After surprisingly getting canceled after seven seasons last year, Ray Donovan will be getting a feature-length film at Showtime.
The show’s star Liev Schreiber will return in the title role and Jon Voight and Kerris Dorsey will be reprising their roles.
The film will pick up where Season 7 ended with Mickey (Voight) on the run and Ray (Schreiber) trying to stop him before he causes more trouble. The present-day fallout from the Donovan/Sullivan will be weaved with Ray and Mickey’s origin story from 30 years prior.
“When ‘Ray Donovan’ went off our air after seven great seasons, we heard from so many of its loyal fans that they were not ready to say goodbye to Ray and the wonderfully dysfunctional Donovan clan,” Gary Levine, co-president of Entertainment for Showtime said. “And so, for them, we are delighted that Liev and David are creating a thrilling new chapter of this iconic series.”
Ray Donovan is one of the longest-running Showtime series to date, airing 82 episodes during its seven season run. The show received 10 Emmy nominations during its run, with Hank Azaria winning for best guest actor in a drama for his role as Ed Cochran. Voight won a Golden Globe for best supporting actor in a series.
The script is being co-written by Schreiber and series showrunner David Hollander, with Hollander also directing. Executive producing are Hollander, Schreiber, Mark Gordon, Bryan Zuriff, and Lou Fusaro.
Production is set to start later this year in New York.
