Everything We Know About the 'Fire Country' Spinoff

CBS has a new franchise on its hands. Land of Fire has been such a success for the network, it's no surprise that it's expanding its world.

It was shortly after the first season that rumors began about a potential spin-off, and in the second, Land of Fire introduced the character who would lead it. Not even a month later, Sheriff's Country has been ordered to series, but when will it be released? Will Morena Baccarin's Mickey Fox appear in Land of Fire even before?

Keep reading for everything we know and check back often as this will be updated as announcements are made.

Will there be a new Land of Fire To show?

Yes! THE Land of Fire The episode featuring Baccarin's Mickey aired on April 2, and less than a month later, on May 2, CBS officially ordered Sheriff's Country to the series.

When Sheriff's Country Air?

The series will be part of the 2025-2026 broadcast season, which means that Land of Fire Season 3 will air (during the 2024-2025 season) before its premiere.

Who will star in Sheriff's Country?

Baccarin will play the role of Sheriff Mickey Fox, as featured in Land of Fire Season 2, Episode 6. She's been in this position for 15 years and knows every corner of Edgewater, including its residents. She is very protective of her city.

“Morena is the perfect complement to our players here, to our team. She fits in so well. There is no drama. Land of Fire Star Kevin Alejandro told TV Insider at the start of season 2. “She comes in ready to work, and it's really cool to see a new type of character on our show.” It's pretty perfect for what we do.

How Land of Fire Setting up the new show?

Early in his introduction, Mickey was revealed to be Sharon Leone's (Diane Farr) ex-half-sister. “I was so excited to get this script,” Farr told us. “They had been developing it for a long time, and when they told me she was going to be my sister, it was so exciting because each layer of family for a character just allows you to see a different side of them. [I thought] Morena is like a gift and would be so exciting. And because she was going to be yet another very strong female, another strong alpha female, I thought it would be really fun if we could see Sharon be a little irritable and whiny and hold grudges. Where can the stomping five-year-old be? So she’s a wonderful scene partner. We have exactly the same way of working. We were both really excited to be there. We spent hours and hours figuring it out. »

Mickey had also already arrested Bode (Max Thieriot, who directed Season 2 Episode 6) and, during the investigation that revealed one of his fellow deputies to be corrupt (and the person who killed the sheriff), had trusted him enough to undo the handcuffs. him and send him into the woods after an escaped inmate.

That Land of Fire The episode also talked a bit about Mickey's daughter, a college freshman who the sheriff tried to raise not to be like Bode, but she ended up in rehab after buying drugs to someone she met online.

What will the spin-off be about?

Sheriff's Country will follow Mickey as she investigates criminal activity as she patrols the streets of the small town of Edgewater while confronting her ex-inmate father and a mysterious incident involving his wayward daughter. It extends to the world of Land of Fire and the town of Edgewater.

Will Morena Baccarin return to Land of Fire in season 3 before Sheriff's Country Firsts?

Yes! Executive producer Tia Napolitano told us after the Season 2 finale that Baccarin would be back next season, adding, “She's part of Edgewater, and we're just expanding the Edgewater universe.” So I think it will feel like coming home when you can finally tune in to Sheriff Country, even though it's 2025.”

She won't be there “full time,” according to Thieriot, “but I'm looking forward to having her at least a few times and integrating her into what's happening in the city, but also into a little more life personal. her lives and her relationships with these other characters we've seen her interact with.

He added: “Before launching Sheriff's Country, I think there's also a lot more to unpack with Mickey. Obviously we tried to tell as much of the story as possible in this episode, but I think it will be fun to introduce different figures from his life in this series to just establish that rapport with the audience and see Mickey and Bode interact together at the exterior [what we saw]. Mickey's Daughter, I think there's a lot of fun things we can play with before that.