The Westies: MGM+ has a must-watch with J.K. Simmons in 80’s New York City
If it’s New York City - I am tapping in. So give me a solid cast starring J.K. Simmons showing out with MGM+’s upcoming ‘The Westies’ series? I am hooked.
It’s 1980’s gritty Big Apple with some crime drama sprinkled in. Peep the deets and lock in July 12.
he Westies is a gritty and kinetic crime drama centering on New York City’s infamously violent Irish gang of the same name. 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.
Starring | J.K. Simmons, Titus Welliver, Tom Brittney, Stanley Morgan, Sarah Bolger, Jessica Frances Dukes, Hamish Allan-Headly, Vincent Walsh, Allen Leech and Hilary McCormack
Co-Creators and Executive Producers | Chris Brancato and Michael Panes
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