MGM greenlights Bosch Start of Watch prequel on Bosch's rookie year

MGM has greenlit a new prequel series in the Harry Bosch franchise, ordering Bosch Start of Watch to a straight-to-series production that will begin filming in Los Angeles in 2026. The show will follow a 26-year-old Harry Bosch during his rookie year with the Los Angeles Police Department in 1991, with Cameron Monaghan cast in the title role and Omari Hardwick set to play veteran training officer Eli Bridges.

Set against a backdrop of rising racial tension, gang violence, and a fractured LAPD, the series will center on Bosch as he is drawn into a high-profile heist and a web of criminal corruption that challenge his loyalty to the badge and help shape his future code, "Everybody counts or nobody counts." The production will be the fourth television entry in the Bosch universe, following the original series, its follow-on Bosch Legacy, and the Ballard spinoff.

Tom Bernardo and Brian Anthony cocreated the series and will executive produce, with Bernardo serving as showrunner. Michael Connelly, the author whose novels inspired the franchise, will also serve as an executive producer alongside Henrik Bastin, Jamie Boscardin Martin, and Jasmine Russ. Theresa Snider is a co-executive...