Fans were a little shocked when Showtime cancelled their long-running series Ray Donovan after seven seasons last year. The series starred Liev Schreiber as Donovan, a professional fixer who arranged bribes, payoffs, threats, and other illegal activities for the benefit of his powerful clients. Nearly a year later, Showtime announced that Ray Donovan would be wrapping up its story with a new movie and you can check out the first trailer above.
“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,” Showtime’s President of Entertainment Gary Levine said when the Ray Donovan movie was first announced. “And so, for them, we are delighted that Liev and David are creating a thrilling new chapter of this iconic series.” As you can tell from the Ray Donovan movie trailer, the story will find past and present colliding as it weaves the present-day story with Ray (Liev Schreiber) and Mickey’s (Jon Voight) origin story from thirty years ago. Gary Levine has promised that the project will give fans a proper ending. “We did hear from fans, and we are nothing if not responsive to our audience,” Levine said. “I think this Ray Donovan two-hour movie will go a long way to making that landing more graceful.“
The official synopsis for Ray Donovan: The Movie:
Ray Donovan: The Movie picks up where season seven left off, with Mickey in the wind and Ray determined to find and stop him before he can cause any more carnage. The film also weaves together the present-day fallout from the Donovan/Sullivan feud with Ray and Mickey’s origin story from 30 years ago.
Ray Donovan: The Movie will debut on Showtime on January 14, 2022.