‘Will Trent’ Will Officially Return in 2027

Of all the shows that have blossomed into popular properties in the last few years, not many have picked up as many viewers as The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix. Fans love a good legal thriller, and The Lincoln Lawyer provides enough classic courtroom drama mixed with the hunt for criminals to keep fans tuning in year after year as new seasons continue to be released. Netflix released the fourth season of The Lincoln Lawyer earlier this year, and after renewing the show for Season 5, the streamer later confirmed that it would also be the final season. The Lincoln Lawyer now has some competition on Netflix in the form of Will Trent — all four seasons of the show were added to the platform last week, and they have since surged into the top 10.

ABC has released four seasons of Will Trent since the show premiered in 2023, but it’s quickly approaching a full year since the Season 4 premiere. The show isn’t a carbon copy of The Lincoln Lawyer by any means, but it will still scratch the same itch for fans craving a good procedural with plenty of courtroom action. Will Trent has already wrapped filming on its next season, and while it’s not going to make it back to ABC before the end of this year, fans won’t have to wait too long for Season 5. While still without an official return date, it has been confirmed that Will Trent Season 5 is coming to ABC in 2027. If the release of Season 4 is any indication, it wouldn’t be surprising if the show returns sooner in the year, rather than later.

• He reads ground the way other people read a room.
• He will stand between you and the worst of it without discussing it.
• He says almost nothing, and never the wrong thing.

• The 1982 original came from David Morrell’s 1972 novel, which ends very differently.
• Stallone cut most of his own dialogue in the edit to make the character nearly silent.
• Five films across thirty-seven years, from 1982 to the fifth in 2019.

• He is better in the room than he is on paper, and he is excellent on paper.
• He will not explain the plan, and the plan will work.
• He treats charm as a tool, and it is a remarkably effective one.

• Eon has made twenty-five Bond films since Dr. No in 1962, across six actors.
• Denis Villeneuve is directing the next one for Amazon MGM, which took creative control in
  2025.
• The search for the new 007 was still running through 2026, with screen tests under way.

• He has read the thing nobody else thought to read.
• He will risk the whole plan for the artifact, and be right about half the time.
• He improvises better than most people prepare.

• The Cairo swordsman scene was improvised on the day because Harrison Ford had dysentery.
• Raiders was filmed in about 73 days, which was fast even in 1981.
• Dial of Destiny in 2023 was Ford’s fifth and last outing, at the age of eighty.

• He turns whatever is in the room to his advantage.
• He is funniest when things are at their worst.
• He has never once agreed that it is over.

• Die Hard came from Roderick Thorp’s novel Nothing Lasts Forever, a sequel to a book
  filmed in 1968.
• Nakatomi Plaza is Fox Plaza, which was the studio’s own headquarters at the time.
• Bruce Willis was a television comedy actor then, and a long way down the casting list.

• He takes the risk himself rather than assigning it.
• He is three moves ahead and will not say which three.
• He treats your survival as the actual objective.

• Cruise hung off the side of an Airbus A400M at a thousand feet for the opening of Rogue
  Nation.
• The HALO jump in Fallout took 106 takes, filmed at dusk for the light.
• The Final Reckoning in 2025 was the eighth film, and was sold as the last.

Here’s Where Else You Can Watch ‘Will Trent’

Not only are the first four seasons of Will Trent streaming on Netflix, but they’re also available to watch on Hulu, along with all other ABC shows. However, Hulu is only available in America, so fans of Will Trent in international markets will have to check out the first four seasons of the show on Disney Plus. It’s expected that Disney Plus and Hulu will merge into one service sometime in the next year or two, but Disney has not yet announced when this could happen — fans would certainly enjoy a cheaper service, though.

Check out the first four seasons of Will Trent on either Netflix or Hulu and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 5.

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