Justified Sequel Series: Aunjanue Ellis, Boyd Holbrook, 6 Others Join Cast
FX‘s Justified sequel series has added Aunjanue Ellis (Lovecraft Country), Marin Ireland (Sneaky Pete), Boyd Holbrook (Narcos), Adelaide Clemens (Rectify), Norbert Leo Butz (Bloodline), Vondie Curtis-Hall (For the People), Victor Williams (The Affair) and Vivian Olyphant to its ranks.
As announced in January, Timothy Olyphant will reprise his role of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens for the limited series, titled Justified: City Primeval and inspired by the late Elmore Leonard’s crime novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit.
Justified: City Primeval finds Raylan still living in Miami, to which he relocated in the series finale. A walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of his 14-year-old daughter with Winona, “his hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind,” the synopsis tells us.
A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway leads Raylan to Detroit, where he crosses paths with Clement Mansell aka “The Oklahoma Wildman,” a violent, sociopath who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once — and aims to do so again. Mansell’s lawyer, Carolyn Wilder, has every intention of representing her client even as she finds herself caught between a cop and a criminal, with her own game afoot as well. (Given that Raylan is not a character in the source material, it appears he will in some ways supplant the novel’s protagonist, homicide Detective Raymond Cruz.)
According to our sister site THR.com, Ellis will play the aforementioned Carolyn Wilder, while Holbrook and Clemens will fill the roles of Clement Mansell and his girlfriend Sandy.
Ireland will play a cop, Butz and Williams have been cast a Detroit detectives, Hall will play Sweety, a local bar owner, and Timothy Olyphant’s real-life daughter Vivian will play… Raylan’s daughter. (All together now: Awwww!)
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I CAN NOT wait! I absolutely love the character Raylan Givens!❤ Really cool that Timothy’s daughter is also going to be in it. Any idea when it’s supposed to air?
Still holding out for a Carla Gugino/Karen Sisco scene in Miami!!!!
I suppose it would again be Assistant Director “Karen Goodall” ;)
Making a “Justified” headline with Boyd… Holbrook is an excellent troll job, and I respect the heck out of it. Will neither confirm nor deny if I got my hopes up before reading the whole thing.
I really hope they don’t screw this up! The original show was so good & Raylan is one of the best characters ever on TV played perfectly by Timothy!! I hope some of the original cast returns, though. I loved his boss, Art. Raylan & Art had such a great dynamic.
I have a friend who is set to appear in 5 episodes of this. I’m gonna need him to get me some autographs.
Yay!! Can we get a guest appearance by Boyd Crowder?
This was such a happy surprise! Can we please get Art back too? Nick Searcy is amazing and love him and Raylan together!
Can’t wait, but please also include Walton Goggins as Boyd!!
Looks like a fine cast. And great to hear it’s set which means that it’s one step closer to the finished product. Now’s a good time to start watching my “Justified” full series dvd collection again in preparation for this anxiously awaited reboot.
I wish you’d bring back Boyd Crowder for a few episodes…Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens is everything to me!!!