Neagley is an American action crime television series created by Nick Santora and Nicholas Wootton for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the character created by Lee Child, it is a spin-off of the television series Reacher. It stars Maria Sten, who reprises her role as Frances Neagley from Reacher, alongside Greyston Holt, Adeline Rudolph, Jasper Jones, Matthew Del Negro, and Damon Herriman.
Neagley premiered its first season in its entirety on September 16, 2026. In October 2026, the series was renewed for a second season.
Premise Frances Neagley, a private investigator based in Chicago, Illinois, seeks the truth after her childhood friend dies in a suspicious accident that leads her to Echo Canyon Farm, a peaceful cult-like commune that fronts an illegal black-market operation run by Lawrence Cole and Invection Pharmaceuticals CEO Pierce Woodrow.
Cast and characters Main Maria Sten as Frances Neagley, a former U.S. Army Master Sergeant, military police officer, and member of the elite 110th Special Investigations unit, now a private investigator, suffers with Haphephobia Zion Hutson as young Neagley Greyston Holt as Detective Hudson Riley, a Chicago PD officer Adeline Rudolph as Renee Birdwhistle, an administrative assistant who works at Neagley's agency Jasper Jones as Keno, a low-level criminal and recovering drug addict drawn into the investigation Matthew Del Negro as Pierce Woodrow (season 1), the CEO of Invection Pharmaceuticals Damon Herriman as Lawrence Cole (season 1), the CEO of Echo Canyon Farm
Recurring Season 1 Tyrone Benskin as Calvin Neagley, Neagley's father Eric Miracle as young Calvin Rebecca Liddiard as Judith Gray, the operations director at Echo Canyon Joel Keller as Gerald York Brian Hamman as Davos, an assassin L. Dean Ifill as Davis Jeff Kassel as Lenny McMahon John Bregar as Mason Peter Outerbridge as Arvid Rawlings, a criminal mastermind who owns a biotech empire James Downing as James Pemmel, a corrupt deputy chief of police Mal Dassin as Murphy, a crooked police officer and godson of Pemmel Jessica Clement as Mandy, an Echo Canyon member who befriends Keno Michael Hough as Claude
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Production Development The series was ordered by Amazon Prime Video in October 2024. Nick Santora and Nicholas Wootton developed, executive produced, and are co-showrunners of the series, which was produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Skydance Television, along with CBS Studios. The series is also executive-produced by Adam Higgs, Sam Hill, Lisa Kussner, Paula Wagner, Lee Child, Don Granger, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Matt Thunell. By August 2025, Paramount Television Studios had taken over production of the series following the merger of Skydance Television's parent company Skydance Media with CBS Studios' parent Paramount Global into Paramount Skydance. In October 2026, the series was renewed for a second season.
Writing The series' writing team is composed of Nick Santora & Nicholas Wootton, Adam Higgs, Kyle Long, and Lacey Herbert. Neagley explores the title character's life in greater detail than in Reacher. Sten said: "Neagley has a lot going on in her life. She has a history, and she has a life lived. She has some quite severe personal issues of her own that she's grappling with… I'm just thrilled to get going and sink my teeth in".
Casting Sten reprises her role of Frances Neagley from Reacher with Alan Ritchson appearing as Jack Reacher in a guest starring role. In February 2025, Greyston Holt, Adeline Rudolph, Jasper Jones, Matthew Del Negro and Damon Herriman were cast as series regulars.
Filming Principal photography began in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on February 18, 2025, and wrapped on June 7, 2025.
Release All eight episodes of Neagley were released on September 16, 2026.
Reception The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 94% approval rating, based on 31 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 67 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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