Ray Donovan will be adapted for Showtime for a film starring Liev Schreiber … after the program’s abrupt cancellation last year
Ray Donovan will be adapted for a Showtime film after the program was canceled last year.
Liev Schreiber, 53, will reprise his lead role in the film, according to Variety, and will write the script alongside director David Hollander, 52.
Jon Voight, 82, and Kerris Dorsey, 23, are also scheduled to return to the film, which is scheduled to start on the plot where the series’ seventh season ended.
The most recent: Ray Donovan will be adapted for a Showtime film after the program was canceled last year. Liev Schreiber, 53, will repeat his title role in the film and will write the script alongside director David Hollander
“When Ray Donovan went off the air after seven great seasons, we heard from many of his loyal fans that they were not ready to say goodbye to Ray and the wonderfully dysfunctional Donovan clan,” Showtime executive Gary Levine told the channel. ‘And so, for them, we are delighted that Leo and David are creating an exciting new chapter in this iconic series.’
Production is scheduled to begin in New York on an undetermined date.
When the program’s cancellation was announced in February 2020, Schreiber promised ‘there will be more’ of the character in an Instagram post.
‘It’s hard to describe how amazing it is for us in the Ray Donovan family who have been fortunate enough to experience the overwhelming love and support that you have all expressed through our program since the news that Ray was not coming back was released,’ he said at the time. “What’s even more incredible is that it looks like your voices have been heard.”
Details: the film is set to start with the story where the seventh season of the show ended
When the program’s cancellation was announced in February 2020, Schreiber vowed ‘there will be more’ of the character in an Instagram post
“Too early to say how or when, but with a little luck and your continued support, there will be more Ray Donovan.”
The show aired for 82 episodes from 2013-2020 over seven seasons on Showtime. He received Emmy nods to Schreiber and Voight, with Voight winning a Golden Globe in 2015, while Hank Azaria won an Emmy in 2016 for his work on the program as a guest star.
The show also featured regulars, including Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok and Pooch Hall, and plot arcs for notable names like Donald Faison, Lisa Bonet, Alan Alda and Ryan Dorsey.