Video: See J.K. Simmons in First Look at New York Crime Series THE WESTIES
The series will premiere on MGM+ on Sunday, July 12th at 9 PM ET/PT.
The first teaser is here for The Westies, MGM+'s New York City-based crime drama led by Academy Award-winner J.K. Simmons. The series will premiere on the streamer Sunday, July 12th at 9 PM ET/PT.
The Westies centers on the infamously violent Irish gang of the same name. It 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 series hails from co-creators and executive producers Chris Brancato and Michael Panes. In addition to Simmons, the cast includes Titus Welliver, Tom Brittney, Stanley Morgan, Sarah Bolger, Jessica Frances Dukes, Hamish Allan-Headly, Vincent Walsh, Allen Leech and Hilary McCormack.
