Gail Bean and Isaiah John lead the music-centric series set in 1990s Los Angeles
The untitled Snowfall spinoff has a name. FX has revealed that the series starring Snowfall alumni Gail Bean and Isaiah John will be called The Drop: A Snowfall Saga, with a premiere set for later this year on FX and Hulu and on Disney+ internationally.
Bean and John are joined by Asante Blackk, Peyton Alex Smith and Simmie “Buddy” Sims III as series regulars, with Mykelti Williamson, Nicki Micheaux, Brandon Mychal Smith, Isidora Goreshter, Eric Balfour, Richard Portnow, Zaire Adams, Demetrius Grosse and Snowfall returnee Quincy Chad also starring.
The series picks up shortly after the conclusion of the original show, which ended its six-season run with a bleak finale for Damson Idris’ Franklin Saint. Having lost his $73 million fortune, his wife and their unborn child following the death of Teddy McDonald at the hands of his own mother, Franklin’s final scenes saw him homeless and wandering the streets of Los Angeles.
The Drop moves the story forward but shifts its focus. Set in 1990s Los Angeles, the new series follows Wanda (Bean) and Leon (John) as they fight to take West Coast rap mainstream while gang wars erupt around them and record labels move to exploit hip hop culture for their own gain. It is a story rooted in the same world as Snowfall but driven by a distinctly new energy, trading the crack epidemic at the heart of the original for the rise of a cultural movement that would reshape American music.
The spinoff was first put into development in 2023 as Snowfall wound down, and was picked up to series in November 2025. It is executive produced by Malcolm Spellman, Dave Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Julie DeJoie, Michael London, Trevor Engelson and Paul Garnes, and produced by FX Productions.