MGM+ has debuted the first teaser trailer for The Westies, the upcoming crime drama which centres on a violent Irish gang in 1980s New York.
Created by Chris Brancato and Michael Panes (Godfather of Harlem), the series sees Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons leading a cast that includes Titus Welliver, Tom Brittney, Stanley Morgan, Sarah Bolger, and Jessica Frances Dukes. Watch the trailer below…
The Westies is a gritty and kinetic crime drama centring 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.
The Westies premieres on July 12th.
