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Brassic and The Inbetweeners favourites confirmed for Netflix’s “thrilling” new Harlan Coben show

Brassic and The Inbetweeners favourites confirmed for Netflix’s “thrilling” new Harlan Coben show

Published by Daniella Wilson

This year’s Run Away was another talked-about thriller to add to Harlan Coben’s Netflix reign – and now, his next exciting TV project has been unveiled along with some great cast additions. The Woods is set to be the next Coben series we’ll all likely become obsessed with, with production on the series having just kicked off. If you’re wondering whether it has any connection to the previous Polish-language Coben adaptation of the same name, then it appears as though both series are based on Coben’s 2007 novel of the same name. The Polish-language series was released back in 2020 but now, it looks set to get a new lease of life as the star-studded cast has been announced – including one of Coben’s most successful collaborators. It’s been confirmed that Michelle Keegan will be stepping back into Coben’s extended series universe, after a very triumphant lead role in Fool Me Once, which has generated over 130 million views globally since its launch in 2024. Tom Bateman in Funny Woman. Sky Keegan will be starring in …

Run Away location guide | Where is the Harlan Coben thriller filmed?

Run Away location guide | Where is the Harlan Coben thriller filmed?

Published by Daniella Wilson

As with many of the most popular Harlan Coben titles that have landed on Netflix in recent years, the US-based novel Run Away has been transformed into a gritty UK tale. Kicking off the new year in a suitably dramatic fashion, Run Away follows Simon Greene (James Nesbitt) as he embarks on a desperate search for his daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) which takes him into a dangerous underworld. From the start of the series, we’re taken on quite the rollercoaster journey as we follow Simon in his search for his daughter as it overlaps with Elena Ravenscroft’s (Ruth Jones) investigation into a missing person. But are the two cases connected? We’re taken from gorgeous homes to sprawling parks and inner city estates, but where exactly was Run Away filmed? Read on to find out more about the locations used for the Netflix series. Run Away location guide: Where is the Harlan Coben thriller filmed? James Nesbitt and Ruth Jones in Run Away. Netflix Run Away was filmed in Manchester and the northwest of England, with …

Run Away cast | Who stars in the Harlan Coben thriller?

Run Away cast | Who stars in the Harlan Coben thriller?

Published by Daniella Wilson

It’s that time of year again, when we all get swept up in the deliciously twisted world of yet another Harlan Coben thriller. This time round, Run Away is centred on successful Simon who has the perfect job, house and life. Well, that’s what it looks like anyway. In reality, his daughter Paige has become addicted to drugs and runs away. Her disappearance starts to fracture their family so when Simon finds her in a park one day, he thinks of bringing her home to safety. However, she’s not alone and a resulting attack soon goes viral on the internet. What soon unfolds is the kind of thriller we’ve come to expect from Coben over the years, with the likes of Fool Me Once, Missing You, The Stranger and more only continuing to prove his ability of crafting a series that keeps viewers guessing. The cast for this series features plenty of familiar faces including James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver, Alfred Enoch and more. But who’s who in Run Away? Read on for everything …

Run Away review – James Nesbitt brings much-needed heft to this Harlan Coben hokum

Run Away review – James Nesbitt brings much-needed heft to this Harlan Coben hokum

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Another year, another Harlan Coben adaptation arrives on Netflix with the inevitability of a New Year hangover. Run Away continues the streamer’s wildly successful commitment to transforming the thriller writer’s pulpy page-turners into glossy dramas that pile on the implausibilities with abandon. From Fool Me Once’s nanny-cam resurrections to Missing You’s improbable dating-app plot, the storylines are ludicrously daft, stuffed with more red herrings than a Nordic fish market. But the real draw has always been the property porn, right? How can they all afford those kitchens? Those Shaker-style units? This time, James Nesbitt plays Simon, a father searching for his runaway daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) in London’s grimmest corners. His family may be falling apart, but the kitchen remains impeccable: a cavernous open-plan, Farrow & Ball marvel that suggests whatever crisis he’s facing, it’s not negative equity. As with …

Harlan Coben on New Netflix Series ‘Run Away,’ Disturbing Stories

Harlan Coben on New Netflix Series ‘Run Away,’ Disturbing Stories

Published by Daniella Wilson

The start of the new year not only means hangovers and festive season exhaustion. It also means that it’s time for Netflix to unleash its latest Harlan Coben series, as has become a tradition in recent years. Run Away is the new series adaptation of a typically twisty Coben thriller novel, and it stars James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch, among others. Following the 2025 success of the limited thriller series Missing You and the 2024 hit Fool Me Once, Run Away explores family and addiction. “After his eldest daughter, Paige, runs away from home, angst-ridden Simon is determined to reunite the family,” reads a synopsis for the series, which uses the tagline: “How far would you go to bring her back?” In a recent London appearance, Coben shared that the story for the novel was inspired by drug paraphernalia he found in his daughter’s room. The author also discussed how he thinks about mixing heavy drama and darkness with comedy and lightness. “We’re big on having some of that humor, which [Nesbitt and Jones] brought out so well,” Coben …