‘Lazarus’: Bill Nighy, Sam Claflin to Star in New Prime Video Series from Harlan Coben!!

Mystery writer Harlan Coben has a new series in the works – and this time, it won’t be at his usual streaming stomping grounds at Netflix. Prime Video has ordered a new series, Lazarus, from Coben and screenwriter Danny Brockelhurst. Variety reports that Sam Clafin, Bill Nighy, and Alexandra Roach are set to star in the psychological thriller miniseries. The series will center around a man who returns to his hometown following his father’s suicide; after a series of disturbing incidents, he starts to dig into a string of unsolved murders, which may be connected to both his father’s death and his sister’s decades-ago murder. Clafin will play the central character, Laz, while Nighy plays his father, Dr. Lazarus; Roach will play Laz’s living sister, Jenna.

Coben highlighted the series’ cast in a statement, asking, “Do I have to say more than the names Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, and Alexandra Roach to express my excitement about this limited series? Lazarus is a story of loss, redemption — and the eternal bond between a parent and a child, even after death.” Clafin is no stranger to Amazon; he was part of the cast of the miniseries Daisy Jones and the Six, which premiered on the streamer last year. He is next set to star in a TV adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo for director Bille August. Veteran British actor Nighy was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his lead performance in 2022’s Living, and starred in the action comedy Role Play for Amazon: he can next be seen in the horror prequel The First Omen. Welsh actor Roach appeared as a young Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, and has starred in the British TV series Utopia, Bodies, and Nightsleeper.

Who is Harlan Coben?

Born in New Jersey, Coben worked in the travel industry before he published his first novel, Play Dead, in 1990. Since then, he has published 36 novels, selling over 60 million books worldwide; his novels have been translated into 43 different languages. His work has become a hot commodity; popular internationally, his books have been adapted into films and miniseries in France, the UK and Poland. In 2018, he signed a deal with Netflix to adapt fourteen of his novels into miniseries; so far, seven have been adapted, with the most recent, Fool Me Once, hitting the streamer last month. His 2011 young adult novel Shelter was adapted into an Amazon series in 2023, starring Constance Zimmer and Jaden Michael; it was canceled after one season.

Coben and Brocklehurst (A Teacher) will write and executive produce Lazarus. Nicola Shindler and Richard Fee will also executive produce via Quay Street Productions, as will star Claflin. Wayne Che Yip (The Wheel of Time, The Rings of Power) will executive produce and direct the first two episodes. Matt Stevens will produce with Quay Street Productions; Amazon MGM Studios produce in association with Coben’s Final Twist Productions.