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Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sonequa Martin-Green Boards CBS' ‘Boston Blue'
CBS has found the second star for its upcoming drama Boston Blue. Sonequa Martin-Green will play a lead role in the Blue Bloods spinoff opposite Donnie Wahlberg, who is reprising his role as Danny Reagan from the long-running series that ended in December 2024. Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery) will play Lena Silver, a Boston police detective who becomes Danny's partner as he moves to a new city. Like Danny, Lena is the eldest child in a prominent law enforcement family. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'Yellowstone'-verse Expands to CBS With 'Marshals' Spinoff on 2025-26 Schedule CBS Execs Unveil New Plans, Talk Grammys Exit and Colbert Negotiations NBCUniversal Cuts Deal to Sell Ads for Versant Spinoff CBS placed a straight-to-series order for Boston Blue in February, calling it a 'universe extension' of Blue Bloods. While it's set in the same world as Blue Bloods, it has a new creative team: Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis (The Blacklist, Alert: Missing Persons Unit) will serve as showrunners and executive produce with Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed of Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Wahlberg. (Bruckheimer's company wasn't involved in the original series.) Boston Blue is one of four first-year dramas on CBS' schedule for 2025-26, along with FBI spinoff CIA, Fire Country offshoot Sheriff Country and Y: Marshals, a Yellowstone spinoff featuring Luke Grimes reprising his role as Kayce Dutton. In addition to Star Trek: Discovery, Martin-Green was a regular on The Walking Dead for several seasons. Her credits also include recurring parts on Once Upon a Time and The Good Wife and the feature film My Dead Friend Zoe. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Sonequa Martin-Green joins cast of 'Blue Bloods' spin off 'Boston Blue'
The 'Star Wars: Discovery' actress Sonequa Martin-Green has joined the cast of ' Boston Blue ' (working title), CBS upcoming spin off of the popular drama series ' Blue Bloods ', reported Variety. The actress will play the role of detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family, who is partnered with detective Danny Reagan played by actor Donnie Wahlberg in the series, as per the outlet. Operation Sindoor Operation Sindoor: Several airports in India closed - check full list Did Pak shoot down Indian jets? What MEA said India foils Pakistan's attack on Jammu airport: What we know so far The news was announced by Wahlberg and Martin-Green themselves at a CBS press briefing in Los Angeles on Wednesday, where the network also unveiled its full 2025-2026 schedule, reported Variety. The actress expressed her gratitude to the makers for casting her in drama 'Boston Blue'. "We love the Reagans. We have all loved the Reagans for so long. And I feel that we'll love the Peters too. I'm super excited for this partnership, and to be back in a CBS family -- and in this family, your family. It means a lot, and I'm grateful for it. I think we're going to have a good time," said Martin-Green as quoted by Variety. As per the outlet, Wahlberg, who is an executive producer on 'Boston Blue,' noted that Martin-Green was "not the first choice -- the only choice" for the role of detective Peters in the series. "One thing about 'Blue Bloods' and how beloved it was is because there are so many law enforcement families in this country. There's not just the Reagans," he continued. "They're in every state, every city, every town, everywhere, and there are other families around that have stories to tell too. Danny's story will continue the Reagan family. You can't have Danny without Reagans -- there'll be connective tissue. But we're also going to get to discover a new family and and carry on the tradition of telling their stories," said Wahlberg as quoted by Variety. Martin-Green gained fame with her role of Michael Burnham in 'Star Trek: Discovery' on Paramount+ (known as CBS All Access when the show began) and Sasha Williams in AMC's 'The Walking Dead.' Her other credits include CBS' 'The Good Wife,' ABC's 'Once Upon a Time,' Fox's 'New Girl' and most recently in the film 'My Dead Friend Zoe.' 'Boston Blue' was greenlit in February following the 2024 cancellation of "Blue Bloods" after 14 seasons. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . And don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
My Dead Friend Zoe Review: Military PTSD Dramedy Elevated by Sonequa Martin-Green
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – My Dead Friend Zoe is a dramedy with a little more drama than comedy that centers on the issues of military servicemembers' struggles with PTSD, and it would risk becoming a drama overwhelmed by its advocacy without the stand-out performance by Sonequa Martin-Green. Co-written and directed by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, who is a US Army combat veteran, My Dead Friend Zoe is inspired by his autobiography, and the film has partnered with national nonprofits to raise awareness about veterans' mental health. The story centers on Martin-Green's character, Merit, a servicemember who returns from the war in Afghanistan with PTSD. Literally haunting her is Natalie Morales's character, Zoe, a fellow servicemember who has died. In addition to reckoning with the circumstances of Zoe's death, Merit must also care for her aging grandfather (Ed Harris) who has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's Disease. Sonequa Martin-Green carries My Dead Friend Zoe. As fans of Star Trek: Discovery know, she has an easy smile that also reveals her character's inner life, which is often filled with contradictions and different levels of emotional depth. Martin-Green delivers a performance honed with some deep psychology and background work that's not on the page, which had to have been developed in her preparation. One scene with her grandfather sees her adopt a military posture out of habit even though she's no longer part of the service, and the small moments of reaction shots reveal a full fleshed-out character. It's masterful work that saves the movie from melodrama. That melodrama risks pushing My Dead Friend Zoe into an 'issue movie,' a film that advocates for an issue rather than unfolding a story organically. This is particularly the case during the third act reveal. The plot's structure hides the circumstances around Zoe's death until the third act, and there are long sections when it feels like the film is being too evasive. What's also true is that the film spins its wheels during the second act because it's biding its time until it can reveal to the audience something all the characters already know. Structurally speaking, this keeps the audience at a distance. The film's direct advocacy occurs most prominently in post-credits scenes and in statistics right before the credits. It is only Martin-Green that keeps the issue from overwhelming the drama, as she anchors the film to the character's journey and lets the story speak for itself. Morales gives a strong supporting performance, but sadly, she's not given much to do aside from deliver some snarky lines and be a sounding board for Martin-Green's character in the movie's tearful conclusion. PTSD and more broadly speaking, mental health advocacy is an important issue, and My Dead Friend Zoe makes for some successful advocacy work. However, it is Sonequa Martin-Green who makes it a good movie and a compelling character drama. Eyewitness News. Everywhere you are. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
