Titus Welliver Gives a Colossal Update on His Long-Awaited ‘Bosch’ Movie

Harry Bosch hasn’t technically gone anywhere, but fans still want to see the original character in a long-form piece of entertainment, not just a cameo. Titus Welliver has continued to appear across the expanding franchise, including the Maggie Q-led Ballard, while MGM+ is proceeding with a prequel series that focuses on Bosch’s early days as a beat cop in Los Angeles, during the 1990s. Even so, neither project quite replaces watching Welliver lead his own case, something the actor agrees with.

Speaking to ScreenRant during the Italian Global Series festival, Welliver admitted that he had no concrete news to share about another solo project, but stressed that “the intent is there” to bring his version of Bosch back as the lead.

The preference for those involved is a movie, while Welliver also pointed to the success of Jack Ryan: Ghost War, Prime Video’s feature-length epilogue of the John Krasinski series, as proof that a major streaming show can successfully make the same jump.

Titus Welliver Wants a Standalone ‘Bosch’ Movie

“I think that would be what we would ultimately want to do, would be a standalone Bosch film,” Welliver said. “Not to get closure, because to quote Harry Bosch, ‘Closure is a myth,’ but people want more. They want Bosch, they want to see him again, and I think that Ballard doesn’t give them enough sustenance. They want to see the original thing. They want the integrity of what birthed that universe of those other shows. That’s the tried and true original product.”

Welliver led Bosch for seven seasons before returning for three more in Bosch: Legacy. Although the sequel series remained successful, Prime Video ended it after Season 3, despite plans already being developed for a fourth installment. The actor has since returned in Ballard and is expected to appear in three episodes of Season 2.

Elsewhere, MGM+ is developing Bosch: Start of Watch, a prequel starring Cameron Monaghan (Gotham) as the 26-year-old detective during his first year with the LAPD. While those shows are keeping the character alive in some form, Welliver reckons that’ll never be enough because the fans want to see the Harry Bosch they know, front and center. And with countless Bosch stories from Michael Connelly‘s novels still untouched by any form of adaptation, there’s plenty of room to give Harry the farewell he deserves.

A standalone Bosch movie has not yet been officially announced.

Release Date

2015 – 2021-00-00

Network

Prime Video

Showrunner

Eric Ellis Overmyer

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