Donnie Wahlberg hinted that the Blue Bloods spinoff, Boston Blue, is all about beginning contemporary.
Wahlberg, 55, took to Instagram on Tuesday, July 8, to share a photograph from the spinoff's first desk learn, which he captioned, “A brand new chapter 💙.” The actor, who performs Danny, tagged his costar Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced because the forged prepares to lastly begin filming the extremely anticipated collection.
In accordance with Wahlberg's photograph of the pilot script, the episode is written by Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis and directed by Anthony Hemingway, all of whom weren't beforehand a part of the Blue Bloods franchise.
Blue Bloods discovered a robust fanbase when it premiered on CBS in 2010. After a 14-season run, viewers weren't able to say goodbye to New York Police Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) and his youngsters: Danny (Wahlberg), Erin (Bridget Moynahan) and Jamie (Will Estes).
CBS, nonetheless, had completely different plans when hypothesis began that Blue Bloods might finish amid the forged and producers agreeing to take a 25 % pay minimize. Wahlberg completely informed Us Weekly in April 2023 that he hoped to see Blue Bloods obtain the identical degree of success as Regulation & Order: Particular Victims Unit.
“I imply, Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay have been going for gosh, so a few years, and we hope to final so long as they've,” he shared on the time. “One of many issues I've finished is I attempt to simply keep very current in every episode and take every script that comes my means and say, ‘OK, what's gonna occur now? You understand, what am I doing this week?' And type of discover the journey in that specific episode and never get caught up in what's gonna occur subsequent 12 months, what's gonna occur in two years.”
Wahlberg famous that he wasn't against the thought of a Blue Bloods spinoff, joking, “Danny and Erin turn into personal investigators and transfer to Hawaii, however that was too near [Selleck's iconic 1980s series] Magnum, P.I., so we didn't need to do this one.”
After Blue Bloods got here to an finish in December 2024, Wahlberg scored a continuation with CBS' Boston Blue. The present was ordered straight to collection and can broaden the Blue Bloods universe as Danny “takes on a place” with the Boston P.D.
“So excited to hold on the custom, to share so many surprises, to reply some unanswered questions and to welcome all of you — to #BostonBlue!” Wahlberg wrote by way of Instagram in March. “The subsequent chapter within the #BlueBloods legacy begins. I can't wait. See you CBS fall! 💙❤️🫡🙏🏼.”
Boston Blue additionally stars Marcus Scribner, Gloria Reuben, Ernie Hudson and Maggie Lawson. As for doable Blue Bloods cameos, Wahlberg lately weighed in on doable crossovers, telling Fox Information Digital in June, “The viewers are saying, ‘How can we hold going with a Blue Bloods spinoff with out the entire household?' And I share that. How can we do this, proper?”
Wahlberg hinted that there have been conversations about navigating how you can introduce Boston Blue whereas nonetheless honoring the Blue Bloods legacy.
“Now, it's simply Danny going to this new world, however I can't say loads about it — however I might say, if he's a Reagan, it should by no means be simply Danny,” he added. “There'll all the time be a Reagan a cellphone name away And the traditions that the Reagans have, Danny wouldn't abandon these traditions.”
