CBS has discovered the second star for its upcoming drama Boston Blue.
Sonequa Martin-Green will play a lead position in the Blue Bloods spinoff reverse Donnie Wahlberg, who’s reprising his position as Danny Reagan from the long-running sequence that ended in December 2024. Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery) will play Lena Peters, a Boston police detective who turns into Danny’s companion as he strikes to a brand new metropolis. Like Danny, Lena is the eldest youngster in a distinguished legislation enforcement household.
CBS positioned a straight-to-series order for Boston Blue in February, calling it a “universe extension” of Blue Bloods. While it’s set in the identical world as Blue Bloods, it has a brand new artistic crew: Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis (The Blacklist, Alert: Missing Persons Unit) will function showrunners and government produce with Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed of Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Wahlberg. (Bruckheimer’s firm wasn’t concerned in the unique sequence.)
Boston Blue is one in all 4 first-year dramas on CBS’ schedule for 2025-26, together with FBI spinoff CIA, Fire Country offshoot Sheriff Country and Y: Marshals, a Yellowstone spinoff that includes Luke Grimes reprising his position as Kayce Dutton.
In addition to Star Trek: Discovery, Martin-Green was a daily on The Walking Dead for a number of seasons. Her credit additionally embody recurring components on Once Upon a Time and The Good Wife and the characteristic movie My Dead Friend Zoe.
