Come on, son! USA orders a Psych movie sequel
It’s been about a year-and-a-half since the fan-favorite crime-solving duo from Psych returned to the small screen for a movie continuation of the long-running series and after discussions of a sequel, USA Network has announced that fans will only have to wait for iiiiiit a little longer as a sequel has been officially greenlit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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The series, created by Steve Franks and starring James Roday (A Million Little Things) as fake psychic Shawn Spencer and Dulé Hill (Suits) as best friend/crime-solving partner Burton “Gus” Guster, debuted in 2006 and ran for eight seasons until 2014, proving to be a ratings and critical hit through its run and amassing a cult following both during its run and following the series finale.
Once the original show wrapped, Franks hoped to continue the story in film form and got to do so with 2017’s Psych: The Movie, which received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences alike and received ratings better than many of the show’s episodes. Franks had planned five more films to follow the first and thanks to its success, USA has greenlit a sequel with all of the characters reprising their roles from the original series and is set to premiere later this year.
The film will follow the original duo alongside Kristen Nelson’s Chief Karen Vick, Maggie Lawson (Lethal Weapon)’s Juliet O’Hara and Corbin Bernsen (The Punisher)’s Henry Spencer as they travel back to hometown Santa Barbara to help find the criminal who shot and almost killed Carlton “Lassie” Lassiter (Timothy Omundson, Supernatural).
But despite their successful history in the town, Shawn and Gus find themselves unwelcome in trying to solve the case with the local police and without the help of their loved ones or their favorite bakeries and could possibly discover things that affect their relationship.
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Franks will return to direct the sequel from a script he co-wrote with Roday and will be produced by Universal Content Productions and Thruline Entertainment, as well as executive produced by Franks, Roday, Hill and Chris Henze.
Following the conclusion of the series, the two leads went on to star in various shows, with Hill having a recurring role in the HBO comedy Ballers alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (Hobbs & Shaw) and the USA legal drama Suits, for which he was promoted to series regular by the eighth season, and Roday recently starring in the ABC drama A Million Little Things, which was just renewed for a second season.
