MGM+ today released the official trailer for at their new crime drama series The Westies, following New York City’s infamously violent Irish gang of the same name. Premiering July 12 at 9 pm ET on the streaming platform, J.K. Simmons (Invincible, Whiplash) leads the series.
The synopsis for The Westies reads, “The series is set in the early 1980s when the construction of the Jacob Javits Convention Center on the Westies’ home turf in Hell’s Kitchen promises a financial windfall. Despite being outnumbered fifty-to-one by the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, the Westies’ legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a fragile détente. But internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership threatens to set a match to this powder keg, which will sweep the Westies into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into the Italian mafia.”
The ensemble cast also includes Titus Welliver (Bosch, Bosch: Legacy), Tom Brittney (Grantchester, UnREAL), Stanley Morgan (A Thousand Blows, The Serpent Queen), Sarah Bolger (Mayans M.C., Rematch), Jessica Frances Dukes (Earth Abides, Ozark), Hamish Allan-Headly (Mayor of Kingstown, Daredevil: Born Again), Vincent Walsh (Irish Blood, Billy the Kid), Allen Leech (Downton Abbey, The Imitation Game), and Hilary McCormack (Happy Face, Sugar Daddy).
Watch the official trailer for The Westies below.
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