JD Pardo, best known for leading FX’s Mayans M.C., has joined the cast of Bosch: Start of Watch, the upcoming prequel series that will explore Harry Bosch’s rookie days in the LAPD. The project, which comes from Amazon and MGM+, has already generated buzz thanks to its 1990s Los Angeles setting, and now it’s adding a character who sounds anything but a normal fella. Pardo joins previously announced leads Cameron Monaghan, who plays a young Harry Bosch, alongside Omari Hardwick and Ariana Guerra. As per Variety, Pardo will play Cory, who is described as:
“a brilliant, disciplined professional thief whose calm precision was forged in the foster system, where he learned early how to read people, anticipate danger, and stay in control. Raised alongside his younger surrogate brother, Bosch, Cory developed a fierce loyalty to the family he chose. Confident, calculating, and methodical, he acts as provider and protector – every job is a step toward mastering the chaos that shaped him, and earning a way out of Los Angeles.”
The official logline for the series paints a tense backdrop:
“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.’”
Who’s Making ‘Bosch: Start of Watch’?
Behind the scenes, the series is produced by Fabel Entertainment and co-created by Tom Bernardo and Brian Anthony, with Bernardo serving as showrunner. Connelly executive produces alongside Henrik Bastin, Jamie Boscardin Martin, and Jasmine Russ. Theresa Snider co-executive produces for Hieronymus Pictures. Titus Welliver is not currently slated to play any part in the series.
Unlike the mainline Bosch series based on the novels by Michael Connelly, Start of Watch doesn’t adapt a specific book. Connelly has described the prequel as “uncharted character territory,” pieced together from fragments of Bosch’s early years scattered across the existing novels. In other words, this is new ground for longtime fans.
Bosch: Start of Watch is set to begin production shortly.
via Collider