The ATX Television Festival is getting ready for another thrilling year with programming that will feature both fresh and nostalgic reunions. The festival’s 12th season will run from June 1 to 4 in Austin, Texas this year.
Justified: City Primeval will have its opening night international premiere, the festival revealed Thursday. The eight-part limited series, which is based on the book City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, begins 15 years after U.S. Timothy Olyphant’s Marshal Raylan Givens left the Kentucky hollers in the FX series Justified.
An accidental encounter on a Florida highway sends Givens to Detroit, where he meets violent sociopath Clement Mansell, also known as The Oklahoma Wildman (Boyd Holbrook), and his fearsome defense lawyer. This book expands the Elmore Leonard world and introduces a brand-new cast of characters (Aunjanue Ellis).
A discussion with the cast and crew will take place after the screening of Justified: City Primeval, which airs this summer on FX and streams the next day on Hulu.
A Dawson’s Creek 25th Anniversary Screening and Discussion, presented by Sony Pictures Television Studios, will also be a part of Season 12 of the festival.
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A look back at the enduring teen drama with the show’s creators will follow the opportunity for fans to relive the pilot episode on a huge screen.
With more panelists to be revealed soon, the confirmed panelists now include writers/producers Liz Tigelaar, Rina Mimoun, Gina Fattore, Anna Fricke, and Maggie Friedman. Julie Plec will serve as the moderator.
The festival’s first day will also include a discussion with the actors and creatives of Outlander in honor of World Outlander Day on June 1 and a first peek at the eagerly anticipated seventh season, which comes to Starz on June 16. Soon, confirmed panelists will be revealed.
Everyone Is Doing Fine Season 2 will have its world premiere at the festival, which will be followed by an interview with the cast and creators. For a conversation on the independently produced coming-of-age sitcom, James Lafferty, Stephen Colletti, Alexandra Park, and Cariba Heine will participate.
A discussion with actors and spouses Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen is also being added to the lineup. They will speak one-on-one to each other about their entire TV careers and their relationship as two creatives who have collaborated and worked separately for the past three decades.
In addition, there will be a panel discussion celebrating Cheers’ 30th anniversary during the festival with co-creators James Burrows, Les Charles, and Glen Charles joining John Ratzenberger, Ted Danson, and George Wendt.
For the Season 3 Premiere of the HBO Original Comedy, The Righteous Gemstonescast members John Goodman, Adam Devine, Edi Patterson, and Cassidy Freeman will join creator, writer, executive producer, and actor Danny McBride. More panelists will be revealed soon.
For more details on the festival, see the official website of the ATX Television Festival. You can view our coverage of the festival from the previous year right here.
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