Michael Connelly confirmed that his next novel, The Hollow, scheduled for late 2026, will officially bring together Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller. In the plot, Haller obtains a multimillion-dollar compensation for the group home where Bosch grew up, forcing the detective to reopen an old unsolved case. This literary crossover, however, will not have an on-screen equivalent because the rights to Bosch (Prime Video) and Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix) belong to rival studios.
Streaming Rights as an Impenetrable Wall for Adaptation 🚧
The technical and legal obstacle to adapting this crossover lies in the fragmentation of streaming rights. Each franchise belongs to a different ecosystem: Amazon Studios for Bosch and Netflix for Lincoln Lawyer. Coordinating a joint project would involve complex licensing agreements, budget sharing, and profit distribution, something studios usually avoid. This situation reflects a common challenge in the industry: barriers between platforms can limit transmedia storytelling, even when the original material lends itself to it.
Half-Brothers in Fiction, Separated by the Catalog 😏
The irony is palpable: Connelly managed to unite on his pages two characters whom their own adaptations condemn to forced separation. While in the books they can share a case and a beer, in the real world of streaming they can't even appear on the same main menu. It seems that the maxim the customer is always right translates here to: to see the brothers together, the customer will have to buy the book and use their own imagination as a player.