GracelandStars Aaron Tveit and Brandon Jay McLaren Drop Short Film That Sheds Light on Cliffhanger Finale 9 Years Later

Mar. 15, 2025

After nine years off the air, USA’s drama seriesGracelandis back for more!

On Monday, Oct. 28, actorsAaron Tveitand Brandon Jay McLaren announced on social media that a short film the continues the story of the FBI drama show after it was cancelled — on a cliffhanger, no less — following its third season in 2015.

In twoInstagramposts, the pair revealed that a 10-minute short film was dropping that day titled simplyNextland —and longtime fans of the series get a chance to see what happens next.

“What comes next?” Tveit captioned his post, while McLaren simplywrote: “we back back.”

Brandon Jay McLaren and Aaron Tveit in 2013.Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

Each of the actors linked to a website:watchnextland.com, where the 10-minute short can be viewed in addition to YouTube.

The original series, which first premiered in 2013, followed Tveit as rookie FBI agent Mike Warren, who was assigned to work undercover in a Southern California beach house known as “Graceland”. McLaren played Mike’s roommate U.S. Customs Agent Dale “DJ” Jakes. The duo lived with other undercover federal agents from the FBI, CIA and ICE as they solved their cases. The show concluded with DJ cutting off his dreadlocks and running off with $9 million.

In the short film, Mike comes to find his old pal — but DJ tries to escape once again.

The pair finally sit down together and Mike says, “Everyone has been looking for you and it’s not like you’re on some remote island. You’re in f—ing Upland, for f— sake. Not a trace except I found a trace.”

He then asks how he could get away with being hiding because “I f—ed up, like bad and I got a couple days to figure it out…I might have to disappear.”

DJ refuses to offer him a helping hand and tells him, “The s— I got here. You can’t build in a day. He adds, “You know what, I don’t really give a f— about you. Matter of fact, f— you.”

With that, Mike threatens, “I’m the only person that knows I found you for now.” Before leaving, he adds, “All the time we were roommates, I never knew you were a smoker. Think about it.”

“We were all really confident in getting a Season 4,” McLaren told the outlet. “I mean, that’s why I shaved my head in the finale! We kind of got the rug pulled out from under us.”

McLaren and Tveit in ‘Graceland.'.Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

According toBroadway star Tveit, the cast only has fond memories of their time on theGracelandset, so getting the chance to revisit it was an occasion to celebrate.

“We all got along and had so much fun, and thought it was such a cool show that was ahead of its time. To get the chance in any way to revisit it, it’s just been so awesome,” he said.

Tveit added to the outlet that he and McLaren hope that the short film will be enough to spark talks of a revival or reboot of the crime drama — butNextlandstill serves as a gift toGraceland fans.

“This truly is a love letter, so we thought, why not put it out there and see what happens?” Tveit added. “If nothing happens, nothing happens. At least we showed that we did it.”

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Nextlandis available to watch for free onwatchnextland.com, andGracelandseasons 1-3 are currently streaming on Hulu.

source: people.com