The article goes on to explain that 32-year-old American actor Cameron Monaghan (Shameless, Gotham) will play newbie cop Bosch on the forthcoming drama, with Omari Hardwick (Power, Army of the Dead) “portraying his training officer, police veteran Eli Bridges, a new character not in the book mythology.” What makes this series especially notable is that “There is no direct source material for Start of Watch since Connelly’s novels do not include a Bosch prequel, though bits and pieces from Harry’s early years are planted in various books in the universe.”
So what’s the setup of this franchise addition? Deadline says it
goes back to 1991 Los Angeles and follows 26-year-old Harry Bosch during his earliest days as a rookie cop. The series 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.”Author Connelly, one of several Start of Watch executive producers, is quoted as saying, “I’m deeply grateful to Michael Wright [head of MGM+] and the team at MGM+ for championing this next chapter in Bosch’s journey with such remarkable care and integrity. 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.”
(Hat tip to Ali Karim.)
4 comments:
A big part of the Harry Bosch story is that he was a "tunnel rat" in Vietnam. How is that possible if this show is going to make him only 26 years old in 1991?
He could have been there as a 2 year old? Toddlers are almost always tiny.
As Wikipedia explains, Michael Connelly instituted a variety of changes "'to the world of Harry Bosch ... in making the shift from page to screen'. For example, in the television series, Bosch is born nearly 20 years later than in the novels, so that events can happen in the present day time, as they once did in the books. Also in the television series, Harry 'is 47 years old and a veteran of the first Gulf War in 1991, where he was part of a Special Forces team that cleared tunnels.'"
"Bosch: Start of Watch" appears to be consistent with Connelly's revised background for the character.
Here's that cited Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bosch#Television_series
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