Netflix confirm start date for Harlan Coben's new drama Missing You
He's said it's the most gripping yet!
Last updated 6th Nov 2024
Following the monumental success of Harlan Coben's drama Fool Me Once at the beginning of the year, featuring Michelle Keegan, it didn't take long for Netflix bosses to reveal plans to adapt a further two of Harlan's award-winning novels.
Netflix revealed the news back in January that Missing You and Run Away would be the next to hit Netflix, and now we've finally been given more details about Missing You, with Harlan describing it at his "most gripping" drama yet.
When is it out?
It was announced in November that Missing You will land on Wednesday 1st January 2025, the perfect treat for New Year's Day!
Netflix bosses wrote on social: 'Nothing burns like an old flame... and your new year’s plans just got a lot hotter 🔥 @harlancoben’s MISSING YOU debuts on 1 January, only on netflix'. (sic)
What is Missing You about?
Harlan's book Missing You was released in March 2014 and is a heart-pounding thriller about the ties we have to our past.
The show's synopsis says: 'Eleven years ago Detective Kat Donovan’s fiancé Josh – the love of her life – disappeared and she’s never heard from him since. Now, swiping profiles on a dating app, she suddenly sees his face and her world explodes all over again.
'Josh’s reappearance will force her to dive back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past.'
Speaking to Digital Spy at the National Television Awards, Harlan said: "I think it may be my most gripping, and the ending will not only surprise you. In fact, I recently re-watched it, I was completely fooled by the ending – and I wrote it.
"But I think you'll genuinely be moved. Tell me if you shed a tear at the last episode of Missing You."
On Thursday 3rd October, Netflix shared eight first look photos of the new series, writing: 'you won’t want to miss these first looks at Harlan Coben’s newest thriller MISSING YOU. Starring Rosalind Eleazar, Richard Armitage, Ashley Walters, Lenny Henry, and Jessica Plummer, coming soon to Netflix'. (sic)
Check out the first look photos below:
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Who is in the cast?
Initial casting details for Missing You were announced on Friday 15th March, with Fool Me Once actor Richard Armitage signing up alongside former EastEnders star Jessica Plummer.
On Thursday 6th June, further casting was announced, with Bloodlands star James Nesbitt and Top Boy actor Ashley Walters also joining the cast.
See the full cast list below:
James Nesbitt
Ashley Walters
Rosalind Eleazar
Richard Armitage
Jessica Plummer
Steve Pemberton
Matt Jay-Willis
Paul Kaye
Samantha Spiro
Lisa Faulkner
Mary Malone
Charlie Hamblett
Oscar Kennedy
Brigid Zengeni
Catherine Ayers
Felix Garcia Guyer
How many episodes?
Missing You will be made up of five episodes.
Check out which other Harlan Coben dramas are on Netflix:
The Stranger
Release date: 2020
Series: 1
Cast: Richard Armitage, Siobhan Finneran and Jennifer Saunders.
Synopsis: When a stranger makes a shocking claim about his wife, family man Adam Price becomes entangled in a mystery as he desperately searches for answers.
Safe
Release date: 2018
Series: 1
Cast: Michael C. Hall, Amanda Abbington and Marc Warren.
Synopsis: After his teenage daughter goes missing, a widowed surgeon in an affluent neighbourhood begins unearthing dark secrets about the people closest to him.
Stay Close
Release date: 2021
Series: 1
Cast: Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt and Richard Armitage.
Synopsis: When Carlton Flynn vanishes 17 years to the night after Stewart Green did, it sets off a chain reaction in the lives of people connected to both men.
Gone For Good
Release date: 2021
Series: 1
Cast: Finnegan Oldfield, Nicolas Duvauchelle and Guillaume Gouix.
Synopsis: Ten years after losing two loved ones, a man is plunged into another dizzying mystery when his girlfriend vanishes.
The Innocent
Release date: 2021
Series: 1
Cast: Mario Casas, Alexandra Jiménez and Aura Garrido.
Synopsis: An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.
The Woods
Release date: 2020
Series: 1
Cast: Grzegorz Damięcki, Agnieszka Grochowska and Hubert Miłkowski.
Synopsis: Evidence found on the body of a homicide victim sparks hope in a prosecutor that his sister who disappeared 25 years earlier could still be alive.
Fool Me Once
Release date: 1st January 2024
Series: 1
Cast: Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley and Emmett J. Scanlan
Synopsis: The series follows Maya Stern who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband.
You can watch the above dramas on Netflix now.
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