Netflix‘s next Harlan Coben adaptation has set its cast with James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch leading the ensemble.
The eight-episode series Run Away follows Simon (Nesbitt), who seemingly had the perfect life. But then, his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart. When he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home.
“But it turns out she’s not alone, and an argument escalates into shocking violence,” a plot synopsis reads. “In the aftermath, Simon loses his daughter all over again, and his search to find her will take him into a dangerous underworld, revealing deep secrets that could tear his family apart forever.”
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In keeping with previous Coben adaptations Fool Me Once and Missing You, Run Away will relocate the story from the U.S. to the U.K. Filming will begin around Manchester and the North West of England this month.
Aside from Jones (playing Elena Ravenscroft), Driver (as Ingrid Greene) and Enoch (Isaac Fagbenle), Run Away will also star Lucian Msamati (Conclave, Gangs of London), Jon Pointing (Big Boys, Sweetpea), Ellie de Lange (Wolf Hall, The Serpent), Adrian Greensmith (Harlan Coben’s Shelter, Metal Lords), Ellie Henry (Hollyoaks), Anna Greene (Down Below), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Friday Night Dinner, Toast of London), Annette Badland (Ted Lasso, Midsomer Murders), Ingrid Oliver (The Thursday Murder Club, Sweetpea), Maeve Courtier-Lilley (Gran Turismo, The Red King), Finty Williams (The A List, Six Minutes to Midnight), Joe McGann (Kaos, Vera) and Amy Gledhill (Big Mood, Starstruck).
Run Away is adapted from the novel by Coben, who will serve as executive producer through his company, Final Twist Productions. Coben said of the cast announcement: “Jimmy Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Alfred Enoch, Lucian Msamati and Minnie Driver — the cast is an embarrassment of riches. I can’t wait to start filming.”
Danny Brocklehurst is the lead writer and serves as executive producer. The show is produced by Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios).
