Particulars are trickling in about CBS’s extremely anticipated Blue Bloods spinoff.
Earlier this yr, the community confirmed that it was shifting ahead with a brand new present targeted on Donnie Wahlberg’s Danny Reagan character. The sequence will observe the NYPD detective as he takes a brand new job in Boston. It would premiere this fall, airing in Blue Bloods’ outdated Friday at 10 p.m. timeslot.
Maggie Lawson, Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced, and Ernie Hudson be a part of ‘Boston Blue’ solid
After all, Danny’s transfer to Boston means he’ll be getting a brand new accomplice. Star Trek: Discovery alum Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced will play Boston PD officer Lena Silver. Like Danny, she comes from a outstanding legislation enforcement household.
Additionally becoming a member of the solid ifs Psych‘s Maggie Lawson. She performs Sarah Silver, Lena’s stepsister and a Boston PD superintendent. Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson performs Reverend Peters, the patriarch of the blended Peters household, which additionally contains Boston DA Mae Silver and rookie patrol cop Isaac Silver, in response to Deadline.
Whereas the brand new present is ready in Boston, filming will reportedly happen in Toronto.
Donnie Wahlberg says ‘Boston Blue’ is an ‘unimaginable alternative’
Final month, Wahlberg teased the brand new present throughout an interview with Extra, saying that he hopes it can enchantment to loyal Blue Bloods followers who’ve been lacking the present because it wrapped its 14-season run in late 2024.
“I believe it’s an unimaginable alternative,” the New Youngsters on the Block member mentioned. “I really like the Reagan household. Viewers love the Reagan household. And it went away. And right here’s a chance to convey it again, to hold on these traditions … I believe the viewers will get what we’re doing once they see the present.”
Martin-Inexperienced mentioned she was thrilled to be working with Wahlberg on the brand new sequence.
“Hear, he and everybody there at Blue Bloods, in entrance of and behind the digital camera, they constructed one thing that lasts,” she mentioned. “Not solely has it already lasted, I believe it’s going to proceed to final. And that’s as a result of I believe household was on the heart of it … it’s an enormous deal to return into this legacy.”
“I believe it’s going to offer one thing that folks want,” she added. “I believe it’s going to be optimism and hope and household. And I believe it’s going to be good for folks. I actually do.”
May a few of Danny’s nearest and dearest make the drive as much as Boston to go to their relative? Wahlberg performed coy when requested if some other Blue Bloods stars will seem on Boston Blue, on which he’s additionally an government producer. However he did say that there can be “updates” on what’s occurred to the Reagan household for the reason that Blue Bloods sequence finale.
“I do know what the followers need,” he added. “And I can’t allow them to down.”
Boston Blue premieres in fall 2025 on CBS.
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