James Nesbitt leads cast in new Harlan Coben adaptation on Netflix

By Ellie Iorizzo, PA Los Angeles Correspondent

James Nesbitt will begin filming later this month for the new Netflix adaption of Harlan Coben’s 2019 thriller Run Away.

The eight-part series follows Co Derry actor Nesbitt, who starred in the Coben Netflix hit Missing You, playing Simon Greene, a father whose daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) runs away from home.

Gavin And Stacey star Ruth Jones will also feature in the new series, alongside other big name actors including Minnie Driver, Jon Pointing, Alfred Enoch, Lucian Msamati, Annette Badland and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

Run Away will be filmed later this month in Manchester and the North West of England as the story is relocated to the UK from the US in keeping with previous Netflix Coben adaptions – of which this marks number 13.

“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,” Coben said.

Danny Brocklehurst, who has adapted several Coben novels including Fool Me Once starring Michelle Keegan and Dame Joanna Lumley, will serve as lead writer.

He said: “It’s an enormous pleasure to be reteaming with Netflix, Harlan and the amazing Quay Street Productions team to produce another twisty thriller.

“Fool Me Once’s phenomenal success has set a high bar but with Run Away’s emotionally universal storyline and great cast, hopefully we can give audiences another fantastic ride.”