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Bosch: Legacy’sfinal season aired last month, and while fans are still fighting to give Harry Bosch a proper ending via the petition, the focus is shifting towards the exciting new spin-off series,Ballard.Amazon has announced an official release date for theBosch: Legacyspin-off,after initially telling fans it would come out sometime over summer.
Amazon’s cancelation ofBosch: Legacyis still a sore subject for many fans, who were hoping it could run alongside theBallardspin-off. However, these are the cards that have been dealt, andit’s time to look forward and not back, and get excited about Renee Ballard’s first solo cases.IfBallardis a success, it raises the chances of more Harry Bosch solo stories in the future.
Bosch: Legacy’s Ballard Spin-Off Is Heading To Prime Video On July 9
Ballardseason 1’s release date has officially been set for July 9,with all 10 episodes available to stream on Prime Video straightaway. Renee Ballard’s debut season is reportedly based on Michael Connelly’s book,Desert Star, which also formed part of the basis ofBosch: Legacy’s final season. It might also use aspects of The Late Show, which was Michael Connelly’s first book that featured Renee Ballard, but this hasn’t been confirmed.Bosch: Legacy’s final episode introduced the character of Renee Ballard, a Robbery Homicide detective who turned up at Harry Bosch’s office to retrieve the cold case files on three murdered women known as The Flower Girls. It was Harry Bosch’s white whale case, and Ballard helped finally solve it.
The teaser trailer forBallardwas released on the eve of the final two episodes ofBosch: Legacy, and it was initially announced that it would be arriving sometime during the summer of 2025.Connelly and Maggie Q talked about the upcoming release ofBallard in an exclusiveinterview withEntertainment Weekly, which also confirmed the official release date of theBosch: Legacyspin-off.
Ballard Season 1
Starring
Maggie Q, Courtney Taylor, John Carroll Lynch, Michael Mosley, Rebecca Field, Victoria Moroles, Amy Hill, Ricardo Chavira, Noah Bean, Alain Uy, Hector Hugo and Titus Welliver
Based on the books by
Directed by
Jet Wilkinson
Michael Connellyalso recently sat down for an interview withThe Los Angeles Timesto promote his new book,Nightshade, which introduces a brand-new character called Detective Stilwell, who solves crimes on the island of Catalina. Michael Connelly also spoke about the Ballard spin-off, and opened up about the level of involvement he has in his television universe.
It looks like I’m super busy because of the TV stuff, but I’m not that involved. I get involved in the setups of the characters in the series, so I go to the first writers’ meeting. I can get my characters going, and then I let them run with it. I went to the (Ballard) set maybe once a week for a couple of hours. But the key to the show is the writing room. And I visited that writing room only twice.
In many ways,it would have been better if Michael Connelly had been more involved with Ballard, especially as he’d spent so many years trying to get it off the ground at Amazon.One ofthe big problemsBallardfaces is the potential lack of authenticity in its portrayal of the detectives in the cold case unit. Connelly has always received positive feedback for his accurate portrayal of law enforcement officers in his books, and this continued on theBoschandBosch: Legacytelevision series. However, it looks likeBallardis populating the cold case unit with younger characters, when it’s typically retired detectives who take on these roles.
The majority of hardcoreBosch: Legacyfans are not happy with what Amazon has done to Michael Connelly’s television universe. However,there is still excitement for the upcoming release ofBallard, and The Los Angeles Times article also stated there would be some surprise appearances forBosch: Legacyfans.It’s unclear if those surprises inBallardwere supposed to beTroy EvansandGregory Scott Cummins' return asCrate and Barrel, which was revealed in exclusive interviews with Game Rant, or if there are special appearances by other legacy characters. Of course, it’s already been revealed thatTitus Welliver will appear in cameos, so it’ll be interesting to see if Madison Lintz,Mimi ‘Tell Amazon’ Rogersor anyone else turns up inBallard.
