What Tom Selleck has said about career post-Blue Bloods as upcoming project receives crucial update

Earlier this year, it was revealed that just a few months after the conclusion of Blue Bloods, the actor was already back at work and knee-deep in the development of a new addition to the popular Jesse Stone franchise.

Per IMDb, Tom’s latest endeavor is currently listed as an “Untitled Jesse Stone Project,” with no timeline set and the status listed as “In Development.” The original Jesse Stone novel’s authors Michael Brandman and Robert B. Parker are listed as writers, with Michael and Tom down as executive producers.

This will be the tenth release in the franchise, with the first eight commissioned by CBS (the first released in 2005, Jesse Stone: Stone Cold), and the most recent, 2015’s Lost in Paradise, airing on Hallmark. This will have been the longest wait between Jesse Stone films since the three-year gap between Lost in Paradise and 2012’s Benefit of the Doubt.

While no new official updates have been released, the project’s IMDb page reflects a potential new shift in the tenth Jesse Stone’s trajectory.

Originally marketed as a film, the project is now listed as a “TV Series.” Though that could pertain to it being another made-for-TV movie, it likely indicates that the project might find a new medium, a first for the franchise.

Tom has indicated on several occasions he’s very interested in returning to Paradise, Massachusetts to assume the titular police chief’s role once again. He previously told TVInsider: “It looks like now I might have to write [a script for another movie.]. It wouldn’t be a final one because everybody loves it.” 

“Jesse is a great character, and it would be fascinating to find out where he is quite a few years later. But I need to regroup; I don’t know what’s next, but assuming the phone doesn’t stop ringing, I’m going to keep working.”

He similarly also told Parade: “I wouldn’t say [offers] are pouring in, but maybe some people are thinking of me,” even adding that he was interested in working with Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan. “A good Western’s always on my list. I miss that; I want to sit on a horse again.”

In his own new interview with Parade, Donnie Wahlberg indicated that there is a chance that Tom, and any of his other Blue Bloods co-stars, could appear in the show’s upcoming spin-off, Boston Blue, centering around Danny Reagan.

“New York and Boston are really close,” Donnie hinted, emphasizing how “important” the original show is to him and to its fanbase. “They’re not that far apart.”