“The Blacklist” is getting more animated for its Season 7 finale. Due to the coronavirus-related production shutdown on the New York-filmed thriller, the series has pulled together a hybrid live-action and animated season-ender, which will air at 8 p.m.
Friday, May 15, on NBC. While shooting the season’s 19th episode, titled “The Kazanjian Brothers,” production was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Producers decided “to do something out of the box” to close out the season, adding “graphic novel-style animation” to complement scenes that were already filmed, according to a press release.
Cast members — including James Spader, who plays Raymond “Red” Reddington, and Megan Boone, who portrays Elizabeth Keen — recorded dialogue from their