Justified Team Reunite at FX for Elmore Leonard Project; Could Timothy Olyphant Return?

Just when I finished a rant about the glut of revivals and reboots, news of Justified returning—or its creative forces, anyway—in some form has me eating my hat. According to Variety, FX is developing a series based on Elmore Leonard’d novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit. The project will reunite the original Justified team:

Justified creator Graham Yost will serve as executive producer, with Justified writers and executive producers Michael Dinner and Dave Andron onboard to co-write, executive produce, and serve as co-showrunners. Dinner will also direct. Chris Provenzano, Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly of Timberman-Beverly, VJ Boyd, and Taylor Elmore will all return as executive producers. Peter Leonard of the Elmore Leonard Estate will executive produce in association with MGM. Walter Mosely will serve as a consulting producer, as will Ingrid Escajeda. Eisa Davis will produce. Sony Pictures Television will serve as the studio, as they did on Justified.

Though the series is in its very earliest stages, there are already rumors that Timothy Olyphant could make a return as the iconic U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, although in what capacity (as a lead or a secondary role) is unclear. (Look, if he could play a third marshal character in The Mandalorian, anything is possible; it’s not Kentucky, but we’ll take it).