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
Anyone who knows beloved crime novelist Elmore Leonard only through Justified, the 2010 TV adaptation of his work, might be confused as to why its reboot, Justified: City Primeval, moves the action from the hollers of Harlan County, Kentucky to the rust belt of Detroit, Michigan.
That confusion is understandable as Justified enjoys one of the most richly-realized settings in modern television history. Despite filming nearly the entirety of its six-season run in Southern California (the pilot was shot in Pittsburgh), FX‘s saga about an anachronistic stetson-wearing lawman was absolutely steeped in Appalachian realness. Indeed, the entire premise of the show revolved around Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) being forced to relocate back to his troubled Kentucky hometown following a questionably “justified” shooting of a crime lord in Miami.
Justified quite simply does not work without its Harlan County setting. The weight of history bears down on...
That confusion is understandable as Justified enjoys one of the most richly-realized settings in modern television history. Despite filming nearly the entirety of its six-season run in Southern California (the pilot was shot in Pittsburgh), FX‘s saga about an anachronistic stetson-wearing lawman was absolutely steeped in Appalachian realness. Indeed, the entire premise of the show revolved around Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) being forced to relocate back to his troubled Kentucky hometown following a questionably “justified” shooting of a crime lord in Miami.
Justified quite simply does not work without its Harlan County setting. The weight of history bears down on...
- 7/25/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Fans of the FX series Justified were fortunate enough to get six prodigious seasons of one of the best neo-Westerns ever put on television from 2010-2015. The show’s critical success was in no small part due to the stellar supporting cast throughout its run. Fans not only gravitated towards Timothy Olyphant’s Kentucky-fried charm as the no-nonsense Raylan Givens, but found a connection with the men and women Raylan worked with, the women he loved, and the larger-than-life outlaws he came across.
It will surprise many to hear that Justified: City Primeval barely even mentions Kentucky, or the characters that were a part of Raylan’s life for those six years. Kentucky is far behind Raylan, and that includes his long term fraternal-nemesis, Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) who isn’t a part of this limited series. There is no mention of Art (Nick Searcy), Tim (Jacob Pitts) or Rachel...
It will surprise many to hear that Justified: City Primeval barely even mentions Kentucky, or the characters that were a part of Raylan’s life for those six years. Kentucky is far behind Raylan, and that includes his long term fraternal-nemesis, Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) who isn’t a part of this limited series. There is no mention of Art (Nick Searcy), Tim (Jacob Pitts) or Rachel...
- 7/18/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Few shows lend themselves to revivals naturally. “Justified,” the critically acclaimed FX drama starring Timothy Olyphant as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, might not seem like a prime candidate to return after the Emmy-winning series nailed its series finale in 2015. But the show is coming back on July 18 for a limited eight-episode run under the title “Justified: City Primeval.” From a logistical standpoint, bringing back TV’s coolest lawman makes sense: “Justified,” which featured mostly stand-alone, season-long arcs during its excellent six-season run, is perfectly suited to one-off limited series. It’s also a beloved show that balances comedy and drama well, has the respect of many in Hollywood and understands the unique narrative value of place in a way that many series do not.
Whether “Justified: City Primeval” is able to recapture the magic of the original run is yet to be seen, but as our reunion with Raylan is upon us,...
Whether “Justified: City Primeval” is able to recapture the magic of the original run is yet to be seen, but as our reunion with Raylan is upon us,...
- 7/18/2023
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
2015 has seen many beloved long-running shows coming to an end. We bade farewell to “Parks & Recreation” in February, and in a few weeks “Mad Men,” one of the seminal shows of the so-called golden age of TV drama, will be wrapping up as well. But tonight sees the series finale of a show that, while not necessarily matching the column inches of some of its contemporaries, has over the past five years proven to be just as compelling, thrilling and surprising as anything else out there: FX’s “Justified.” Created by “Speed” writer Graham Yost and based on a character created by Elmore Leonard in his novels “Pronto,” “Riding The Rap” and specifically on the novella “Fire In The Hole,” the show revolves around Raylan Givens, an old-school, gun-slinging Deputy U.S. Marshal whose uncompromising methods see him reassigned from Miami to his home of Harlan County, Kentucky, where he...
- 4/14/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Sneak Peek new images and footage from the FX drama series "Justified" Season 5, debuting January 7, 2014. The Emmy award nominated series is developed by Graham Yost, based on author Elmore Leonard's novels "Pronto", "Riding the Rap" and his short story "Fire in the Hole".
"...'Raylan Givens' (Timothy Olyphant), a deputy Us Marshal, behaves like a 19th-century–style, Old West lawman living in modern times, whose unconventional enforcement of justice makes him a target of criminals as well as his Us Marshals Service bosses.
"As a result of his controversial but 'justified' quick-draw shooting of mob hit-man 'Tommy Bucks' in Miami, Givens is re-assigned from Miami to Kentucky. The Lexington, Kentucky Marshals office's jurisdiction includes 'Harlan County' (a hopelessly impoverished, backwoods coal-mining community in southeastern Kentucky), in which Raylan grew up and thought he had escaped for good in his youth..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Justified" Season...
"...'Raylan Givens' (Timothy Olyphant), a deputy Us Marshal, behaves like a 19th-century–style, Old West lawman living in modern times, whose unconventional enforcement of justice makes him a target of criminals as well as his Us Marshals Service bosses.
"As a result of his controversial but 'justified' quick-draw shooting of mob hit-man 'Tommy Bucks' in Miami, Givens is re-assigned from Miami to Kentucky. The Lexington, Kentucky Marshals office's jurisdiction includes 'Harlan County' (a hopelessly impoverished, backwoods coal-mining community in southeastern Kentucky), in which Raylan grew up and thought he had escaped for good in his youth..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Justified" Season...
- 12/21/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Crime writer known for Get Shorty, Out of Sight and Hombre whose work served as a barometer of modern America
When Elmore Leonard's Stick was published in Britain in 1984, one newspaper called it "a fine first novel". At almost 60, the author would have been amused at such an accolade; it was, in fact, his 21st novel, and Leonard, who has died aged 87, had been selling his fiction regularly, occasionally to Hollywood. But the genres in which he chose to work often failed to attract serious critical attention: westerns first, then crime novels set in the contemporary urban hinterlands.
Westerns as a literary genre still lack respectability, but the craft and energy of Leonard's crime novels, which include Get Shorty, Out of Sight and Labrava, eventually made them impossible to ignore. Still, recognition came late: only in 1992 did the Mystery Writers of America grant him its highest accolade, the Grand Master Edgar.
When Elmore Leonard's Stick was published in Britain in 1984, one newspaper called it "a fine first novel". At almost 60, the author would have been amused at such an accolade; it was, in fact, his 21st novel, and Leonard, who has died aged 87, had been selling his fiction regularly, occasionally to Hollywood. But the genres in which he chose to work often failed to attract serious critical attention: westerns first, then crime novels set in the contemporary urban hinterlands.
Westerns as a literary genre still lack respectability, but the craft and energy of Leonard's crime novels, which include Get Shorty, Out of Sight and Labrava, eventually made them impossible to ignore. Still, recognition came late: only in 1992 did the Mystery Writers of America grant him its highest accolade, the Grand Master Edgar.
- 8/20/2013
- by Nick Kimberley
- The Guardian - Film News
“It’s hard even when you know it’s coming, and we knew,” Justified showrunner Graham Yost told Deadline of Elmore Leonard‘s passing today. “Once he had the stroke – it was a left brain stroke, and he was really was non verbal after – we got an update every day or two on how it was looking. It was pretty clear that it wasn’t looking good.” Yost says plans are already underway to pay tribute to Leonard before the next season begins. “We’ll do something for the Season 4 DVD set, and I’m sure we’ll do something on the first episode of the new season.” Yost and his writers had already plotted to integrate more Leonard characters into the series’ upcoming fifth season. “Before he had his stroke we were thinking, you know, we’re headed to end of the series, we’ve maybe got two seasons...
- 8/20/2013
- by JEN YAMATO
- Deadline TV
Elmore Leonard Dies: George Clooney, John Travolta and More Stars Carry On His Legacy in Film and TV
Author Elmore Leonard passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 20, but his legacy will certainly live on. The late 87-year-old wrote more than 45 books and dozens of short stories throughout his illustrious career, and many of these tales were turned into movies or adapted for TV. George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez starred in the 1998 Steven Soderbergh film Out of Sight, based on Leonard's book of the same, while John Travolta and Danny DeVito starred in the 1995 flick Get Shorty, also based on the book of the same name. As for the small screen, the FX series Justified, starring Timothy Olyphant, is based on a version of Leonard's novels Pronto and Riding the Rap, as well as his short story, "Fire in the...
- 8/20/2013
- E! Online
Elmore Leonard, known for his gritty crime novels and westerns populated by colorful, offbeat characters, died on Tuesday morning from complications from a stroke. He was 87. Many of his projects were adapted to the big screen, and we've rounded up five must-see movie and TV adaptations that best exemplify what Leonard's work was all about.
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Out of Sight
Arguably the best adaptation of Leonard's work, this 1998 Steven Soderbergh-directed film stars George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez as a con and cop, respectively, who unwittingly fall for each other despite being on opposite sides of the law. Initially trapped in a trunk together, the career criminal and the U.S. Marshall create serious sparks, forcing Lopez's character to wrestle with her conscience as Clooney heads to Detroit to pull off one final heist. The film co-stars Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Dennis Farina, Steve Zahn, Albert Brooks and Michael Keaton, who reprises...
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Out of Sight
Arguably the best adaptation of Leonard's work, this 1998 Steven Soderbergh-directed film stars George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez as a con and cop, respectively, who unwittingly fall for each other despite being on opposite sides of the law. Initially trapped in a trunk together, the career criminal and the U.S. Marshall create serious sparks, forcing Lopez's character to wrestle with her conscience as Clooney heads to Detroit to pull off one final heist. The film co-stars Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Dennis Farina, Steve Zahn, Albert Brooks and Michael Keaton, who reprises...
- 8/20/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Elmore Leonard, the writer behind "Get Shorty," "Out of Sight" and "Justified," has passed away after suffering a stroke three weeks ago, the author's researcher Gregg Sutter writes on Leonard's Facebook page.
"The post I dreaded to write, and you dreaded to read. Elmore passed away at 7:15 this morning from complications from his stroke. He was at home surrounded by his loving family. More to follow," reads the post on Facebook.
Leonard was born in 1925 in New Orleans, but moved to Detroit in 1934 with his family and has lived there ever since. He has had a prolific writing career, publishing 45 novels and currently working on his 46th, plus numerous short stories.
Dozens of his novels have been adapted for the large and small screen, most recently his popular character of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens from novels "Pronto" and "Riding the Rap" and short story "Fire in the Hole,...
"The post I dreaded to write, and you dreaded to read. Elmore passed away at 7:15 this morning from complications from his stroke. He was at home surrounded by his loving family. More to follow," reads the post on Facebook.
Leonard was born in 1925 in New Orleans, but moved to Detroit in 1934 with his family and has lived there ever since. He has had a prolific writing career, publishing 45 novels and currently working on his 46th, plus numerous short stories.
Dozens of his novels have been adapted for the large and small screen, most recently his popular character of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens from novels "Pronto" and "Riding the Rap" and short story "Fire in the Hole,...
- 8/20/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Legendary author Elmore Leonard, whose work inspired FX’s Justified and ABC’s short-lived Karen Sisco before it, died Tuesday three weeks after suffering a stroke. He was 87.
Justified antihero Raylan Givens (played by Timothy Olyphant) was the central figure in Leonard’s novels Pronto and Riding the Rap as well as the short story “Fire in the Hole.” He retained an exec producer title on the series.
On the film side, 3:10 to Yuma, Jackie Brown, Out of Sight (which paved the way for Karen Sisco) and Get Shorty were all based on Leonard’s source material.
Leonard’s...
Justified antihero Raylan Givens (played by Timothy Olyphant) was the central figure in Leonard’s novels Pronto and Riding the Rap as well as the short story “Fire in the Hole.” He retained an exec producer title on the series.
On the film side, 3:10 to Yuma, Jackie Brown, Out of Sight (which paved the way for Karen Sisco) and Get Shorty were all based on Leonard’s source material.
Leonard’s...
- 8/20/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Chicago – Elmore Leonard was so much a part of the entertainment landscape that many people don’t even realize the extent of his influence and reach on, of course, literature, but also film and television. The same man created the characters you love in “3:10 to Yuma,” “Get Shorty,” “Out of Sight,” and “Justified.”
He passed away from a stroke this morning, as revealed on his Facebook page. He was 87 and, according to the post, surrounded by those he loved.
Born in New Orleans, Leonard would forever be identified with Detroit, the city that became his home in 1934. His first story was published in 1951 and he began his career with a focus on Westerns. He published dozens of short stories in the ’50s, two of which were turned into hit films of the day, “The Tall T” and “3:10 to Yuma”. Over the years, 26 novels or short stories were turned into films or television programs,...
He passed away from a stroke this morning, as revealed on his Facebook page. He was 87 and, according to the post, surrounded by those he loved.
Born in New Orleans, Leonard would forever be identified with Detroit, the city that became his home in 1934. His first story was published in 1951 and he began his career with a focus on Westerns. He published dozens of short stories in the ’50s, two of which were turned into hit films of the day, “The Tall T” and “3:10 to Yuma”. Over the years, 26 novels or short stories were turned into films or television programs,...
- 8/20/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Elmore Leonard has died today (August 20) at the age of 87.
The author passed away after experiencing complications following a stroke.
"The post I dreaded to write, and you dreaded to read," read a statement on his official Facebook page.
"Elmore passed away at 7:15 this morning from complications from his stroke. He was at home surrounded by his loving family."
Leonard's researcher Gregg Sutter confirmed earlier this month that the writer had been hospitalised in Detroit.
"He's showing great spirit. He's a fighter, and we're glad to see that," he told The Detroit News at the time.
"He's very much into his 46th novel, working very hard."
Best known for his crime fiction, several of Leonard's books were adapted into films, including Out Of Sight, Get Shorty, Hombre and Rum Punch, which was filmed as Jackie Brown by fan Quentin Tarantino in 1997.
FX's Justified also is based on Leonard's short story Fire in the Hole.
The author passed away after experiencing complications following a stroke.
"The post I dreaded to write, and you dreaded to read," read a statement on his official Facebook page.
"Elmore passed away at 7:15 this morning from complications from his stroke. He was at home surrounded by his loving family."
Leonard's researcher Gregg Sutter confirmed earlier this month that the writer had been hospitalised in Detroit.
"He's showing great spirit. He's a fighter, and we're glad to see that," he told The Detroit News at the time.
"He's very much into his 46th novel, working very hard."
Best known for his crime fiction, several of Leonard's books were adapted into films, including Out Of Sight, Get Shorty, Hombre and Rum Punch, which was filmed as Jackie Brown by fan Quentin Tarantino in 1997.
FX's Justified also is based on Leonard's short story Fire in the Hole.
- 8/20/2013
- Digital Spy
More than 3.82 million viewers watched the Season 4 finale of Justified according to Nielsen’s Live+7 numbers. That’s a 70% jump over the 2.249 million reported in Live+Same Day for the FX‘s series’ season finale April 2. The latest final numbers put the Season 4 finale down just 3% in total viewers from 3.95 million who watched the Season 3 ender. Overall, Season 4 was the show’s most-watched ever, pulling in an average audience of 4.008 million, up 4% over the previous two seasons and 20% over Season 1. Among adults 18-49, Season 4 was down a slight 1% with 1.986 million in the demo compared to Season 3’s 2.007 million; the most recent season was essentially even with Season 2 and up 14% over Season 1 in the key demo. Developed by Graham Yost from Elmore Leonard’s Riding The Rap and Pronto novels and a short story by the author, Justified premiered on March 16, 2010 on FX. At the network’s upfront presentation in NY last month,...
- 4/25/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
The Season 4 finale of Justified on FX was watched by 2.249 million viewers last night. That’s down 16% from the 2.67 million who watched the drama’s Season 3 finale on April 10 last year. It’s also down sharply from the 3.95 million who watched the Season 4 premiere on January 8. That was the season high for Justified this year. That show also had 1.65 million viewers among Adults 18-49. Tuesday’s episode pulled in 934,000 viewers among Adults 18-49. That’s also down from the 1.35 million in the key demo who watched the Season 3 ender. Developed by Graham Yost from Elmore Leonard’s Riding The Rap and Pronto novels and a short story by the author, Justified debuted on March 16, 2010 on the network. At FX’s upfront presentation in NYC on March 28, network president John Landgraf announced that the Emmy winning series would be coming back for a fifth season. Related: ‘Justified’s’ Timothy Olyphant, ‘House of Lies...
- 4/3/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Sneak Peek new key art and images from "Justified', the FX action drama series, now in its fourth season, based on crime author Elmore Leonard's "Pronto", "Riding the Rap" and "Fire in the Hole".
"...Deputy Us Marshal 'Raylan Givens' is something of a 19th century–style lawman in modern times, whose unconventional enforcement of justice makes him a target of criminals and his 'Us Marshals Service' bosses alike.
"The Lexington, Kentucky Marshals office's jurisdiction includes 'Harlan County', a hopelessly impoverished, backwoods, coal-mining community in southeastern Kentucky which Raylan hates...and thought he had escaped for good, when he was younger..."
Cast includes Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Raymond J. Barry, David Meunier, Damon Herriman, Jere Burns, M.C. Gainey, Brent Sexton, Linda Gehringer, William Ragsdale, Jeremy Davies, Margo Martindale, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Brad William Henke, Peter Murnik, Kaitlyn Dever, Jim Beaver,...
"...Deputy Us Marshal 'Raylan Givens' is something of a 19th century–style lawman in modern times, whose unconventional enforcement of justice makes him a target of criminals and his 'Us Marshals Service' bosses alike.
"The Lexington, Kentucky Marshals office's jurisdiction includes 'Harlan County', a hopelessly impoverished, backwoods, coal-mining community in southeastern Kentucky which Raylan hates...and thought he had escaped for good, when he was younger..."
Cast includes Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Raymond J. Barry, David Meunier, Damon Herriman, Jere Burns, M.C. Gainey, Brent Sexton, Linda Gehringer, William Ragsdale, Jeremy Davies, Margo Martindale, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Brad William Henke, Peter Murnik, Kaitlyn Dever, Jim Beaver,...
- 1/16/2013
- by M. Stevens
- SneakPeek
I didn’t even know Elmore Leonard had a son, much less one who wrote. It’s not a complete surprise, since Peter Leonard has only published four novels to date, versus his father’s 45. His most recent is called All He Saw Was The Girl, and its opening scenes take place in an Italian jail, much like the one Peter spent a week in after a young drunken night in Rome led to he and some friends stealing a taxi-cab. When his father, already well on his way to being the high watermark of modern crime fiction, heard about this, he told his son, “Hard time makes the boy the man.”
It also helps make him a writer, it would seem.
There are many interesting tidbits about the Leonard writing dynasty in this excellent piece by Ann O’Neill over at CNN. Peter’s writing career is beginning to really get rolling,...
It also helps make him a writer, it would seem.
There are many interesting tidbits about the Leonard writing dynasty in this excellent piece by Ann O’Neill over at CNN. Peter’s writing career is beginning to really get rolling,...
- 4/5/2012
- by Jimmy Callaway
- Boomtron
Justified, Season 3, Episode 3: “Harlan Roulette”
Written by Dave Andron
Directed by Jon Avnet
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm on FX
It’s still early to make too many predictions about Justified‘s third season, but it’s noteworthy that there are distinct shades of Breaking Bad in this week’s installment, “Harlan Roulette.” The effects of Oxycontin (aka “hillbilly heroin”) on its users begins to become a plot point. A charismatic, disquieting villain lays out a plan to manufacture and sell drugs in a slick, corporate fashion. (“That’s why they call it organized crime.”) Hell, one character even makes a reference to the possibility he might “break bad,” just in case the comparison wasn’t explicit enough. Of course, the two shows are fundamentally different in a lot of ways, but the nod seems to acknowledge that the show plans to encroach on some of that same, deeply perilous territory.
Written by Dave Andron
Directed by Jon Avnet
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm on FX
It’s still early to make too many predictions about Justified‘s third season, but it’s noteworthy that there are distinct shades of Breaking Bad in this week’s installment, “Harlan Roulette.” The effects of Oxycontin (aka “hillbilly heroin”) on its users begins to become a plot point. A charismatic, disquieting villain lays out a plan to manufacture and sell drugs in a slick, corporate fashion. (“That’s why they call it organized crime.”) Hell, one character even makes a reference to the possibility he might “break bad,” just in case the comparison wasn’t explicit enough. Of course, the two shows are fundamentally different in a lot of ways, but the nod seems to acknowledge that the show plans to encroach on some of that same, deeply perilous territory.
- 2/1/2012
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Leonard is regarded as the greatest American crime writer, surpassing even Raymond Chandler. But it is time to drop the qualification of genre
The best novelists create a world around the reader. You can feel it bubbling up in irrepressible invention. So we have "a guy by the name of Booker, a twenty-five-year old super-dude twice convicted felon" in his Jacuzzi when the telephone rings. No one answers it, and Booker gets out of the Jacuzzi. At the other end of the line, a woman, Moselle, asks him to sit down. When he does, she informs him that he's triggered a bomb in the chair – "when you get up, honey, what's left of your ass is gonna go clear through the ceiling". The bomb-disposal boys arrive in their nonchalant way: "Booker said 'Another one goes hmmmmm. I'm sitting here on high explosives the motherfucker goes hmmmmm.'" Is there a bomb?...
The best novelists create a world around the reader. You can feel it bubbling up in irrepressible invention. So we have "a guy by the name of Booker, a twenty-five-year old super-dude twice convicted felon" in his Jacuzzi when the telephone rings. No one answers it, and Booker gets out of the Jacuzzi. At the other end of the line, a woman, Moselle, asks him to sit down. When he does, she informs him that he's triggered a bomb in the chair – "when you get up, honey, what's left of your ass is gonna go clear through the ceiling". The bomb-disposal boys arrive in their nonchalant way: "Booker said 'Another one goes hmmmmm. I'm sitting here on high explosives the motherfucker goes hmmmmm.'" Is there a bomb?...
- 1/28/2012
- by Philip Hensher
- The Guardian - Film News
From that line prior to the opening i knew Justified was back with a bang! One of the best shows currently airing on TV (and i watch alot of TV series’ currently running). For those not familiar with it, ‘Justified’ is a Us TV series on FX that is currently airing its third season Tuesdays at 10Pm. The shows main protagonist is ‘Raylan Givens’ a deputy Us Marshall back working in his hometown of Kentucky after an incident in Miami (see the opening scene of the pilot, an amazing scene also featuring Peter Greene as Tommy Bucks) and who is consistently thrown into discretions and persons amass from his past. Raylan Givens is portrayed by Timothy Olyphant with utter perfection, and that is something i say lightly (even if it is in relation to one of my favorite actors) and the rest of the cast contiunes to give dazzling performances to match.
- 1/19/2012
- by Kevin Lovell
- The Liberal Dead
One of our favorite TV shows is the FX drama series Justified, created by Graham Yost, and starring Timothy Olyphant. Based on Elmore Leonard’s novels Pronto and Riding the Rap and his short story Fire in the Hole, Justified received a 2010 Peabody Award and in 2011was nominated for four Emmy Awards, all for acting – Margo Martindale won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
While the conclusion to Justified‘s 2011 run leaves a few rounds in the magazine, those final moments create a satisfying symmetry that won’t soon be forgotten. There’s still plenty of questions left to answer but thankfully we are getting closer and closer to season three. A new teaser has dropped online and it does a great job of showing off Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder alongside Timothy Olyphant as Us Marshall Raylan Givens, doing what they do best.
Here’s...
While the conclusion to Justified‘s 2011 run leaves a few rounds in the magazine, those final moments create a satisfying symmetry that won’t soon be forgotten. There’s still plenty of questions left to answer but thankfully we are getting closer and closer to season three. A new teaser has dropped online and it does a great job of showing off Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder alongside Timothy Olyphant as Us Marshall Raylan Givens, doing what they do best.
Here’s...
- 11/24/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
FX has renewed its hit series ‘Justified’ for a third season, tvguide.com is reporting. ‘Justified,’ which is based on the popular character Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens from Elmore Leonard’s novels Pronto and Riding the Rap, was met with critical acclaim after it debuted in March 2010. The drama series, which stars Timothy Olyphant as Raylan, had the network’s second-highest series premiere ever. FX President and General Manager John Landgraf has said that ‘Justified,’ which has averaged 3.9 million viewers during its second season, “was a critically acclaimed hit series in its first season, but…has far surpassed our expectations this season.” He added that the show’s creator, Graham Yost, and [...]...
- 3/30/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
FX series "Justified" is a Southern Gothic lawmen's tale that is just getting wound up, thanks to author Elmore Leonard and actor Timothy Olyphant's wonderful chemistry, with Olyphant's low key but intense energy as Raylan Givens, a character created from the mind of Leonard. Leonard featured Raylan in two novels, Pronto (1993) and Riding the Rap (1995) and one novella, Fire in the Hole (Justified's inspiration) and in the story collection, When the Women Come Out to Dance (2002). The series saw a breakout character in the first season with Boyd Crowder (Walt Goggins), Raylan's boyhood friend and now a thorn of sorts, yet the two still have regard for each other. Season two promises more of...
- 1/15/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Chicago – Well into his eighties, the great Elmore Leonard continues to churn out accomplished crime novels at a pace and skill level that shames men one-quarter his age. Time has not slowed one of the best crime writers of the last fifty years in any way and while his latest, “Djibouti,” may not stand as one of his best, it certainly does nothing to sully his amazing reputation.
Leonard’s first short story was published a truly remarkable 59 years ago and the years since then have seen the kind of literary success that allows a writer’s pop culture influence to spread to film and television as well. Novels or short stories adapted for the big screen include “Get Shorty,” “Out of Sight,” “Stick,” “Killshot,” “Rum Punch” (which became “Jackie Brown”), and more. Recently, beloved Leonard character U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens went from fiction in the books “Pronto” and...
Leonard’s first short story was published a truly remarkable 59 years ago and the years since then have seen the kind of literary success that allows a writer’s pop culture influence to spread to film and television as well. Novels or short stories adapted for the big screen include “Get Shorty,” “Out of Sight,” “Stick,” “Killshot,” “Rum Punch” (which became “Jackie Brown”), and more. Recently, beloved Leonard character U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens went from fiction in the books “Pronto” and...
- 10/25/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – In this inaugural edition of the HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Book, we have 5 books up for grabs to the new 288-page book “Djibouti” from New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard. Leonard is the creator of the character “Raylan Givens” on FX’s “Justified” TV show. The season-two premiere of “Justified” returns to FX in 2011.
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The 288-page book “Djibouti” from FX’s “Justified” character creator Elmore Leonard.
Image credit: William Morrow
Fans of FX’s “Justified” know Elmore Leonard as the creator of the character “Raylan Givens”: a U.S. Marshall from Leonard’s novels “Pronto” and “Riding the Rap”. What you may not know is that Leonard’s career spans 60 years,...
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The 288-page book “Djibouti” from FX’s “Justified” character creator Elmore Leonard.
Image credit: William Morrow
Fans of FX’s “Justified” know Elmore Leonard as the creator of the character “Raylan Givens”: a U.S. Marshall from Leonard’s novels “Pronto” and “Riding the Rap”. What you may not know is that Leonard’s career spans 60 years,...
- 10/7/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Writer/director Charles Matthau, son of actor Walter Matthau, will adapt the 1988 crime novel "Freaky Deaky" by author Elmore Leonard.
Matthau will direct from his own script with actor William H. Macy attached to star.
To be set in 1974, premise of "Freaky Deaky" follows a radical 1960's couple who became activists, then 'explosives experts' for hire.
Several of Elmore's books have been adapted to film, including "Hombre" (1967), "Get Shorty" (1995), "Rum Punch" (aka "Jackie Brown") (1997) and "Out of Sight" (1998).
Other Elmore novels turned into films include "Mr. Majestyk" (Charles Bronson), "Valdez Is Coming" (Burt Lancaster), "52 Pick-Up" (Roy Scheider), "Stick" (Burt Reynolds), "The Moonshine War" (Alan Alda), "Last Stand at Saber River" (Tom Selleck), "Gold Coast" (David Caruso), "Glitz" (Jimmy Smits), "Cat Chaser" (Peter Weller), "Touch" (Christopher Walken), "Pronto" (Peter Falk), "Be Cool" (John Travolta) and the Toronto-lensed "Killshot" (Mickey Rourke).
"Freaky Deaky" starts shooting in 2011.
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Matthau will direct from his own script with actor William H. Macy attached to star.
To be set in 1974, premise of "Freaky Deaky" follows a radical 1960's couple who became activists, then 'explosives experts' for hire.
Several of Elmore's books have been adapted to film, including "Hombre" (1967), "Get Shorty" (1995), "Rum Punch" (aka "Jackie Brown") (1997) and "Out of Sight" (1998).
Other Elmore novels turned into films include "Mr. Majestyk" (Charles Bronson), "Valdez Is Coming" (Burt Lancaster), "52 Pick-Up" (Roy Scheider), "Stick" (Burt Reynolds), "The Moonshine War" (Alan Alda), "Last Stand at Saber River" (Tom Selleck), "Gold Coast" (David Caruso), "Glitz" (Jimmy Smits), "Cat Chaser" (Peter Weller), "Touch" (Christopher Walken), "Pronto" (Peter Falk), "Be Cool" (John Travolta) and the Toronto-lensed "Killshot" (Mickey Rourke).
"Freaky Deaky" starts shooting in 2011.
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- 9/16/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Combing through EW’s list of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years, we found the 25 Biggest Badasses and put them in a line-up. Check them out here, then tell us if there’s someone you’d liked to see make the badass cut who is — or isn’t — on that countdown of the greatest characters since 1990. We’ve got Vic Mackey, Alonzo Harris, Tyler Durden, Omar Little, Tony Soprano, Dexter Morgan, John Locke, Don Draper, Captain Jack Sparrow, Jack Bauer, Neo, Sydney Bristow, Sarah Connor, Kara “Starbuck” Thrace, Sue Sylvester, and Amanda Woodward covered (to name a few).
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- 6/10/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
Justified is only seven episodes into its first season, but the ratings are good enough for FX to announce that the critically-acclaimed "modern Western" will get a second season of thirteen more episodes. Justified was the highest-rated series premiere in FX history (just barely surpassing The Shield's 2002 premiere) and is one of the highest-rated new series on all of basic cable. Not bad, considering that its creator and executive producer Graham Yost got his start on what totally should have been one of the highest-rated shows in basic cable history, Nickelodeon's Hey Dude.
We're just a little more than halfway through the first season, so now is as good a time as any to start watching. A new episode airs tonight at 10 pm and the first season will end on June 8th. The series is based on a character created by author Elmore Leonard and featured in his short story...
We're just a little more than halfway through the first season, so now is as good a time as any to start watching. A new episode airs tonight at 10 pm and the first season will end on June 8th. The series is based on a character created by author Elmore Leonard and featured in his short story...
- 5/4/2010
- UGO TV
Last Tuesday, Justified became FX's highest-rated series debut since The Shield. The show follows U.S. Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens (Deadwood's Timothy Olyphant) as he's reassigned to his native Kentucky, home of his remarried ex-wife Winona (Dirty Sexy Money's Natalie Zea), his criminal father Arlo (Raymond J. Barry), his high school crush Ava (Joelle Carter), and the old coal mining buddy-turned-racist church bomber/bank robber he had to put a bullet in last week, Boyd (The Shield's Walton Goggins). Here, a few things we have to look forward to this season. Spoiler Alert: • More Walton Goggins: At...
- 3/23/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
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What would Elmore do?
That's the question Graham Yost (Boomtown) kept asking himself while creating Justified, the new FX drama based on one of Elmore Leonard's characters, Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens.
"It sounds so cliché in Hollywood to say I've always been a big fan of Elmore Leonard, but it's true," Yost tells TVGuide.com. "I always loved his writing, his approach to his characters, the humor, the danger, the tension, the sudden violence. It just all appealed to me. And I liked Raylan Givens."
Givens appears in two of Leonard's books — Pronto and Riding the Rap — and the short story "Fire in the Hole" on which Yost, the series' executive producer, based the pilot. Leonard's work has inspired such big-screen hits as Out of Sight, 3:10 to Yuma and Get Shorty.
The Givens character that Leonard created on...
What would Elmore do?
That's the question Graham Yost (Boomtown) kept asking himself while creating Justified, the new FX drama based on one of Elmore Leonard's characters, Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens.
"It sounds so cliché in Hollywood to say I've always been a big fan of Elmore Leonard, but it's true," Yost tells TVGuide.com. "I always loved his writing, his approach to his characters, the humor, the danger, the tension, the sudden violence. It just all appealed to me. And I liked Raylan Givens."
Givens appears in two of Leonard's books — Pronto and Riding the Rap — and the short story "Fire in the Hole" on which Yost, the series' executive producer, based the pilot. Leonard's work has inspired such big-screen hits as Out of Sight, 3:10 to Yuma and Get Shorty.
The Givens character that Leonard created on...
- 3/16/2010
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide.com - Features
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What would Elmore do?
That's the question Graham Yost (Boomtown) kept asking himself while creating Justified, the new FX drama based on one of Elmore Leonard's characters, Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens.
"It sounds so cliché in Hollywood to say I've always been a big fan of Elmore Leonard, but it's true," Yost tells TVGuide.com. "I always loved his writing, his approach to his characters, the humor, the danger, the tension, the sudden violence. It just all appealed to me. And I liked Raylan Givens."
Givens appears in two of Leonard's books — Pronto and Riding the Rap — and the short story "Fire in the Hole" on which Yost, the series' executive producer, based the pilot. Leonard's work has inspired such big-screen hits as Out of Sight, 3:10 to Yuma and Get Shorty.
The Givens character that Leonard created on...
What would Elmore do?
That's the question Graham Yost (Boomtown) kept asking himself while creating Justified, the new FX drama based on one of Elmore Leonard's characters, Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens.
"It sounds so cliché in Hollywood to say I've always been a big fan of Elmore Leonard, but it's true," Yost tells TVGuide.com. "I always loved his writing, his approach to his characters, the humor, the danger, the tension, the sudden violence. It just all appealed to me. And I liked Raylan Givens."
Givens appears in two of Leonard's books — Pronto and Riding the Rap — and the short story "Fire in the Hole" on which Yost, the series' executive producer, based the pilot. Leonard's work has inspired such big-screen hits as Out of Sight, 3:10 to Yuma and Get Shorty.
The Givens character that Leonard created on...
- 3/16/2010
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Every once in a while, an actor finds a role that fits him so perfectly, the audience is reminded just how rare that is. Deadwood's Timothy Olyphant as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in FX's new drama Justified (premieres tonight, 10 p.m. Est) is one of those performances. Elmore Leonard fans will recognize Givens as the lead character in two of his novels, Pronto and Riding the Rap, and the novella Fire in the Hole, upon which the pilot is based. It finds the Stetson-wearing, some might say trigger-happy lawman reassigned from Miami to his native Kentucky — where...
- 3/16/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
The patriarch of Hollywood's Berg family, Dick Berg, has died after a fall at his home in Los Angeles. He was 87.
A TV and movie writer and producer, Berg died on Tuesday.
Born in New York in 1922, he arrived in Hollywood in the early 1940s and became a dialogue coach for movie cowboy Roy Rogers.
But writing was his first love and many of his early scripts were turned into dramas for the Kraft Television Theatre and Robert Montgomery Presents series in the U.S.
By the late 1950s, Berg was an in-demand writer in Tinseltown and enjoyed careers at leading studios MGM, 20th Century Fox and Universal, where he created detective drama Johnny Staccato starring John Cassavetes.
He moved into TV production in the 1960s at Universal and was the man behind shows like Checkmate and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, which offered aspiring writers the chance to get their original teleplays aired.
By the end of the 1960s, Berg was producing films like House of Cards and Counterpoint and TV movies and mini-series such as Wallenberg,The Martian Chronicles and Elmore Leonard's Pronto.
A former president of the Hollywood Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Berg was presented with the American Film Institute's Charles Fries Producer of the Year Award in 2000.
Berg also succeeded as a father - his sons are A. Scott Berg, who is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author; Jeff, who is chairman of International Creative Management (Icm) talent agency; Tony, a record producer and executive; and Rick, a manager and producer.
A TV and movie writer and producer, Berg died on Tuesday.
Born in New York in 1922, he arrived in Hollywood in the early 1940s and became a dialogue coach for movie cowboy Roy Rogers.
But writing was his first love and many of his early scripts were turned into dramas for the Kraft Television Theatre and Robert Montgomery Presents series in the U.S.
By the late 1950s, Berg was an in-demand writer in Tinseltown and enjoyed careers at leading studios MGM, 20th Century Fox and Universal, where he created detective drama Johnny Staccato starring John Cassavetes.
He moved into TV production in the 1960s at Universal and was the man behind shows like Checkmate and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, which offered aspiring writers the chance to get their original teleplays aired.
By the end of the 1960s, Berg was producing films like House of Cards and Counterpoint and TV movies and mini-series such as Wallenberg,The Martian Chronicles and Elmore Leonard's Pronto.
A former president of the Hollywood Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Berg was presented with the American Film Institute's Charles Fries Producer of the Year Award in 2000.
Berg also succeeded as a father - his sons are A. Scott Berg, who is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author; Jeff, who is chairman of International Creative Management (Icm) talent agency; Tony, a record producer and executive; and Rick, a manager and producer.
- 9/3/2009
- WENN
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