As Deadline announced in February, the Blue Bloods Universe was established as the network gave Boston Blue a straight-to-series order. In the new series, from writers Brandon Sonnier & Brandon Margolis, Wahlberg will reprise his role as NYPD Detective Danny Reagan as he takes a position with the Boston PD. Once in Boston, he is paired with Detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.
Sonequa Martin-Green will join Wahlberg in Boston Blue as Detective Peters. Boston native Wahlberg appeared with Martin-Green for the first time last week to promote the series at CBS Fest in Los Angeles.
Hemingway is best known for his work on the critically acclaimed series: Genius: Aretha, The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story, Power, Power Book II: Ghost, Underground, The Wire, and his feature debut Red Tails. He directed the pilot and served as the executive producer on the CBS series, True Lies. On the documentary front, Hemingway will next produce Sugar Daddy, a documentary focusing on the devastating health consequences of sugar overconsumption targeted at Black Americans.
In 2016, Hemingway directed and co-executive produced the FX hit-series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, for which he received an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Limited Series,” a Golden Globe for “Best Miniseries or Television Film,” a BAFTA TV Award for “Best International Programme,” a PGA David L. Wolper Award for “Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television,” a NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special,” and an Emmy nomination in the “Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special” category.
Next on the TV front, he will direct and serve as EP on Ryan Murphy’s All’s Fair for 20th Television and Hulu. Also for 20th and Hulu, Hemingway will direct Hip Hop Cop, a TV series adaptation of Ron Stallworth’s memoir The Gangs of Zion. Most recently, Hemingway served as director and Executive Producer on Mara Brock Akil’s Judy Blume adaptation, Forever, for Netflix. On the feature side, he will direct, co-write, and produce No Right Way, starring Omari Hardwick.
