Raylan Givens is back, as the fan-favorite cop will return to TV this July withJustified: City Primeval. The upcoming miniseries will see the US Marshall in a new city at a different stage of life dealing with the same threats. In times when Westerns have taken on a new life thanks toTaylor Sheridan’sYellowstoneuniverse, Raylan’s brand of justice and action will evoke a sense of nostalgia from the 2010s. The new series looks grittier, more lethal, and full of twists and turns.
FX has released a new teaser for the series, and the brief clip introduces Raylan and his cowboy hat in Detroit foreshadowing the new city anda different phase of lifefor our favorite US Marshall. The Detroit landscape hints at another city bowing under the burden of its criminal underbelly. The gray in Raylan’s hair is indicative ofthe journey we’ve had with the characterand how far we’ve come with him. Overall the crime drama looks exciting and fresh.
What to Expect fromJustified: City Primeval
While the original series was based onElmore Leonard’s short storyFire in the Hole, the upcoming feature will be based on another short story,City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit. The series is developed and showrun byDave AndronandMichael Dinnerand follows Raylan 15 years after the events of the original series. He’s living with his teenage daughter in Detroit and is surrounded by an entirely new set of friends and foes. Speaking of Raylan, co-showrunner Dinnerrecently revealed, “He’s older and wiser, but he’s still got it.” Further adding he has about five years before his “mandatory retirement in the Marshal service, so he’s coming to the end of that life.” Dinner said of the themes of the series:
“We’re dealing with this next chapter of his life — we did Justified for six or seven years, and that was kind of like Act 1. This is Act 2 of his life, and it’s an existential story.”
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The series castTimothy Olyphantas Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens,Vivian Olyphantas his daughter Willa Givens,Aunjanue Ellisas Carolyn Wilder,Boyd Holbrookas big bad Clement Mansel aka The Oklahoma Wildman,Adelaide Clemensas Sandy,Vondie Curtis Hallas Sweety,Marin Irelandas Maureen,Norbert Leo Butzas Norbert,Victor Williamsas Wendell, andRavi Patelas Rick Newley.
Justified: City Primevalpremieres July 18 on FX. You can check out the new teaser and synopsis below:
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, has every intention of representing her client, even as she finds herself caught in between cop and criminal, with her own game afoot as well. These three characters set out on a collision course in classic Elmore Leonard fashion, to see who makes it out of the City Primeval alive.
