Amidst the Oscars 2023 hype, FX has published a brief, 60-second trailer to serve as a friendly reminder that TV is still around and that it doesn’t celebrate only movie accomplishments. We get to see a sneak peek at the eagerly awaited Justified resurrection, City Primeval.
The trailer is a part of a larger sizzle reel for FX that promotes the network’s upcoming shows, such as Olivia Colman in Great Expectations and The Bear Season 2. However, the focus in on Justified: City Primeval, most precisely on Timothy Olyphant’s comeback as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens.
Justified: City Primeval stars Timothy Olyphant in the lead role
In the recently released Justified: City Primeval footage, Timothy Olyphant is seen reprising his role as Raylan Givens. The project picks up where the beloved FX series Justified City left off, and it is scheduled to air later in 2023.
Raylan Givens was created by author Elmore Leonard, and the new series will be a loose adaptation of Leonard’s 1980 book City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, with Givens added to the plot.
When will it be released?
Shooting started in Chicago last year, and it has surely been dramatic. On one occasion, an incendiary device was hurled in the vicinity of the set, while on another, a group of cars engaged in a shootout crashed through the set.
Although the shooting is over, an official release date has not been announced yet. However, word has it that FX is scheduled to screen Justified: City Primeval this summer.
What is the main story of Justified: City Primeval?
Fans will be aware that Justified was filmed in Kentucky, where Givens battled gangsters and regional drug lords, among other villains. Justified: City Primeval shifts the action to Detroit and takes place 10 years after the conclusion of the first series. We learn that Givens has been parenting his daughter for the past decade.
The series is about Givens, who travels to Detroit after a fortuitous encounter on a lonely Florida roadway. There he meets Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a vicious, psychopathic desperado who has eluded Detroit’s law before and intends to do so once more.
The tough Carolyn Wilder, who is Mansell’s attorney, has every intention of defending her client even though she is caught between a police officer and a criminal who is also playing a game. In typical Elmore Leonard form, these three people embark on a collision course to discover who survives the City Primeval. To push the story forward, Givens must find and prosecute Clement Mansell, who serves as the main antagonist of the series.
Who is coming back to the show?
Justified: City Primeval will feature Timothy Olyphant in the lead role. Apart from him, the series is made up of a number of other brand new actors as well as a couple of stars from the first season, namely Aunjanue Ellis.
Moreover, Sandy will be played by Australian actor Adelaide Clemens. Furthermore, as Clement Mansell, Boyd Holbrook will also feature in the lead role. Holbrook rose to fame in Netflix’s crime drama Narcos and enjoyed a high profile for much of last year thanks to his role as the Corinthian in Neil Gaiman’s fantasy series The Sandman.
