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.
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.
- 5/9/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
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,...
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,...
- 4/25/2024
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
“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.
“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.
- 4/7/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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...
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...
- 10/18/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
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...
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...
- 8/30/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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.
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.
- 8/30/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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,...
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,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
[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.
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.
- 8/30/2023
- by Josh Wigler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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,...
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,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
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...
“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...
- 8/29/2023
- by Ronda Racha Penrice
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[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...
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...
- 7/25/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[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,...
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,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[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,...
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,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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,...
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,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
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...
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...
- 7/18/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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,...
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,...
- 7/18/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
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 “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.
- 7/17/2023
- by Stephen Rodrick
- Variety Film + TV
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.
- 7/17/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
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,...
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,...
- 7/17/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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.
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.
- 7/15/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
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 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,...
- 7/13/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“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,...
- 7/11/2023
- TV Insider
“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.
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.
- 7/10/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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...
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...
- 7/5/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
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,...
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,...
- 7/4/2023
- by Chris Vognar
- The Wrap
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.
“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.
- 6/2/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
"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,...
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,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
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...
“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...
- 6/2/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
“Justified: City Primeval” returns to FX this July, 13 years after the original hit series “Justified” ended its run. So is this a one-off, or would star Timothy Olyphant be up for more? “I’d show up. I had a good time. Every time we’ve done this I’ve had a good time,” he told the audience Thursday during Atx TV Festival’s opening night in Austin, Texas.
“Justified: City Primeval” made its world premiere Thursday during Atx TV Festival’s opening night in Austin, Texas. Cast members Olyphant, Boyd Holbrook, Adelaide Clemens, Vivian Olyphant were joined by executive producer Sarah Timberman.
“If he shows up I show up, we all show up,” Timberman added.
Not present, due to the writers strike, were writers/exec producers Dave Andron, Michael Dinner and Graham Yost. But non-writing exec producer Sarah Timberman read a prepared statement from the writers: “‘City Primeval’ was a work of love…...
“Justified: City Primeval” made its world premiere Thursday during Atx TV Festival’s opening night in Austin, Texas. Cast members Olyphant, Boyd Holbrook, Adelaide Clemens, Vivian Olyphant were joined by executive producer Sarah Timberman.
“If he shows up I show up, we all show up,” Timberman added.
Not present, due to the writers strike, were writers/exec producers Dave Andron, Michael Dinner and Graham Yost. But non-writing exec producer Sarah Timberman read a prepared statement from the writers: “‘City Primeval’ was a work of love…...
- 6/1/2023
- by Emily Longeretta and Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Raylan Givens is back in action and I couldn’t be happier. FX has released the official trailer for Justified: City Primeval, a new limited series inspired by Elmore Leonard’s crime novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit.
Justified quickly became one of my favourite shows so I’m thrilled to see Timothy Olyphant returning for more. “Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens 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,” reads the official Justified: City Primeval synopsis. “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, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who’s...
Justified quickly became one of my favourite shows so I’m thrilled to see Timothy Olyphant returning for more. “Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens 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,” reads the official Justified: City Primeval synopsis. “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, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who’s...
- 5/31/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The Justified sequel Justified: City Primeval‘s new trailer finds Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) reluctantly working on a case in Detroit. Raylan would rather be on the road with his daughter and heading back home, but instead, he’s pulled into the hunt for a psycho killer.
Joining three-time Emmy nominee Timothy Olyphant for the limited series are 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 makes her onscreen debut as Raylan’s daughter, Willa.
The sequel reunites the Justified team, with Dave Andron and Michael Dinner serving as showrunners. Andron, Dinner, Olyphant, Graham Yost, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Taylor Elmore, Chris Provenzano, V.J. Boyd, and Elmore Leonard Estate’s Peter Leonard executive produce.
Joining three-time Emmy nominee Timothy Olyphant for the limited series are 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 makes her onscreen debut as Raylan’s daughter, Willa.
The sequel reunites the Justified team, with Dave Andron and Michael Dinner serving as showrunners. Andron, Dinner, Olyphant, Graham Yost, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Taylor Elmore, Chris Provenzano, V.J. Boyd, and Elmore Leonard Estate’s Peter Leonard executive produce.
- 5/31/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Timothy Olyphant has brought his cowboy hat to the mean streets of Detroit as deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens to cross paths with a violent, sociopathic killer 15 years after he left the hollers of Kentucky in FX’s original Justified drama, as revealed in the official trailer for FX’s Justified: City Primeval, which dropped Wednesday.
The series revival, based Elmore Leonard’s novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, has Givens on a collision course with Clement Mansell — aka The Oklahoma Wildman — a desperado played by Boyd Holbrook, who’s already eluded a Motor City police task force.
“I see you near my daughter again, I’ll kill you,” Givens tells Mansell at one point in the trailer after seeing him with his daughter, Willa Givens, played by Vivian Olyphant.
“Not if I see you first,” Mansell responds with his own taunt as he licks his wounds after a beat-down.
The series revival, based Elmore Leonard’s novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, has Givens on a collision course with Clement Mansell — aka The Oklahoma Wildman — a desperado played by Boyd Holbrook, who’s already eluded a Motor City police task force.
“I see you near my daughter again, I’ll kill you,” Givens tells Mansell at one point in the trailer after seeing him with his daughter, Willa Givens, played by Vivian Olyphant.
“Not if I see you first,” Mansell responds with his own taunt as he licks his wounds after a beat-down.
- 5/31/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Timothy Olyphant offers salvation as Raylan Givens, close to a decade since “Justified” concluded in 2015.
Olyphant reprises the role of the Elmore Leonard protagonist in new series “Justified: City Primeval,” based on novel “City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit.”
Per the official description, having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens 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, 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. Mansell’s lawyer, formidable Motor City native Carolyn Wilder,...
Olyphant reprises the role of the Elmore Leonard protagonist in new series “Justified: City Primeval,” based on novel “City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit.”
Per the official description, having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens 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, 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. Mansell’s lawyer, formidable Motor City native Carolyn Wilder,...
- 5/31/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Outside of Indiana Jones, the last time a wide-brimmed hat received the red carpet treatment to this extent had to be, well, the last time "Justified" graced our airwaves. Starring Timothy Olyphant as the grizzled U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, the original and widely-acclaimed series ran on the FX Network from 2010 to 2015 for a total of six immensely popular seasons. Fans had to appreciate a long-running Western that knew exactly when to bow out and give its audience one final sendoff, masterminded by series creator Graham Yost and based on prolific author Elmore Leonard's various novels. But in an era where even the most dormant franchises suddenly are given a new lease on life, perhaps it was only a matter of time before "Justified" received the same treatment.
We've known that Olyphant would return in a new series titled "Justified: City Primeval," set eight years after the events of the finale.
We've known that Olyphant would return in a new series titled "Justified: City Primeval," set eight years after the events of the finale.
- 5/15/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
“Justified: City Primeval,” the long-awaited spinoff to FX’s Western drama, finally has a premiere date. Ahead of Fox’s upfront, the network announced that “City Primeval” would premiere on July 17. Additionally, FX announced the premiere dates for “What We Do in the Shadows” Season 5, “Reservation Dogs” Season 3 and “Archer” Season 14.
First premiering in 2010, “Justified” quickly became a critical darling. Throughout the series’ run, Walton Goggins’ portrayal of Boyd Crowder was nominated for eight Emmys, and both Margo Martindale and Jeremy Davies won Emmys for their performances. The series followed deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant), a tough lawman who administered his own brand of justice throughout Appalachia.
Now this beloved universe is expanding thanks to “Justified: City Primeval.” The continuation will follow Raylan Givens after his Kentucky days as he helps raise his daughter. His life will change when he’s forced to go to Detroit to...
First premiering in 2010, “Justified” quickly became a critical darling. Throughout the series’ run, Walton Goggins’ portrayal of Boyd Crowder was nominated for eight Emmys, and both Margo Martindale and Jeremy Davies won Emmys for their performances. The series followed deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant), a tough lawman who administered his own brand of justice throughout Appalachia.
Now this beloved universe is expanding thanks to “Justified: City Primeval.” The continuation will follow Raylan Givens after his Kentucky days as he helps raise his daughter. His life will change when he’s forced to go to Detroit to...
- 5/15/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
I am certainly ready for the return of Raylan Givens in Justified: City Primeval, but could this be the last time we see our favourite marshal? As Justified: City Primeval is being billed as a limited series, showrunner Dave Andron told Entertainment Weekly that the stakes are high enough that Raylan Givens might not make it out alive.
“If you’re bringing Raylan back, you put him up against a really, really bad guy who doesn’t have any problem killing people, because Raylan could die,” Dave Andron said. “This is a limited [series] and Raylan could very well not make it out of this. Every season we ended the show with ‘You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive,’ but then he does. Right up until the end of the show, you know Raylan’s not going to die, and obviously he did not at the end. But I think, at this point,...
“If you’re bringing Raylan back, you put him up against a really, really bad guy who doesn’t have any problem killing people, because Raylan could die,” Dave Andron said. “This is a limited [series] and Raylan could very well not make it out of this. Every season we ended the show with ‘You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive,’ but then he does. Right up until the end of the show, you know Raylan’s not going to die, and obviously he did not at the end. But I think, at this point,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Updated, 9:10 Am: The Atx TV Festival has announced some additions to its Season 12 lineup. Caitriona Balfe and Sophie Skelton will join creatives for the “Women of Outlander” panel. Also scheduled is “State of the Union: A Conversation with TV’s Leaders” panel featuring creative presidents from Paramount, Universal and NBCUniversal. Tony Gilroy of Disney+’s Andor will join writer Beau Willimon for a conversation about the series’ first season. Additional programming will include Fox’s HouseBroken, Prime Video’s The Ride, FX Networks Mayans M.C. and a “Leading Ladies of Prime Video” panel with Justina Machado, Emeraude Toubia and Gloria Calderón Kellett, among others.
Previous, April 23: The world premiere of FX’s Justified: City Primeval is among the events scheduled for Opening Night of Season 12 of the Atx TV Festival, which runs June 1-4 in Austin.
From showrunners/executive producers Dave Andron and Michael Dinner based on...
Previous, April 23: The world premiere of FX’s Justified: City Primeval is among the events scheduled for Opening Night of Season 12 of the Atx TV Festival, which runs June 1-4 in Austin.
From showrunners/executive producers Dave Andron and Michael Dinner based on...
- 4/27/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for the series finale of “Snowfall.”
When John Singleton set out to tell the story about the effects of the ’80s cocaine business on Los Angeles, he had a clear vision in mind. He wanted something that came full circle and ultimately led into his directorial debut “Boyz ‘N the Hood,” a film that was set in the ’90s and explored the harsh realities of Black families living in South Central L.A. The movie earned the then 24-year-old his first Oscar nomination, making him the youngest and first Black filmmaker to be nominated for best director.
Damson Idris was a major part of the story of “Snowfall.” Starring as Franklin Saint, Idris carried out Singleton’s tale and vision down to the show’s final scenes. As Franklin’s story came to an end on Wednesday night, fans finally said goodbye to what...
When John Singleton set out to tell the story about the effects of the ’80s cocaine business on Los Angeles, he had a clear vision in mind. He wanted something that came full circle and ultimately led into his directorial debut “Boyz ‘N the Hood,” a film that was set in the ’90s and explored the harsh realities of Black families living in South Central L.A. The movie earned the then 24-year-old his first Oscar nomination, making him the youngest and first Black filmmaker to be nominated for best director.
Damson Idris was a major part of the story of “Snowfall.” Starring as Franklin Saint, Idris carried out Singleton’s tale and vision down to the show’s final scenes. As Franklin’s story came to an end on Wednesday night, fans finally said goodbye to what...
- 4/22/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
The University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Cinematic Arts (Sca) announced the creation of the John Singleton Lounge during a special screening of the series finale of FX’s Snowfall — Singleton’s final work — on the campus Thursday night. Set for location outside of the dean’s office suites, the seating area will be decorated with posters showcasing the work of the late filmmaker and USC alum who also co-founded the school’s African American Cinema Society while he was a student there.
“I want to thank John for being my son, and I want to thank John for listening to me and allowing me to guide his life,” said Singleton’s mother, Sheila Ward-Johnson, in opening remarks during the event, which was one of a series of screenings Sca has held throughout the 2022-2023 academic year as part of a yearlong celebration honoring the Academy Award-nominated director.
“I want to thank John for being my son, and I want to thank John for listening to me and allowing me to guide his life,” said Singleton’s mother, Sheila Ward-Johnson, in opening remarks during the event, which was one of a series of screenings Sca has held throughout the 2022-2023 academic year as part of a yearlong celebration honoring the Academy Award-nominated director.
- 4/21/2023
- by Brande Victorian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Network: FX.
Episodes: 60 (hour).
Seasons: Six.
TV show dates: July 5, 2017 — April 19, 2023.
Series status: Ending.
Performers include: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Emily Rios, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Michael Hyatt, Amin Joseph, Angela Lewis, Juan Javier Cardenas, Isaiah John, Filipe Valle Costa, Alon Aboutboul, Malcolm Mays, Marcus Henderson, Kevin Carroll, Devyn A. Tyler, Gail Bean, and Alejandro Edda.
TV show description:
A crime drama created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron, the Snowfall TV show kicks off in 1983 in Los Angeles at the dawn of the crack cocaine epidemic. The story centers on several characters who will crash into each other's lives in a brutal fashion.
Although he was born and raised in South Central L.A., Franklin Saint (Idris),...
Episodes: 60 (hour).
Seasons: Six.
TV show dates: July 5, 2017 — April 19, 2023.
Series status: Ending.
Performers include: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Emily Rios, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Michael Hyatt, Amin Joseph, Angela Lewis, Juan Javier Cardenas, Isaiah John, Filipe Valle Costa, Alon Aboutboul, Malcolm Mays, Marcus Henderson, Kevin Carroll, Devyn A. Tyler, Gail Bean, and Alejandro Edda.
TV show description:
A crime drama created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron, the Snowfall TV show kicks off in 1983 in Los Angeles at the dawn of the crack cocaine epidemic. The story centers on several characters who will crash into each other's lives in a brutal fashion.
Although he was born and raised in South Central L.A., Franklin Saint (Idris),...
- 4/20/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Spoiler Alert: The following story reveals major plot points from tonight’s series finale of FX’s Snowfall.
After 6 seasons, FX’s hit drama series Snowfall said its final goodbye tonight, and while most of what transpired was somewhat expected, seeing a promising life end in poverty and despair is absolutely heartbreaking.
Viewers have been on a journey with Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), seeing his highs and lows and cheering him on no matter what he’s gotten himself into. But money and power tend to change people, especially when said fortune comes from criminal activities. In the end, Franklin is left with no family and friends to speak of—except his day one Leon Simmons (Isaiah John)—a shadow of himself resembling his father Alton Williams (Kevin Carroll) at his lowest in Season 1, drunk and destitute.
“His final moments were incredibly challenging. There was a fatherhood connection there, which...
After 6 seasons, FX’s hit drama series Snowfall said its final goodbye tonight, and while most of what transpired was somewhat expected, seeing a promising life end in poverty and despair is absolutely heartbreaking.
Viewers have been on a journey with Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), seeing his highs and lows and cheering him on no matter what he’s gotten himself into. But money and power tend to change people, especially when said fortune comes from criminal activities. In the end, Franklin is left with no family and friends to speak of—except his day one Leon Simmons (Isaiah John)—a shadow of himself resembling his father Alton Williams (Kevin Carroll) at his lowest in Season 1, drunk and destitute.
“His final moments were incredibly challenging. There was a fatherhood connection there, which...
- 4/20/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
[The following story contains spoilers from the Snowfall series finale “The Struggle.”]
For six seasons, FX’s Snowfall explored how the crack cocaine epidemic contributed to the destruction of a community in South Central Los Angeles. The 1980s-set drama also touched on the intersections between the unfolding drug crisis and larger societal and geopolitical issues like the Iran-Contra affair and Cold War tensions between the CIA and Kgb.
But for its final episode, which aired Wednesday night, the series, co-created by the late John Singleton, ended in some ways as it began, with Damson Idris‘ Franklin Saint walking along a palm tree-lined street.
“For all of the show’s aspirations and its geopolitical reach, it started on the street with a kid who was full of potential in a neighborhood that was just a working-class neighborhood on a summer day,” showrunner Dave Andron tells The Hollywood Reporter of ending the series on Franklin. “And we always knew that the story,...
For six seasons, FX’s Snowfall explored how the crack cocaine epidemic contributed to the destruction of a community in South Central Los Angeles. The 1980s-set drama also touched on the intersections between the unfolding drug crisis and larger societal and geopolitical issues like the Iran-Contra affair and Cold War tensions between the CIA and Kgb.
But for its final episode, which aired Wednesday night, the series, co-created by the late John Singleton, ended in some ways as it began, with Damson Idris‘ Franklin Saint walking along a palm tree-lined street.
“For all of the show’s aspirations and its geopolitical reach, it started on the street with a kid who was full of potential in a neighborhood that was just a working-class neighborhood on a summer day,” showrunner Dave Andron tells The Hollywood Reporter of ending the series on Franklin. “And we always knew that the story,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The following contains major spoilers from Snowfall’s series finale, which aired on Wednesday. Proceed accordingly.
After six entertaining seasons, Snowfall went out with devastating irony.
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Franklin Saint (played by Damson Idris), who we first met on a bright summer day full of promise and big dreams, ended the series on that same street hopeless, delusional and destitute. He was last...
After six entertaining seasons, Snowfall went out with devastating irony.
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Franklin Saint (played by Damson Idris), who we first met on a bright summer day full of promise and big dreams, ended the series on that same street hopeless, delusional and destitute. He was last...
- 4/20/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Everyone involved with Snowfall told us that the series wouldn’t end well. No one consumed by the show’s crescendoing tension could expect anything but tragedy.
Few, if any, outlaws ever got away scot-free. And, even with the boundless capabilities of historical fiction, neither could Damson Idris’s Franklin Saint. Many Snowfall fans anticipated the series concluding with him being whisked away by the CIA, or killed at the hands of his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis) — if not one of the many people whose lives he’d ruined en...
Few, if any, outlaws ever got away scot-free. And, even with the boundless capabilities of historical fiction, neither could Damson Idris’s Franklin Saint. Many Snowfall fans anticipated the series concluding with him being whisked away by the CIA, or killed at the hands of his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis) — if not one of the many people whose lives he’d ruined en...
- 4/20/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
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"Snowfall"'s reign has come to an end, but the cast and crew are pleased with their series's epic six-season run. "Looking at the totality of it, I'm just so proud that it went the distance," cocreator Dave Andron tells Popsugar while reflecting on the FX show's legacy. "We managed to make something that meant a lot to a lot of people. We got to end the story, with the blessing of FX, the way we wanted to and on our terms. And that's an incredibly special and gratifying thing."
"We got to tell our story from beginning, middle, to end. That makes me extremely proud, grateful, and very excited."
For the past six seasons, "Snowfall" has built the world of the critically acclaimed crime drama, as Damson Idris's Franklin Saint would say, "brick by brick." Set against the backdrop of an '80s South Central LA,...
"Snowfall"'s reign has come to an end, but the cast and crew are pleased with their series's epic six-season run. "Looking at the totality of it, I'm just so proud that it went the distance," cocreator Dave Andron tells Popsugar while reflecting on the FX show's legacy. "We managed to make something that meant a lot to a lot of people. We got to end the story, with the blessing of FX, the way we wanted to and on our terms. And that's an incredibly special and gratifying thing."
"We got to tell our story from beginning, middle, to end. That makes me extremely proud, grateful, and very excited."
For the past six seasons, "Snowfall" has built the world of the critically acclaimed crime drama, as Damson Idris's Franklin Saint would say, "brick by brick." Set against the backdrop of an '80s South Central LA,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
This article contains spoilers for “Snowfall” Season 6.
Despite the death of his character in this season of “Snowfall,” Amin Joseph’s job on the series wasn’t quite finished with that. The actor, who starred as uncle Jerome Saint, returned to the FX series to direct this week’s episode, “Ballad of the Bear.”
As “Snowfall” inches closer to the series finale, Gustavo ‘El Oso’ Zapata’s (Sergio Peris-Mencheta) important decision to choose a side takes center stage in this week’s episode. After being approached by the CIA, the DEA and the Kgb to turn on his associates, Oso must figure out whose side he’ll stand on — will he continue to stay loyal to Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) or former agent Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson)? Or will he choose to put his faith behind a third party player, Ruben, the former Cuban national with Russian heritage, working for...
Despite the death of his character in this season of “Snowfall,” Amin Joseph’s job on the series wasn’t quite finished with that. The actor, who starred as uncle Jerome Saint, returned to the FX series to direct this week’s episode, “Ballad of the Bear.”
As “Snowfall” inches closer to the series finale, Gustavo ‘El Oso’ Zapata’s (Sergio Peris-Mencheta) important decision to choose a side takes center stage in this week’s episode. After being approached by the CIA, the DEA and the Kgb to turn on his associates, Oso must figure out whose side he’ll stand on — will he continue to stay loyal to Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) or former agent Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson)? Or will he choose to put his faith behind a third party player, Ruben, the former Cuban national with Russian heritage, working for...
- 4/9/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Atx TV festival has announced that the festival will open with the world premiere of FX’s “Justified: City Primeval” and include a “Dawson’s Creek” 25th-anniversary screening and conversation. The festival’s 12th edition will also host conversations with the cast and crews of “Outlander,” “The Good Doctor,” “Primo,” “Jury Duty,” “Everyone Is Doing Great” and “The Righteous Gemstones.”
The Atx TV festival is slated to run from June 1-4.
“Justified: City Primeval” will pick up after 15 years since Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) left Kentucky, and extends the “Justified” universe. Based on Elmore Leonard’s novel “City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit,” the upcoming series premieres this summer on FX. Showrunners and executive producers Dave Andron and Michael Dinner will join the cast and crew at the June 1 screening and conversation.
Opening day of the festival will also feature a conversation with the cast & creatives of “Outlander,” with a...
The Atx TV festival is slated to run from June 1-4.
“Justified: City Primeval” will pick up after 15 years since Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) left Kentucky, and extends the “Justified” universe. Based on Elmore Leonard’s novel “City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit,” the upcoming series premieres this summer on FX. Showrunners and executive producers Dave Andron and Michael Dinner will join the cast and crew at the June 1 screening and conversation.
Opening day of the festival will also feature a conversation with the cast & creatives of “Outlander,” with a...
- 4/3/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Atx TV Festival said Monday that opening night of the June 1-4 event will feature the world premiere of FX’s Justified: City Primeval.
The 12th iteration of the Austin-based television festival also will include a Dawson’s Creek 25th anniversary screening and conversation as well as a discussion with the cast and creatives of Outlander.
Justified: City Primeval, from showrunners/executive producers Dave Andron and Michael Dinner and based on the novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, is an eight-part limited series that picks up 15 years after U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) left the hollers of Kentucky in FX’s Justified. Following the screening will be a conversation with the creatives and cast of the show, which premieres this summer on FX and streams the following day on Hulu.
The Dawson’s Creek retrospective, presented by Sony Pictures Television Studios, will include a screening of the pilot episode,...
The 12th iteration of the Austin-based television festival also will include a Dawson’s Creek 25th anniversary screening and conversation as well as a discussion with the cast and creatives of Outlander.
Justified: City Primeval, from showrunners/executive producers Dave Andron and Michael Dinner and based on the novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, is an eight-part limited series that picks up 15 years after U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) left the hollers of Kentucky in FX’s Justified. Following the screening will be a conversation with the creatives and cast of the show, which premieres this summer on FX and streams the following day on Hulu.
The Dawson’s Creek retrospective, presented by Sony Pictures Television Studios, will include a screening of the pilot episode,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's the end of an era for "Snowfall" fans and, unfortunately, of the overall journeys of some of the series's pivotal characters.
For the past six seasons, the 1980s-set crime drama has followed the dramatic tale of ambitious drug dealer Franklin (Damson Idris) and the epic rise and fall of his drug organization during the crack epidemic in South Central Los Angeles. While we've witnessed Franklin's transformation from college-bound teenager to a ruthless kingpin, one of the biggest shocks in the gritty FX series thus far has been watching his family slowly fall apart - which, in part, has led to another heartbreaking death.
The latest major "Snowfall" character to die - following major losses like Franklin's father Alton and, most recently, his crew member Black Diamond - in the show's sixth and final season is none other than Amin Joseph's beloved Jammin' Jerome Saint, aka Uncle Jerome. In "Snowfall"'s sixth episode,...
For the past six seasons, the 1980s-set crime drama has followed the dramatic tale of ambitious drug dealer Franklin (Damson Idris) and the epic rise and fall of his drug organization during the crack epidemic in South Central Los Angeles. While we've witnessed Franklin's transformation from college-bound teenager to a ruthless kingpin, one of the biggest shocks in the gritty FX series thus far has been watching his family slowly fall apart - which, in part, has led to another heartbreaking death.
The latest major "Snowfall" character to die - following major losses like Franklin's father Alton and, most recently, his crew member Black Diamond - in the show's sixth and final season is none other than Amin Joseph's beloved Jammin' Jerome Saint, aka Uncle Jerome. In "Snowfall"'s sixth episode,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
[The following story contains spoilers from the seventh episode (“Charnel House”) in the sixth and final season of FX’s Snowfall.]
FX’s Snowfall formally said goodbye to Amin Joseph’s Jerome Saint on Wednesday night, after the beloved uncle was shockingly killed in the closing minutes of last week’s episode.
After Jerome died during a gunfight with Kane (DeVaughn Nixon) in an effort to rescue his wife Louie (Angela Lewis), who had been kidnapped and was being tortured, this week’s episode saw Louie and Franklin (Damson Idris) dealing with the fallout of losing their loved one amid a civil war within the family.
The episode ends with Jerome’s funeral, where a speaker voices some of the significance of the character’s demise, which comes as the FX drama about the origins of the crack cocaine epidemic continues to explore how the drug contributed to the destruction of a community in South Central Los Angeles.
“Too often, I have blamed these deaths on young men with guns,...
FX’s Snowfall formally said goodbye to Amin Joseph’s Jerome Saint on Wednesday night, after the beloved uncle was shockingly killed in the closing minutes of last week’s episode.
After Jerome died during a gunfight with Kane (DeVaughn Nixon) in an effort to rescue his wife Louie (Angela Lewis), who had been kidnapped and was being tortured, this week’s episode saw Louie and Franklin (Damson Idris) dealing with the fallout of losing their loved one amid a civil war within the family.
The episode ends with Jerome’s funeral, where a speaker voices some of the significance of the character’s demise, which comes as the FX drama about the origins of the crack cocaine epidemic continues to explore how the drug contributed to the destruction of a community in South Central Los Angeles.
“Too often, I have blamed these deaths on young men with guns,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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