It’s official. Amazon has confirmed the casting of Maggie Q as star of the upcoming Renée Ballard Bosch spinoff collection, which Deadline beforehand solely reported. We’re additionally getting a primary take a look at Maggie Q and Titus Welliver in sneak peek images of the Renée Ballard crossover episode within the Bosch: Legacy Season 3 finale. You possibly can see above and under. Moreover, Jet Wilkinson has been tapped to direct the primary two episodes of the Untitled Renee Ballard collection for Prime Video. Wilkinson additionally will direct the Season 3 finale of Bosch: Legacy, a crossover which serves because the introduction of Maggie Q as Renée Ballard.
The Untitled Renée Ballard collection follows Detective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q), who’s tasked with operating the LAPD’s new chilly case division—a poorly funded, all-volunteer unit with the most important case load within the metropolis. Ballard approaches these frozen-in-time circumstances with empathy and dedication. When she uncovers a bigger conspiracy throughout her investigations, she’ll lean on the help of her retired ally, Harry Bosch, to navigate the risks that threaten each her unit and her life.
The Renée Ballard character, which has not appeared on both Bosch or Bosch: Legacy, is predicated on Det. Mitzi Roberts from the LAPD.
Wilkinson will function govt producer for Ballard alongside Michael Connelly, Trish Hofmann, Michael Alaimo, and Kendall Sherwood. Henrik Bastin and Melissa Aouate govt produce for Fabel Leisure, with Jasmine Russ serving as co-executive producer. Co-executive producers additionally embody Jamie Boscardin Martin and Trey Batchelor, with Theresa Snider co-executive producing underneath Hieronymus Footage.
Season 3 of Bosch: Legacy is predicated on Connelly’s best-selling novels Desert Star (2022) and The Black Ice (1993). The homicide investigation of Kurt Dockweiler brings harmful secrets and techniques to gentle and threatens to break the lives of our three principal characters. The disappearance of a household haunts Harry Bosch and forces him to confront the bounds of justice. In a hotly contested race, Honey “Cash” Chandler is poised to turn into the following District Legal professional of Los Angeles. And Maddie Bosch will get entangled in a collection of violent follow-home robberies.
Bosch: Legacy, from Fabel Leisure, is govt produced by Michael Connelly, Eric Overmyer, Tom Bernardo, Henrik Bastin, Pieter Jan Brugge, and Titus Welliver.
Identified for her starring roles on Designated Survivor and Nikita, Q was most just lately seen within the Skydance & Apple TV+ motion comedy The Household Plan with Mark Wahlberg, which turned probably the most seen film ever for the service on the time of its debut. Her different movie credit embody The Protégé, Worry the Evening, The Divergent Sequence, Reside Free or Die Exhausting and Mission: Unattainable III. She is repped by CAA and Nameless Content material.
Wilkinson most just lately wrapped as Govt Producer and Director on the Apple TV+/Paramount TV Studios collection Earlier than starring Billy Crystal. Wilkinson additionally labored because the Producing/Director on Percy Jackson and directed the finale of Avatar: The Final Airbender. Wilkinson directed the pilot episode of First Kill, produced by Emma Roberts and the Warrior Nun pilot, each for Netflix. Wilkinson subsequent is ready to direct the characteristic, Moms, Lock Up Your Daughters As a result of They Are Terrifying with 21 Laps. Wilkinson is repped by Gersh and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.
Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) and Renee Ballard (Maggie Q) in Bosch Legacy. Picture Credit score: Patrick Wymore/Prime Video
