Amazon Just Killed Off a Planned ‘Bosch’ Spinoff About J. Edgar
A planned Bosch spinoff that would have focused on Harry Bosch’s former partner Jerry Edgar is not moving forward at Prime Video.
‘Bosch’ spinoff about J. Edgar not happening at Prime Video
In 2023, Amazon announced that it was developing a Bosch and Bosch: Legacy spinoff series about J. Edgar. Jamie Hector – who played J. Edgar on seven seasons of Bosch – was supposed to reprise his role in the new show, which would follow the LAPD detective as he takes on an undercover FBI operation in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood.
“Can’t wait to get to work,” Hector tweeted after the show was announced.
Now, Amazon has scuttled plans for the show, according to a recent report from Deadline. Screenwriter Larry Andries and novelist Michael Connelly, who wrote the books that inspired the Bosch series, were executive producers on the show. In March 2024, Andries was charged with six counts of felony sexual assault, Deadline noted.
Maggie Q to star in Renée Ballard series
While a J. Edgar series is not happening, Amazon is moving forward with another Bosch spinoff focused on Detective Renée Ballard. Maggie Q will play the character, who is a detective in LAPD’s poorly funded, all-volunteer cold case unit. When she uncovers are larger conspiracy in the course of her investigations, she leans on retired detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) for support.
Filming on the new series began in July 2024. A release date hasn’t been announced. Other cast members include Courtney Taylor, John Carroll Lynch, Michael Mosley, Rebecca Field, Victoria Moroles, and Amy Hill. Ballard will also appear in a special crossover episode of the third (and final) season of Bosch: Legacy, which premieres in March 2025.
The Ballard character was created by Connelly and inspired by real-life LAPD detective Mitzi Roberts. In September, Maggie Q shared a photo of herself and Roberts on the set of the show.
“Just me and my mentor @mitzir1 Most likely talking about when lunch is,” she captioned the Instagram post.
Titus Welliver teases new show
In an interview with Collider, Welliver teased the spinoff and the introduction of the Ballard character.
“Well, we introduced her in the tenth episode of season 3 of Legacy, which is coming out in 2025, and I am doing some episodes of the Ballard spin-off,” the actor said. “We have to keep the universes together. Bosch and Bosch: Legacy is the mothership of all things, but the brand is the brand, so you can’t do Robin without having Batman. Maggie Q is gonna kill me for saying that. She’s like, ‘Bullsh*t, man. Maybe I’m Batman, and you’re Robin.’ But she’s awesome as Ballard, so I’m excited for season 3 to come out because we pulled all the stops out. It’s a really tight, strong, strong season — one of our best, if not maybe our best. “
Bosch Seasons 1-7 and Bosch: Legacy Seasons 1-2 are streaming on Prime Video and Amazon Freevee.
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