Summary

• Justified: City Primeval season 2 news is still uncertain as FX holds the decision. The creators are ready to come back if given the opportunity.
• The possibility of a second season of Justified: City Primeval leaves room for a potential reunion between Raylan and Winona.
• While the original series finale was acclaimed, Justified: City Primeval season 2 sets up a fitting ending that fans would be excited about.

With Justified: City Primeval wrapped up, viewers are already looking for Justified: City Primeval season 2 news in the hopes the revival can continue. Based on the character created by Elmore Leonard, Justified starred Timothy Olyphant as Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens, a modern cowboy lawman dealing with the criminal element of his hometown of Harlan County, Kentucky. Justified: City Primeval takes Raylan out of Kentucky to deal with an outlaw in Detroit. While the revival was largely a standalone story, it planted seeds for Justified: City Primeval season 2.

Based on another work by Leonard, Justified: City Primeval has Olyphant back as Raylan Givens, who finds himself lured into a case in Detroit while on a trip with his daughter Willa, played by the star's real-life daughter Vivian Olyphant. The case puts him head-to-head with dangerous and reckless outlaw Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook). The show sees Raylan still has the cowboy swagger but also finds the character evolving in some interesting way while setting up some potential future stories that fans will be thrilled about if the Justified: City Primeval season 2 news points to the show's future.

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Justified: City Primeval Season 2 Latest News

Timothy Olyphant Is Open To Season 2

Much like his co-star Walton Goggins who expressed similar sentiments in early 2024, the latest news sees Timothy Olyphant reveal he's open for Justified: City Primeval season 2. The actor played the role of Raylan Givens in the original series and its spinoff, and he recently announced he would be more than happy to return again. While also revealing that no progress is currently being made, Olyphant said "if somebody told me that they wanted to do it, I’d give it the old college try, to try to come up with something good."

Read Olyphant's full comments below:

I have no idea, but if somebody told me that they wanted to do it, I’d give it the old college try, to try to come up with something good. I stay in touch with everybody and we’d get together and say, “We should do something,” but it was hard to find the spark of what that thing was going to be. The book [ City Primeval ] provided the spark, and I remember thinking like, “If we can get the book, we could do a season, we could do a couple,” because once we get everyone back together, the conversation starts.

We also don’t have the pressure of coming back right away every season the way a TV show does. I guess to answer your question, I hope it’s still part of the conversation. I would love it. I know Walton would love to do it. The fact that they let the writers put that sort of cliffhanger at the end of this, I assume that means they’re interested, but I don’t know. We probably spent way too much money.

Justified: City Primeval concluded in August 2023.

Justified: City Primeval Season 2 Is Not Confirmed

No Word Yet On The Show's Future

Justified: City Primeval season 2 is not confirmed at this point. Justified: City Primeval was initially presented as a limited series, but many of those involved have hinted at the possibility of more to come. When it comes to Timothy Olyphant's Justified return, the actor coyly suggested that he'd "show up" if they decided to continue Raylan's story.

Justified: City Primeval Season 2 Cast

Olyphant & Goggins Want To Return

The Justified: City Primeval season 2 cast is unknown, but it is guaranteed that any continuation of the show would see Timothy Olyphant return as Raylan Givens. It also seems likely that a second season will see Olyphant's real-life daughter Vivian Olyphant return as Raylan's daughter Willa. However, it is less likely any other members of the Justified: City Primeval cast would return for the next story.

The biggest return that was teased in season 1 was Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder, Raylan's main antagonist and former coal mining friend in the original series. Natalie Zea also returned as Raylan's ex-wife Winona, hinting at more between them. Other supporting characters who pop up in the Justified: City Primeval finale include Matt Craven as Dan Grant, Raylan's boss in Miami, and David Koechner as fellow Miami marshal Greg Sutter.

Characters who could return in season 2 include:

Justified: City Primeval Season 2 Story

Will Raylan Come Out Of Retirement?

the ending of Justified: City Primeval suggests Raylan's retirement will be short-lived as Boyd Crowder is seen escaping from prison.

There have been no details on the Justified: City Primeval season 2 story, but there are a lot of possible directions it could take. The Justified: City Primeval finale reunion between Raylan and Winona suggests a future between them worth exploring. Raylan and Winona's on-again-off-again relationship was largely due to Raylan's dangerous job and his leaving it behind finally suggests a possible reunion.

However, the ending of Justified: City Primeval suggests Raylan's retirement will be short-lived as Boyd Crowder is seen escaping from prison. Though Justified's finale ended things amicably, there is no doubt Raylan would go after Boyd learning that he had escaped. The most likely plot would revolve around Boyd discovering that Ava, his former fiancé who betrayed him, is not only alive but hiding the son Boyd didn't know about.