
A gripping official synopsis teases: “Twenty years in the past, Paul ‘Cope’ Copeland’s sister Camille vanished from a summer time camp within the woods, a loss that tore his household aside.
“Now a top barrister and devoted single father to ten-year-old daughter Cami, Cope appears to have rebuilt his life. But when the body of a man turns up – twenty years after he was supposedly murdered alongside Camille – Cope becomes convinced his sister may have made it out of the woods alive too.
“Determined to uncover the reality, Cope reunites along with his past love, Lucy Silverfield (Keegan), and collectively they start a seek for solutions, unearthing years of lies, cover-ups, and household secrets and techniques that threaten to destroy every thing he has constructed.”
The supporting cast boasts Rade Sherbedgia (Slow Horses), Shannon Watson (The Jetty), Pamela Nomvete (Andor), Amelia Eve (The Haunting of Bly Manor), Kerry Howard (Witless), Roger Barclay (Industry), Simon Lowe (Kirkmoore), Dean Fagan (Time), Tracy Ann-Oberman (Run Away), Charlotte Beaumont (Broadchurch), and Christopher Harper (Call the Midwife).
The Woods is poised to become Netflix’s 14th series adapted from the bestselling catalogue of author Coben, following acclaimed hits such as Missing You, Gone For Good, and the forthcoming I Will Find You.
No official release date has yet been confirmed, though previous British adaptations of Coben’s beloved thrillers have typically made their debut in January.
The Woods can be launched on Netflix.
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