It’s been over eight years since FX’s Justified wrapped, and it’s about to return with a brand new spinoff miniseries, Justified: Metropolis Primeval. Based on co-showrunner Michael Dinner, one shocking determine is partially chargeable for the revival: Quentin Tarantino.

In an interview with IndieWire, Dinner defined that the unique thought for Justified: Metropolis Primeval was to make a wholly new sequence primarily based on the e book of the identical title by Elmore Leonard. Beforehand, Tarantino had toyed with making his personal adaptation of the story, however opted to tackle Leonard’s Rum Punch as an alternative (which grew to become 1997’s Jackie Brown). When the director was working with Justified star Timothy Olyphant on As soon as Upon a Time… in Hollywood and heard in regards to the potential sequence, although, the 2 began speaking and hatched the thought for it to be a by-product of Justified.

Dinner favored Tarantino and Olyphant’s thought, however wasn’t certain it might be logistically doable. So, when he spoke to FX in regards to the pitch, he put the ball within the community’s court docket. “They mentioned, ‘What are you occupied with doing?’” Dinner instructed IndieWire. “I mentioned, ‘Are you aware of Metropolis Primeval?’ They mentioned, ‘Yeah, Tim pitched that to us a 12 months in the past.’ I mentioned, ‘Nicely, let me pitch it to you as its personal factor, and also you inform me if you wish to do it as its personal factor or as a season of Justified.’” In fact, FX “liked” the pitch, and the present was solidified as a Justified revival.

That marked the top of Tarantino’s contributions to Justified: Metropolis Primeval (it was confirmed that he didn’t direct any episodes, regardless of murmurs that he would). Nevertheless it additionally marked the start of an enormous endeavor for the present’s forged and crew: bringing collectively the worlds of Metropolis Primeval and Justified’s Deputy US Marshall Raylan Givens, who doesn’t seem within the e book. “We have been slightly anxious about it, to inform you the reality,” Dinner mentioned. “[The book] was a sort of crown jewel, and we didn’t wish to do a disservice to it… We catapulted Raylan into this story and let it evolve.”

Justified: Metropolis Primeval will start airing episodes on July 18th, 2023 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on FX, and episodes will develop into out there the following day on Hulu. In our evaluate, Consequence contributor Marcus Shorter referred to as the sequence satisfying, writing: “Showrunners David Andron, Michael Dinner, and plenty of others from the unique Justified crew did the unimaginable — they continued their hit present with out betraying its legacy and, extra importantly, instructed a compelling story that felt crucial for the characters and the viewers.”

As for Tarantino, he’s busy engaged on his closing movie, The Film Critic, which he defined is predicated on “a man who actually lived, however was by no means actually well-known, and he used to jot down film evaluations for a porno rag.” Take a look at our definitive rating of Tarantino’s movies right here.