FX has officially ordered a 13 episode second season of "Justified," according to Variety. The new season is expected to begin in 2011.
"Justified" was created by screenwriter Graham Yost and is based upon the novels "Pronto," "Riding The Rap" and the short story, "Fire In The Hole" by pulp writer, Elmore Leonard.
Timothy Olyphant leads the series as Raylan Givens, a Deputy U.S. Marshal who is sent back to his hometown in Kentucky following a shooting in Miami. Olyphant has previously appeared in "Deadwood," "Scream 2," "Catch and Release," "Damages," "Hitman" and "Live Free or Die Hard."
"I'm thrilled and looking forward to chronicling the future adventures of Raylan Givens," said Yost. "The viewer response to 'Justified' has been as enthusiastic as ours was when we first heard the pitch," added Jamie Erlicht, the President of programming for Sony Pictures TV. "Graham Yost, Tim Olyphant, Elmore Leonard and their talented partners have crafted a uniquely ambitious and entertaining series, which is everything we aspired to when we developed the show."
The rest of the cast includes Nick Searcy, Erica Tazel, Jacob Pitts, Joelle Carter, Natalie Zea, Doug E. Doug and "The Shield" veteran, Walton Goggins as Givens' rival, Boyd Crowder.
