‘This Is Us’ Cast’s Post-Show Plans: What’s Coming Up for Justin Hartley, Milo Ventimiglia and More

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'This Is Us' Cast's Post-Show Plans: What's Coming Up for Justin Hartley, Milo Ventimiglia and More

All good things ... must come to an end — but they also may lead to other good things. This Is Us' final season ends with the Tuesday, May 24, series finale, leaving the award-winning cast open for new projects. Milo Ventimiglia, for one, has already begun other projects, reuniting with Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino on her Amazon series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which his costar Sterling K. Brown also guest-starred on. The actor had a one-night stand with Midge in a funny opening sequence during season 4. Sherman-Palladino called it “the worst” type of role to cast because it’s a brief but memorable part. “For one sequence you need like that handsome, charming, great guy, which is the hardest thing in the world to find,” she told Us Weekly exclusively in February 2022. “And we’re like, ‘We gotta bring in f–king Milo, right? And we always use Milo as [an example], like, ‘You know, like Milo.’ And, and then it’s like, ‘No, wait minute, why don’t we actually try to get Milo?’" The actor was "so handsome and lovely” in his brief role on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel that he'll return for the show's fifth and final season. Justin Hartley, who has played Kevin Pearson on This Is Us, has many projects lined up after the NBC drama wraps. In September 2021, CBS announced that the actor will lead The Never Game, a TV adaptation of Jeffrey Deaver's novel. “I couldn’t be happier that The Never Game is coming to CBS, and that Colter Shaw will be brought to life on screen soon,” the Hunt actor said in a statement. “When I read the book, I was immediately drawn to the character and the story; developing this project with Ken has been a true labor of love. Colter is going to kick some serious ass, and I can’t wait for audiences to meet him." [jwplayer tfJbwWJy-zhNYySv2] Chrissy Metz, for her part, is also excited to continue acting and playing music when the show wraps. While she exclusively told Us Weekly in July 2021 that she never wants to give up acting for good, she's looking forward to finally being able to release her personal new album — especially if it helps others. “I just know from every experience I’ve had — whether it’s a terrible audition, a terrible date, a bad relationship, whatever — people learn and grow from other people’s experiences,” the Golden Globe nominee told Us at the time. “I love this wave that’s happening on Instagram. I literally follow people who make cookies, psychologists and therapists. That’s about all I follow and maybe Lizzo! I’m learning so much from the way that other people are processing their trauma and their issues. We aren’t taught that, and we don’t know how to do it. … I’m like, ‘Wow, the more honest I am, the more growth and healing there can be.’ It’s healing for me." Scroll through the gallery below to see what the cast is planning next: [podcast_block]

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Milo Ventimiglia

The Heroes alum will return to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for season 5 on Prime Video in 2023. Ventimiglia will star in ABC's The Company You Keep, and he'll executive produce the TV project with DiVide Pictures, the production company he runs with Russ Cundiff. The drama follows con-man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who fall for each other despite being on opposite sides of the law.

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Justin Hartley

The soap opera alum will star in and executive produce The Never Game at CBS, working alongside This Is Us executive producer Ken Olin. The series is based on Jeffrey Deaver's bestselling novel. Additionally, Hartley will star in Netflix's film adaptation of the 2017 novel The Noel Diary which follows his role in the streaming platform's comedy Senior Year, released earlier this month.

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Chrissy Metz

In addition to starring in the February 2022 film Stay Awake, the actress will continue to lend her voice to Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny. Metz also plans to focus on her music, release her first album and go on tour. "I would love my music to be in TV shows and film,” she exclusively Us in July. "I could never give up acting. Do I want to just focus on a tour? That would be awesome. That would be ideal. I would love to just go on tour and really have that experience full on."

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Mandy Moore

The actress welcomed her first child, son Gus, with husband Taylor Goldsmith in February 2021, and she's returning to her first love — music. She released her album In Real Life just a couple weeks before the This Is Us series finale and began touring in June. However, the Walk to Remember actress, who is pregnant with her second child, announced she was cancelling the remainder of her summer performances on June 28.

“When we booked these shows, I wasn’t pregnant and although I truly thought I could power through, the way we are traveling (long hours on the bus and not getting proper rest) has caught up, taken its toll, and made it feel too challenging to proceed. I know that I have to put my family and my health (and the health of my baby) first and the best place for me to be right now is at home," the "Candy" singer explained via Instagram. 

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Sterling K. Brown

The Black Panther actor is set to star in the sci-fi flick Biosphere alongside Mark Duplass and satirical comedy Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul, which also stars Regina Hall.

Brown is also set to perform in and executive produce Hulu's Washington Black miniseries, based on the Esi Edugyan novel of the same name. The series, set in the 19th-century, follows George Washington “Wash” Black – an 11-year-old boy on a Barbados sugar plantation who must flee after a shocking death threatens to upend his life. Brown will play the gregarious Medwin Harris, a Black refugee who settled in Nova Scotia. Meeting Wash sends Medwin down a challenging path.

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Lyric Ross

After getting her big break on This Is Us, Ross is heading to Marvel. She'll play a role in the Disney+ series Ironheart alongside Dominique Thorn, who plays the titular hero.

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Chris Sullivan

Following six years of bringing comic relief to the tearjerker drama, Sullivan will join a new ABC comedy, The Son in Law. Sullivan plays the titular character who is desperately trying to get the approval of his fiancée's parents.

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Faithe Herman

The littlest Pearson has a big future after playing Annie. She'll reprise her role as Darla Dudley, the kid-turned-adult superhero in Shazam! Fury of the Gods. She's also set to star in the upcoming thriller Campfire.