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Crime dramas might be the most popular genre in all of entertainment right now, especially if you include "true crime" in that distinction, and Americans really love their stories about bad guys almost getting away with it. All of the most popular streamers have sunk unbelievable money into these projects, either by adapting true stories or hiring talented screenwriters to weave tales of harrowing complexity and tabloid scandal alike. While people have been getting their thrills seeing Damson Idris in "F1" lately, his biggest star-making turn so far has been on a critically acclaimed TV crime drama with "Snowfall." Although this show has concluded, fans who missed out the first time might want to uncover what was going on with the Hulu favorite if they're looking for a new crime obsession.

"Snowfall" tells the story of the crack epidemic's rise in Los Angeles, California, through the eyes of Franklin Saint,...

The “Snowfall” spinoff pilot at FX has added three series regulars, Variety has learned exclusively.

Asante Blackk, Peyton Alex Smith, and Simmie Sims III have all joined the pilot alongside previously announced leads and original series alums Gail Bean and Isaiah John. Variety exclusively reported on the pilot order in March. While Bean and John will be reprising their roles from “Snowfall,” exact character details for the other three are being kept under wraps.

The official logline for the pilot states, “Set in 90s Los Angeles soon after the end of the original series, a recovering addict (Bean) strives to take West Coast rap mainstream despite potential infighting from a harrowing gang war.”

Blackk is best known for his role in the critically-acclaimed Ava DuVernay limited series “When They See Us” at Netflix, for which he earned an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a limited series or movie.

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Top Boy is a British crime thriller drama series created by Ronan Bennett. The Channel 4 and later on Netflix series is set in East London, and it follows Dushane and Sully, two drug dealers with different aspirations, as they get embroiled in gang violence. Top Boy stars Ashley Walters, Kane Robinson, Malcolm Kamulete, Giacomo Mancini, Shone Romulus, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Kierston Wareing, and Nicholas Pinnock. So, if you loved the intense crime drama, thrilling story, and compelling characters in Top Boy, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Gangs of London is a British action crime thriller drama series created by Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery. Based on the video game of the same name developed by London Studio, the AMC+ series is set in the underworld of London, and...

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The Chi is a drama series created by Lena Waithe. The Showtime series is set in a neighborhood in South Chicago, and it revolves around Emmett, Brandon, Ronnie and Kevin as their lives are forever changed when a murder takes place in their area. The Chi stars Jason Mitchell, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Jacob Latimore, Alex R. Hibbert, Tiffany Boone, Yolonda Ross, Armando Riesco, Barton Fitzpatrick, Shamon Brown Jr., and Michael V. Epps. So, if you loved the intense drama, thrilling story, and compelling characters in The Chi, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Power Credit – Starz

Power is a crime thriller-drama series created by Courtney A. Kemp. The Starz series follows James St. Patrick, a wealthy nightclub owner leading a double life as a drug lord. Now that he has everything he wants in life,...

Exclusive: Dave Andron, writer and executive producer on hit FX series including Justified and Snowfall, has signed an overall deal with FX Productions.

Under the agreement, Andron will write, executive produce and supervise new projects for FX. He is currently part of the creative team behind the Snowfall spinoff series, starring Gail Bean and Isaiah John who are reprising their roles from the mothership series. The project received a pilot order from FX earlier this week with casting due to begin shortly and production estimated to kick off this summer.

“As we witnessed with Justified and Snowfall, Dave is a gifted, compelling storyteller,” said Nick Grad, President, FX Entertainment. “We’re already hard at work on a Snowfall spinoff, along with other exciting projects under his new overall deal with FX.”

Andron served as an executive producer on FX’s Justified, the AFI and Peabody-winning series led by Timothy Olyphant...

FX's Snowfall spinoff is officially moving forward. The original Snowfall series, which ran from 2017 to 2023, explored the rise of the crack cocaine epidemic in 1980s Los Angeles. Created by the late John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron, Snowfall followed Franklin Saint’s (Damson Idris) journey into a burgeoning drug kingpin as he partners with Teddy (Carter Hudson), a CIA operative. The upcoming spinoff will pick up soon after the end of the original series as recovering addict Wanda Bell-Simmons begins her career in West Coast rap in the 1990s while a violent gang war rages on.

Variety has now reported that the Snowfall spinoff has secured a pilot order from FX, marking a significant milestone in its development since it was first announced in 2023. The new series will see Snowfall star Gail Bean reprise her role as Wanda, alongside Isaiah John, who returns as her husband Leon Simmons.

Coming up on two years since the period crime drama Snowfall wrapped its six-season run, FX has ordered a pilot for a spinoff that’s been in development since March 2023.

Snowfall, which debuted in July 2017 and starred Damson Idris, was touted as the story of “how crack began.” Over the course of six seasons, the series chronicled how an off-the-books CIA operation contributed to the destruction that rock cocaine leveled upon the vibrant community of 1990s South Central L.A.

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There's an exciting update for fans of FX's crime drama series, Snowfall. A planned spinoff series has landed a pilot order after being in development for the last few years.

Variety reports that the currently untitled Snowfall spinoff will see Gail Bean return in the role of Wanda Bell-Simmons, with Isaiah John also reprising his role as Leon Simmons from the original Snowfall show. The pilot's official logline reads: "Set in 90s Los Angeles soon after the end of the original series, a recovering addict (Bean) strives to take West Coast rap mainstream despite potential infighting from a harrowing gang war."

Malcolm Spellman is set to write and executive produce the pilot episode. Snowfall alums Dave Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Julie DeJoie, Michael London and Trevor Engelson will executive produce. The pilot will remain with FX Productions. The original Snowfall series aired from 2017 to 2023 on FX and starred an ensemble cast including Damson Idris,...

The Snowfall spinoff series we exclusively revealed to be in early development in 2023, has officially received a pilot order by FX, Deadline has confirmed. Gail Bean and Isaiah John are set to reprise the roles of Wanda and Leon Simmons, respectively.

As previously revealed, the spinoff is a continuation of the original story set in 1990s Los Angeles as South Central transitions out of the crack era into the gangster rap business, with areas heavily infested by gangs led by the Bloods and Crips. Wanda would serve as the connective tissue between the original show and the offshoot, which is expected to introduce other main characters.

Besides Wanda and Leon from the original series, it is unknown if any other surviving character could appear in the new project. Casting is due to begin shortly with the pilot going into production this summer.

The project hails from Snowfall’s Dave Andron,...

The “Snowfall” spinoff just took a major step forward, with the potential series scoring a pilot order at FX, Variety has learned exclusively.

The untitled drama was first reported to be in early development in 2023 ahead of the series finale of “Snowfall.” As reported at the time, “Snowfall” star Gail Bean will return for the spinoff in the role of Wanda Bell-Simmons. She will be joined by fellow original cast member Isaiah John, who played Leon Simmons.

The official logline for the pilot states, “Set in 90s Los Angeles soon after the end of the original series, a recovering addict (Bean) strives to take West Coast rap mainstream despite potential infighting from a harrowing gang war.”

Malcolm Spellman will write and executive produce the pilot, with “Snowfall” alums Dave Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Julie DeJoie, Michael London and Trevor Engelson all executive producing as well. FX Productions is the studio.

Along with Bean and John,...

How do Hollywood creators forge massive universes for their characters? For Ronald D. Moore, executive producer of “For All Mankind” and “Outlander,” it all began with the question: What if the Russians landed on the moon first? From this starting point, “For All Mankind” was born. Moore and his team explored their alternate timeline, weaving cultural, societal, and political shifts with historical events, crafting a rich universe for the Apple+ TV series.

Diving deeper into the intricacies of world-building for Variety’s Sony FYC Showcase, Moore was joined on the “Building a Television Universe” panel by “For All Mankind” co-showrunners and exec producers Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, as well as Maril Davis, who serves as an exec producer on both “For All Mankind” and “Outlander.” Also on the panel: “Justified: City Primeval” co-showrunners and exec producers Michael Dinner and Dave Andron, as well as Sony Pictures TV drama development exec VP Andrew Plotkin.

Variety and Sony Pictures Television will host an invite-only FYC Showcase in Los Angeles on May 7 featuring activations and three panel conversations with creatives from “For All Mankind,” “Justified: City Primeval,” “Platonic,” “Twisted Metal,” “Outlander” and “The Wheel of Time.”

All conversations will be moderated by a Variety editor and available on Variety.com following the event.

Programming includes:

Building a Television Universe

A conversation between showrunners and key below-the-line talent on how to successfully build a universe in the competitive television landscape. Executive producers from diverse genres and backgrounds dive into their respective worlds, discussing their approach to growing their franchises, building connections between characters, navigating the fanbase, and more.

Panelists:

Matt Wolpert, Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer, “For All Mankind” Ben Nedivi, Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer, “For All Mankind” Ron Moore, Executive Producer, “For All Mankind” Michael Dinner, Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer, “Justified: City Primeval” Dave Andron, Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer, “Justified: City Primeval” Moderated by Michael Schneider,...

“We dug coal together.”

“That’s right.”

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The way that FX’s Justified ended its six-season run — with that exchange between an imprisoned Boyd Crowder and Raylan Givens, the lawman who put him behind bars — is considered by many to be pretty perfect.

Justified fans may have the opportunity to see Raylan and Boyd reunite in a future sequel, as both Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins have expressed interest in returning. The showrunners of Justified: City Primeval intentionally left a cliffhanger involving Boyd's escape, hinting at a potential reunion between Raylan and Boyd in a future installment. While a follow-up to Justified would bring Raylan and Boyd back together, it could potentially undo the poignant final scene they shared in the series finale.

Raylan Givens only thought he was retiring. The finale of Justified: City Primeval is surely only the beginning. For fans of the original Justified series, Primeval’s The Question finally brings Boyd Crowder back and into the follow-up’s fray — well, its next-to-last sequence at any rate. And for both stars Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins, they’re ready to return for more iterations of Justified. Justified: City Primeval’s co-showrunner,...

Warning: Major spoilers for Justified: City Primeval season 1 below!

Justified: City Primeval season 1 adapted Elmore Leonard's crime novel and if season 2 moves forward, it should tackle his classic Western, "3:10 to Yuma". City Primeval adapted Leonard's work by swapping the original protagonist with Raylan Givens, and season 2 could put a modern spin on "3:10 to Yuma" The series ended with a major cliffhanger, implying at least one more story for Raylan, but a second season has yet to be confirmed.

Justified: City Primeval adapted one of Elmore Leonard's most acclaimed crime novels, and if season 2 moves ahead, there's a classic Western by the late author it should tackle. The late, great Leonard saw many of his works adapted, but often with mixed success. For every Out of Sight or Jackie Brown, there was an almighty turkey like 2004's The Big Bounce. One of the best takes on his work came with Justified,...

Justified: City Primeval showrunners tease the Western-like story between Raylan and Boyd in season 2, if it is renewed, suggesting it could be the final chapter for these two characters. The dynamic between Raylan and Boyd, including their complicated relationship and fatherhood, will be key in the new season. The show could explore how Raylan and Boyd have evolved in the last 10 years and what happens when they come together now.

Justified: City Primeval showrunners tease the story between Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder in season 2, comparing it to a Western. When viewers last caught up with Raylan (Timothy Olyphant), he seemed just about ready to retire and spend time with his daughter Willa (played by Olyphant's real-life daughter Vivian) when he gets a call that Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) has escaped from prison. Given the complicated relationship between the two, it might be the only reason that will convince Givens...

Spoilers for Justified: City Primeval. Timothy Olyphant returned as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens for a new Justified series based on Elmore Leonard’s crime novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit. While the story of Justified: City Primeval was largely self-contained, it did leave a pretty big door open for a possible season 2 featuring the return of a fan-favourite character.

In the closing moments of the Justified: City Primeval finale, we catch up with none other than Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), who is able to escape from prison after faking an illness and seducing a guard. While speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Justified: City Primeval showrunners Michael Dinner and Dave Andron were asked if this meant that a second season was in the works.

“Everybody would like to, but it’s up to the network,” Dinner said. “Because it’s not about City Primeval, we would only want to...

Warning: Major spoilers for Justified City: Primeval season 1.

Boyd Crowder's surprise cameo in the Justified: City Primeval finale was done for fun, according to executive producer Michael Dinner. The intention behind the cameo was to address the absence of Walton Goggins' character. Goggins loved the idea and expressed openness to doing more in the future.

Justified: City Primeval's executive producer breaks down that surprise finale cameo. One of the aspects hanging over FX's revival was the absence of the popular character Boyd Crowder, with actor Walton Goggins indicating that he wasn't involved in the new series. But in the finale of Justified: City Primeval, Goggins makes a cameo that complicates things for Timothy Olyphant's Raylan Givens. Crowder is behind bars, though he doesn't stay that way for long.

In comments to TVLine, executive producer and co-showrunner Michael Dinner opened up about Boyd's cameo near the end...

Spoiler Alert: This story contains details of the August 29 series finale of Justified: City Primeval.

Timothy Olyphant’s return to the role of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in Justified: City Primeval completed its eight-episode limited series run tonight on FX. Surviving the Oklahoma Wildman Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook), Givens seemed headed to a proper retirement, hanging up his badge and gun for a quiet life in Miami. Just when he was finally out — a pensioner content to refurbish a Florida shack and dote on the daughter he neglected for years — with the promise of a relationship with lawyer Carolyn (Aunjanue Ellis)…up pops Boyd Crowder, the charming silver-tongued psychopath played by Walton Goggins. Crowder, who vexed Raylan on and off throughout the original series creation from the Elmore Leonard novels, has escaped with the help of a girlfriend posing as a guard who is supposed to escort him to...

This article contains spoilers for Justified: City Primeval.

When FX announced a new limited series featuring Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant), fans of Justified were excited, but skeptical. The original run of Justified from 2010-2015 was some of the greatest television in recent memory, separating itself from the rest of the pack. Based on the works of Elmore Leonard, the series was equal parts country-fried charm and law-and-order procedural, where viewers could often find themselves cheering for the criminals as often as they did law enforcement.

Justified also ended as powerfully as it began, with arguably one of the most satisfying finales which not only sewed everything up, but was downright touching as well. Which means that new showrunners Dave Andron and Michael Dinner were playing with Kentucky fire – if Justified: City Primeval was a let down, it could ruin the hard work the original series put in for six years.

The following contains spoilers from the Justified: City Primeval season finale, which aired Aug. 29 on FX and begins streaming on Hulu Aug. 30.

Walton Goggins told a little white lie — though Justified fans are likely to forgive him.

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Ahead of Justified: City Primeval’s July launch, TV’s erstwhile Boyd Crowder indicated that he would not appear in the eight-episode revival,...

[This story contains major spoilers from the series finale of Justified: City Primeval, titled “The Question.”]

Wherever Raylan Givens goes, there must always be a Boyd.

For the vast majority of Justified: City Primeval, the Boyd in question was Boyd Holbrook, the actor who brings “Oklahoma Wildman” Clement Mansell to menacing life. Following the villain’s violent death in the series finale, City Primeval closed out by returning to the Boyd who started it all: Boyd Crowder, Raylan’s old friend turned foe — turned friend and foe and back again. Listen, it was complicated.

In the final sequence of the revival series, Walton Goggins reprises his celebrated Justified role, picking up many years after we last saw him but in more or less the same exact place: prison. Boyd tells his fellow inmates he’s facing terminal illness and is being transferred to another facility as a result. Of course, as often is the case with Boyd, it’s a con.

This post contains spoilers for “The Question,” the finale of Justified: City Primeval.

And so Justified says goodbye to one Boyd, and welcomes back another.

In the concluding chapter of the revival miniseries Justified: City Primeval, Timothy Olyphant’s Raylan Givens finally had his long-awaited showdown with the Oklahoma Wildman himself, Boyd Holbrook’s Clement Mansell. But in a sign of how much Raylan had changed since the original series, it was a showdown he did not want, and had put off for many episodes. And when Raylan does shoot Mansell,...

Justified: City Primeval may not be the show some expected to find Aunjanue Ellis in this summer. But the draw in playing attorney Carolyn Wilder was not the Justified brand’s cult status. Instead, the original source material is what intrigued her most.

“I’m always interested in stories in film and television that have been adapted from books. So this was from Elmore Leonard originally [and] I’m always fascinated by characters who have novel beginnings,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Unlike Justified, where Harlan, Kentucky is the center, with Timothy Olyphant’s Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens dishing out his own unique blend of tough justice, Detroit is the setting for this FX offshoot. Traveling with his daughter Willa, played by Olyphant’s actual child Vivian, Raylan gets detoured in Detroit and tasked with catching sociopath Clement Mansell (an...

After the trials and tribulations of executive producer Michael Brenner, the sequel to Elmore Leonard's Justified finally found legs in Justified: City Primeval. Timothy Olyphant's Raylan Givens heads to Detroit in an eight-episode FX adaptation that expands outward from both the Justified series of novels, as well as the classic cult crime drama from Hulu and FX.

Fans and enthusiasts of the original Justified were rightly filled with questions about the new spinoff. After eight long years, who would return? Who wouldn't? As the show nears its end-of-run episodes, we'll compare City Primeval with its predecessor and see how Elmore Leonard's vision stacks up when produced by FX.

Not Your Pappy's Justified

Loosely based upon the Elmore Leonard novels 'City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit' and 'Fire in the Hole,' City Primeval makes some interesting, if strange, choices for a sequel series. For instance, in most episodes,...

[This story contains spoilers from Justified: City Primeval‘s two-episode premiere.]

From The Wonder Years and Early Edition to Justified old and new, you’ve likely seen Michael Dinner’s name on your TV screen for as long as you can remember. Dinner has been directing since the early ’80s, including eight episodes of the original Justified. But ever since he co-wrote an episode of the Elmore Leonard-inspired series in 2015, he’s done a bit more writing and even served as co-showrunner of 2017’s Electric Dreams. So, when it came time to revive Justified and original series showrunner Graham Yost was committed to an Apple TV+ deal, Dinner, along with Dave Andron, stepped up to become co-showrunner of Justified: City Primeval, which combines Leonard’s 1980 crime novel, City Primeval, with the Raylan Givens-led world of Justified.

Dinner originally started writing a City Primeval pilot that was more faithful to the source material, as it...

The following contains major spoilers for Justified: City Primeval Episodes 1 & 2, which premiered Tuesday, July 19 on FX.

Justified: City Primeval is a welcome return for Timothy Olyphant's U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens. Olyphant hasn't lost anything off his no-nonsense approach and deadpan line delivery, still commanding everyone's attention. Just as importantly, Raylan continues to be a one of a kind character, despite the passage of time and more than a thousand travel miles. And while showrunner Dave Andron stated that City Primeval would adjust Raylan to modern policing, there hasn't been much of that.

However, the first two episodes of Justified: City Primeval are full of character tropes. Most of the new faces in Raylan's orbit all play to familiar archetypes, paling in comparison to the people he left behind in Kentucky. On any other series, this would be a fatal flaw -- but Justified's iconic literary history means...

[This story contains spoilers for Justified: City Primeval’s two-episode premiere.]

Vivian Olyphant knows what you’re thinking, but she won’t let it faze her.

The 20-year-old actor recently made her onscreen debut during the two-episode premiere of Justified: City Primeval, the revival of FX’s beloved neo-Western series that concluded in 2015. She plays Willa Givens, the daughter of Timothy Olyphant’s charming U.S. Marshal, Raylan Givens, and it’s a role she understands better than anyone as the real-life daughter of the series’ leading man. The younger Olyphant may have grown up on the Justified set, but she still had to go through a lengthier audition process than usual to play Willa. Ultimately, she earned the role by capturing Willa’s unlikely combination of street smarts and mischievous naiveté.

Vivian knew full well that claims of nepotism would come her way following New York Magazine’s highly publicized piece on the “nepo baby,...

[This story contains spoilers for Justified: City Primeval‘s two-episode premiere and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.]

From Logan and Sandman to Indiana Jones and Raylan Givens, Boyd Holbrook has a knack for being a thorn in the hero’s side.

Holbrook recently returned to the big screen in James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which marked the conclusion of Harrison Ford’s 42-year tenure as the title character of Indiana Jones. The Kentucky native played Klaber, a neo-Nazi wannabe who served as Jürgen Voller’s (Mads Mikkelsen) top lieutenant, resembling Holbrook’s role as Donald Pierce in Mangold’s Oscar-nominated film, Logan (2017). Despite some early reservations over the similar parts, Holbrook couldn’t resist the opportunity to work with Ford and help say goodbye to his iconic and daring archaeologist.

“Jim [Mangold] called and said, ‘Listen, I don’t want to offend you, but have a look at it,...

Original Justified actor Walton Goggins explains why his character, Boyd Crowder, isn't a part of Justified: City Primeval. In the role of Boyd, Goggins appeared in every season of the original Justified series. Though he was originally meant to die in the premiere episode, Boyd was kept around after executive producer Graham Yost and test audiences responded favorably to Goggins' performance. In the process, Boyd went from a guest character to one of the show's most memorable regulars.

In an interview with The Wrap conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike, Goggins addressed why he isn't a part of the Justified: City Primeval cast. He mentioned, in part, that it "isn't the right place and time" and added that the choice to stay out of Justified's revival wasn't "one-sided." Still, Goggins praises lead actor Timothy Olyphant for his lead role as Raylan Gives, in addition to complimenting new antagonist Boyd Holbrook.

Nearly eight years after the conclusion of the original series, “Justified” has returned to FX. Tuesday marks the premiere of “Justified: City Primeval,” a continuation of the series that ran for six seasons.

From showrunners Dave Andron and Michael Dinner, “Justified: City Primeval” continues the story of Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant). After leaving Kentucky for Miami, Raylan continued to work as a U.S. Marshall and raise his daughter. But when an elusive criminal known as The Oklahoma Wildman (Boyd Holbrook) emerges in Detroit, Raylan will have to uproot his life in his pursuit of law and order.

The eight-episode continuation is based on the novel “City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit” by author Elmore Leonard. Consider this everything you need to know about how to watch new episodes:

When does “Justified: City Primeval” premiere?

It depends on how you’re watching. If you’re tuning into FX,...

This article contains spoilers for the Justified finale.

The finale of FX’s seminal neo-Western Justified was in 2015, when the network decided to end the series on a high note after six critically acclaimed seasons. Unlike so many shows these days, Justified seemed to get exactly what it needed out of its run – it didn’t feel too long or inflated, and it certainly was fortunate to get 78 episodes over those six seasons. Yet fans were clearly clamoring for more, as when the limited series Justified: City Primeval was announced, not a single fan or critic thought it was a terrible idea (albeit as long as it lived up to the original series). The show’s large and rabid fanbase will undoubtedly tune in to see where Timothy Olyphant’s Raylan Givens has ended up.

With eight years having passed in this world, and with the show setting things almost...

Timothy Olyphant just can’t stay away from cowboy hats.

In 2019, Olyphant reprised his role as rage-filled Wild West sheriff Seth Bullock in Deadwood: The Movie. A year later, he cameoed on The Good Place wearing the familiar Stetson and other wardrobe from his iconic role as trigger-happy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens from Justified. Later that year, he began a recurring role on The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett as Tattooine lawman Cobb Vanth, who was basically Space Raylan.

And finally, he’s back to playing Raylan for real,...

Justified: City Primeval star Timothy Olyphant opens up about returning as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in the upcoming limited series.

Speaking with Uproxx, Olyphant revealed that he had no trouble slipping back into character for City Primeval despite the eight-year gap between the original and sequel series. "You just put the shoes on and off you go. Put the shoes on. The hat still fits," Olyphant said. The actor also disclosed that he was always itching to reprise his role as Givens again. "My memory is, and I realize that’s not that reliable, but my memory is I said way back when that I’d be interested in coming back, getting the gang together again after some time," he explained. "But that perhaps we needed some time just to free us up creatively."

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Justified: City Primeval...

U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) had a time-honored tradition during the six seasons of the original “Justified.” The rakish law man would chase a baddie across Kentucky back roads and trailer parks. Bullets flew, and moonshine was consumed. Still, Givens always made time for a philosophical and deep conversation with his prey before the final showdown. Raylan would learn something humanizing about his nemesis’ motivation and, inevitably, realize he himself could be a dick on occasion. These talks often featured Boyd Crowder, Givens’ frenemy played by Walton Goggins with a mouthful of Biden-white teeth, a shock of black hair and buckets of country wisdom. They were so humanizing that you often forgot Boyd was a white supremacist turned drug dealer.

In “Justified: Primeval City,” Givens’ nemesis is killer and White Stripes aficionado Clement Mansell aka the Oklahoma Wildman. At a crucial moment, Mansell (Boyd Holbrook) sizes up the now middle-aged Givens.

In the first episode of the new miniseries Justified: City Primeval, our old friend Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) — the quick-drawing, fast-talking, Stetson-wearing U.S. marshal from Harlan, Kentucky — is called to testify about a fugitive he brought back to Detroit. Defense attorney Carolyn Wilder (Aunjanue Ellis) calls him out for having threatened to put her client in the trunk of a car if he didn’t behave. This is the kind of stunt Raylan pulled all the time during the original run of Justified, and we found it charming as all get-out back then.

Timothy Olyphant slips back into the role of Raylan Givens for FX’s Justified: City Primeval, a sequel to the two-time Emmy Award-winning drama Justified. The eight-episode limited series premieres on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 with back-to-back episodes that catch up with Raylan after he’s moved to Miami.

Episode one, directed by Michael Dinner from a script by Dinner and Dave Andron, airs at 10pm Et/Pt followed by episode two, “The Oklahoma Wildman,” at 11:15pm.

In addition to three-time Emmy nominee Timothy Olyphant, the limited series stars Aunjanue Ellis as Carolyn Wilder, Boyd Holbrook as Clement Mansell, Adelaide Clemens as Sandy Stanton, Vondie Curtis Hall as Marcus “Sweety” Sweeton, and Marin Ireland as Maureen Downey. Norbert Leo Butz is Norbert Beryl and Victor Williams plays Wendell Robinson.

Timothy Olyphant’s daughter Vivian plays Raylan’s daughter, Willa.

“City Primeval” Plot: Fifteen years after Raylan Givens left the hollers of Kentucky,...

On the verge of the premiere of miniseries Justified: City Primeval next week, its origins have become clear, with writer/director Quentin Tarantino having influenced its early development.

As it turns out, Quentin Tarantino had a hand in getting the project off the ground back in 2018. While filming Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with Justified star Timothy Olyphant (who played Lancer star James Stacy in the movie), Tarantino got to talking about the Elmore Leonard book “City Primeval” as a potential inspiration for a season of the FX series.

While the pitch from Tarantino and Olyphant didn’t pan out right away, Justified: City Primeval co-showrunner Michael Dinner was able to use it once he got FX on board for a continuation, telling IndieWire, “They said, ‘What are you thinking about doing?’ And I said, ‘Are you familiar with “City Primeval”?’ They said, ‘Yeah, Tim pitched that to us a year ago.

Whether it’s Hollywood’s inability to spawn new blockbuster icons or the entertainment industry’s commitment to placating an audience with an insatiable desire for nostalgia, the summer of 2023 has taken on a distinct Twilight-of-the-Action-Gods feeling.

The season started with Arnold Schwarzenegger doing the streaming equivalent of a ’90s Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, now with meditations on fatherhood and approaching retirement, in Netflix’s Fubar. Then Harrison Ford added meditations on godfatherhood and approaching retirement in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The only reason Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One isn’t about fatherhood and approaching retirement is a fear that if Tom Cruise were ever to actually confront, or even address, his own aging, the metaphorical dream factory would implode.

Into this fray of graying tough guy icons strides Timothy Olyphant’s Raylan Givens. For 78 episodes on FX’s Justified, Raylan Givens was a throwback personification of anger-fueled masculinity,...

“The boots still fit. … It’s the rest that’s difficult.” Leave it to Timothy Olyphant to explain the appeal and challenges of returning to the role of Raylan Givens just like the literary character would himself. The lanky, always-reliable actor is slipping back into the badge of the U.S. Marshal he played so perfectly for six seasons on Justified eight years after signing off for the limited series, Justified: City Primeval. And while Olyphant says Raylan hasn’t really changed much in the time that has passed, his bosses hint that may not be the case for long. FX In our chat with the cast and creatives above, executive producers Michael Dinner and Dave Andron point out that a new addition to the Justified mix — Raylan’s daughter Willa, played by Olyphant’s own offspring Vivian — will bring out new shades. “He has to be protective of her,...

“There are only two kinds of guys out in the street chasing bad guys at your age — ones who got passed over for ‘the big chair,’ and the ones who just love it so much they’re gonna have to be dragged off. Only question is will they be breathing when it happens.”

That observation-slash-threat comes courtesy of Raylan Givens’ latest formidable foe, Clement Mansell aka “The Oklahoma Wildman,” in the FX limited series Justified: City Primeval. But it also speaks to the fact that the steely-eyed U.S. Marshal indeed cannot seem to stop doing that thing he does so well.

Plot: Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. His hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind. A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook), aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and aims to do so again.

Review: Justified is one of the best television series of the last twenty years. Boasting a stellar leading turn from Timothy Olyphant and a great performance from Walton Goggins, the FX series aired from 2010 to 2015 and crossed over with the Out of Sight-inspired series...

The new FX limited series “Justified: City Primeval” is a fish-out-of-water story featuring a long, lanky fish in a Stetson hat. His name is Raylan Givens, and you might know him from “Justified,” the FX crime series that made itself at home in the hollers of Kentucky among white supremacists and other Southern miscreants from 2010 to 2015. Played by Timothy Olyphant with a smooth gait and seen-it-all demeanor, Deputy U.S. Marshal Givens, created by the unmatchable crime fiction writer Elmore Leonard, now finds himself in Detroit, where a maniac is sowing chaos, a dirty judge has been murdered and the rules of engagement are as wild as the West ever was.

But if Raylan is new to the criminal ways of Motor City, Leonard, who died in 2013, most certainly wasn’t. This was his home, and the setting for much of his most memorable work. He knew the crooks and the crooked cops,...

Timothy Olyphant is back to reprise his role as everyone's favorite gun-slinging lawman in the latest teaser for FX's Justified: City Primeval. Released courtesy of FX Networks, Justified: City Primeval is all set to debut later this month on FX and will stream on Hulu. You can check out the latest look at Olyphant’s return as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens below.

Justified: City Primeval will bring Raylan Givens back for more all these years later, and finds the no-nonsense gun-slinger doing the rounds as he finds himself back in Miami before heading off to Detroit. There, Givens comes across crazed killer The Oklahoma Wildman. Fans of Justified are eagerly awaiting the return of Timothy Olyphant’s Deputy, and will be pleased to hear that the actor is up for more should Justified: City Primeval prove to be a success. "I’d show up," Olyphant said recently.

After nearly a decade of being gone from the screen, Timothy Olyphant teases that another Justified revival could happen after City Primeval. Based on the Elmore Leonard novel character of the same name, the Western crime drama franchise revolves around the story of Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens and his Old West-style approach to law enforcement. After the original series ended with season 6, Justified: City Primeval will see Raylan living in Miami with his daughter, only to be pulled to Detroit to bring down a killer eluding the local police.

While premiering the next chapter of the show at the Atx Television Festival (via Variety), Timothy Olyphant opened up about his potential Justified future after the upcoming revival, City Primeval. The series actor/executive producer confirms he'd "show up" if the opportunity to reprise his role of Raylan Givens were to arise, feeling that he "had a good...

Timothy Olyphant isn’t hanging up his hat anytime soon. The star and executive producer of “Justified: City Primeval” took the stage after the series premiered at this year’s Atx Television Festival and told a rowdy crowd he would happily return for more seasons.

“Look, I’d show up,” Olyphant said when asked if he would be open to returning as Raylan Givens. “Every time we’ve done this, I’ve had a good time. So I’d show up.”

Earlier in the post-screening Q&a, Olyphant was asked if he felt any trepidation about returning to beloved roles like Raylan in “Justified” and Seth Bullock in “Deadwood.”

“No more than I’d feel about any great part or any great opportunity,” he said. “As far as ‘Deadwood’ versus [‘Justified’], I never thought ‘Deadwood’ would happen. I didn’t honestly quite think I wanted it to happen, and it was such a lovely experience.

"Justified" is one of my favorite shows. It's a slick, satisfying neo-Western that alternates between the semi-procedural adventures of Kentucky Marshall Raylan Givens and a slow-burn plot about bad dads and the thin line between heroism and villainy. It's also, unfortunately, a show whose entire premise – and title – comes from its law enforcement protagonist's ability to take the law into his own hands, shooting criminals as casually as if he were playing target practice with tin cans. "Justified" both interrogates the trigger-happy Western hero archetype and upholds it, and in 2023, it's certainly an understandably tough sell for new viewers.

This is something that series executive producer Dave Andron seems to be acutely aware of. Ahead of the summer release of "Justified: City Primeval," Andron attended a panel about gun violence and media at the Atx television festival in Austin, where /Film's Ryan Scott was also on the scene. At the panel,...

Justified: City Primeval star Timothy Olyphant says he is open to once again reprising his role as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens at some point in the future.

Per Variety, while speaking at the Atx Television Festival in Austin, Texas, Olyphant addressed whether City Primeval was definitely a one-off, or if he would like to return for yet another revival of FX's hit neo-western series Justified. "I'd show up," the actor said. "I had a good time. Every time we've done this I've had a good time." Executive producer Sarah Timberman added, "If he shows up I show up, we all show up."

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In addition to Timberman, Olyphant was joined at Atx by City Primeval co-stars Boyd Holbrook, Adelaide Clemens and Vivian Olyphant. Due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, writers and executive producers Dave Andron,...

The FX limited series Justified: City Primeval premieres on July 13 and fans are already clamoring for more.

“I’d show up,” Timothy Olyphant, star and executive producer, said at the conclusion of the show’s panel at Atx TV Festival in Austin on Thursday. “I had a good time. Every time we’ve done this I’ve had a good time, he added.

Executive producer Sarah Timberman echoed the statement, “If he shows up I show up—we all show up.”

The series premiere made its big debut at the festival with audiences cheering and clapping to see the return of Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Olyphant) alongside Boyd Holbrook, Adelaide Clemens and Vivian Olyphant, Timothy Olyphant’s real-life daughter who also plays his daughter in the project.

“I had to audition and it went well,” the youngest Olyphant said as the crowd roared with laughter. Timothy Olyphant revealed...

With Justified: City Primeval coming to FX and Hulu on July 18, series star Timothy Olyphant is already addressing the potential future of the show. As it stands, it's unclear if the revival will be a one-off limited series or if City Primeval could get a continuation. In any case, Olyphant is making it clear that he'd be on board to return if the revival series is a hit with viewers and the demand is there to make new seasons of Justified. The actor said as much at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas on Thursday.

"I’d show up," Olyphant told fans about possibly doing more, per Variety. "I had a good time. Every time we’ve done this I’ve had a good time.”

Executive producer Sarah Timberman added, "If he shows up, I show up, we all show up."

Writers Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, and Graham Yost did not participate,...