Netflix’s the lincoln lawyer season 5 is officially in production, with showrunners and the creative team confirming cameras are rolling in Los Angeles as the series prepares to adapt Resurrection Walk across a standard 10-episode run.
The Lincoln Lawyer Season 5: Production Underway in Los Angeles
Series creator and co-showrunner Ted Humphrey posted an update on social media confirming that principal photography for The Lincoln Lawyer Season 5 has started in Los Angeles. The update included a production clapper suggesting Humphrey will direct the season’s opening episode, with a camera operator visible in the image. Production was originally scheduled to begin in early March, and the current plan calls for filming to continue through the summer and wrap on July 9, 2026.
What the New Season Will Cover and Who’s Expected Back
The upcoming season will adapt Resurrection Walk, the seventh novel in Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer series, across 10 episodes. Lead actor Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is expected to return, and the creative team has signaled that core supporting cast members who have been central to prior seasons — including Neve Campbell, Becki Newton, Jazz Raycole and Angus Sampson — are likely to be part of the lineup for the new run.
Production Footprint and Recent Performance Context
The series has filmed extensively across Los Angeles in earlier seasons, using more than 50 locations to date, including high-profile city landmarks and neighborhood businesses. Season 4, which arrived on the streamer in early February 2026 after wrapping in mid-June 2025, delivered strong viewing numbers during its month-long stay in top-10 charts: 222. 5 million viewing hours and 26. 4 million completed views. Season 4 departed the top 10 after four weeks, two fewer than season 3.
Timing And What Comes Next
Netflix handed an early renewal for the series in January, greenlighting the fifth season shortly before Season 4 debuted. With cameras now rolling and a production end date set for July 9, 2026, the creative team and executives are positioning the production to meet a release window in early 2027. The previous season’s roughly seven-and-a-half-month turnaround from the end of filming to release provides the immediate precedent for that timetable.
As the season progresses through filming and post-production, confirmed elements remain limited to the production start, the Resurrection Walk adaptation, the 10-episode plan, and the probable returning cast. Uncertainties include an official release date and final episode-by-episode schedule; those details will be set as post-production advances on the Los Angeles-shot season.
The Lincoln Lawyer’s return to the courtroom now moves from development into full production, and viewers can expect updates as shooting continues and the team prepares the series for its anticipated early 2027 arrival.
