The time has come to dust your hat off. Because Timothy Olyphant is officially heading back to our screens. Olyphant will reprise his iconic role as US Marshal Raylan Givens in a Justified revival. This limited series, titled Justified: City Primeval, will take fans back to the iconic franchise in a new story. And we now have many official first looks at the series. The Justified: City Primeval teaser trailers and clips remind us it’s all about the hat, the stare, the walk, and the bad guy takedown. And they let us know exactly when this series will release.
The Opening Scene of Justified: City Primeval
First up, in celebration of the Justified: City Primeval‘s release date dawning, FX has revealed five minutes from the show, its opening scene to be exact. Raylan Givens is back in full force. But it’s not easy being Marshal.
Justified: City Primeval Teasers, Release Date, and Revival Synopsis
We’re excited to see a slice of the show, because its teaser trailers didn’t give us much, but they did get us excited. It’s all about the hat. This Justified revival premiered on July 18 on FX with its first two episodes. Episodes begin airing at 10 pm ET/PT Tuesdays on FX and will stream the next day on Hulu.
A release for the Justified revival offers a little more. This time, the FX limited series will be inspired by the late Elmore Leonard’s novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit.
Having left the hollers of Kentucky eight 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 14-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.
More About the Justified Revival
It sounds like Justified: City Primeval will feel every bit as intense as the original.
The release also shares that Olyphant will reunite with Justified producers Dave Andron and Michael Dinner. The duo will serve as “Showrunners, Writers and Executive Producers, with Dinner directing.” Graham Yost, Sarah Timberman, and Carl Beverly also join as Executive Producers. In addition, Peter Leonard, Taylor Elmore, and Chris Provenzano will write for the series.
We’re excited so much of the original team can come back together for this revival. Getting back the people who created the show to begin with is often key to these revivals. And although this Justified revival is a one-off season for now, Olyphant and Timberman recently noted they would be open to expanding to more seasons. Olyphant noted of doing more of the revival, “I’d show up. I had a good time. Every time we’ve done this I’ve had a good time. And Timberman agreed saying, “If he shows up I show up—we all show up.”
Hopefully, Justified: City Primeval will capture the drama and the modern western spirit that the original show executed so well. As mentioned, Justified: City Primeval‘s first episodes released July 18.
Originally published on January 14, 2022.
