Netflix reveals A-List cast – including Oscar nominee – for latest Harlan Coben adaptation as filming set to start around Manchester

Streaming giant Netflix has confirmed that Hollywood star and Oscar-nominee Minnie Driver, James Nesbitt and Gavin and Stacey’s Ruth Jones will lead the cast of its next Harlan Coben adaptation, Run Away, from Quay Street Productions, who also produced previous Coben hits Fool Me Once and Missing You.

Adapted from the novel by Coben, who will serve as executive producer through his company, Final Twist Productions, Danny Brocklehurst is the lead writer and serves as executive producer and Quay Street (part of ITV Studios) once again produces.

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Simon had the perfect life: loving wife and kids, great job, beautiful home. But then his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart. So now when he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home. But it turns out she’s not alone, and an argument escalates into shocking violence. In the aftermath, Simon loses his daughter all over again, and his search to find her will take him into a dangerous underworld, revealing deep secrets that could tear his family apart forever.

In keeping with the previous Coben adaptations, Run Away will relocate the story from the US to the UK, with filming set to commence around Manchester and the North West this month.

Executive Producers for Quay Street Productions, Nicola Shindler and Richard Fee said: “We’re thrilled to be working with such a magnificent group of actors and the brilliant Danny Brocklehurst to bring this gripping Harlan Coben story to life.”

Manchester screenwriter Brocklehurst, whose adaptation of Fool Me Once became the sixth most successful Netflix show of all time, added: “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.”

Run Away is one of 13 titles from bestselling author Coben produced, or due to be produced, for Netflix. Coben continues his work with local screenwriters from around the world to bring his novels to life on screen, so far across four languages.

Harlan Coben titles currently available to stream on Netflix include: Missing You, Fool Me Once, Gone For Good, The Stranger, Stay Close, The Innocent, Hold Tight, The Woods and Safe, while titles announced include Run Away, Caught, Just One Look, I Will Find You.

Run Away follows 2025’s hugely successful limited thriller series Missing You, also by Quay Street Productions, which starred Rosalind Eleazar, Richard Armitage, Steve Pemberton, Jessica Plummer and Ashley Walters, and 2024’s Fool Me Once, which starred Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage and Joanna Lumley, which has drawn over 94m views since launch as it stormed into Netflix’s Top 10 most popular shows of all time chart.

Netflix’s full casting announcement features:

  • James Nesbitt (The Missing, Cold Feet) – Simon Greene
  • Ruth Jones (Gavin & Stacey, Stella) – Elena Ravenscroft
  • Minnie Driver (The Serpent Queen, Good Will Hunting) – Ingrid Greene
  • Alfred Enoch (The Couple Next Door, The Critic) – Isaac Fagbenle
  • Lucian Msamati (Conclave, Gangs of London) – Cornelius Faber
  • Jon Pointing (Big Boys, Sweetpea) – Ash
  • Ellie de Lange (Wolf Hall, The Serpent) – Paige Greene
  • Adrian Greensmith (Harlan Coben’s Shelter, Metal Lords) – Sam Greene
  • Ellie Henry (Hollyoaks) – Anya Greene
  • Tracy-Ann Oberman (Friday Night Dinner, Toast of London) – Jessica Kinberg
  • Annette Badland (Ted Lasso, Midsomer Murders) – Lou
  • Ingrid Oliver (The Thursday Murder Club, Sweetpea) – Yvonne
  • Maeve Courtier-Lilley (Gran Turismo, The Red King) – Dee Dee
  • Finty Williams (The A List, Six Minutes To Midnight) – Enid Corval
  • Joe McGann (Kaos, Vera) – Wiley Corval
  • Amy Gledhill – (Big Mood, Starstruck) – Ruby Todd

Author Coben commented: “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.”



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