29 May 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nJ.K. Simmons is to star in new MGM+ series ‘The Westies’.<\/p>\n
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J.K. Simmons lands role in new MGM+ series The Westies<\/p>\n
\nThe 70-year-old actor will lead the crime drama – co-created by Chris Brancato and Michael Panes – which is set in the early 1980s when the construction of the Jacob Javitz Convention Center on the Westies\u2019 home turf in Hell\u2019s Kitchen provides the Irish-American organised crime gang with a financial windfall.<\/p>\n
\nDespite being outnumbered 50-to-one by the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, the Westies\u2019 legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a fragile d\u00e9tente. <\/p>\n
\nBut 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\u2019s ever-deepening investigation into the Italian Mafia.<\/p>\n
\nAnnouncing Simmons’ casting, Head of MGM+, Michael Wright said: “J.K. Simmons is one of the finest actors working today.<\/p>\n
\n“His authenticity and intensity bring an invaluable quality to this complex and exhilarating story, and we can\u2019t wait to see him bring this unforgettable character to life.”<\/p>\n
\nSimmons previously won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of merciless jazz instructor Fletcher in Whiplash.’<\/p>\n
\nHi filmography contains multiple acclaimed movies and TV shows, including HBO prison drama ‘Oz’, ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘La La Land’.<\/p>\n
\n‘The Westies’ is Brancato\u2019s third series with MGM+ following the success of his critically acclaimed show ‘Godfather of Harlem’, starring Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, and the crime thriller ‘Hotel Cocaine’.<\/p>\n
\n‘The Westies’ will go into production in Toronto, Canada, in July and will premiere exclusively on MGM+ in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia. <\/p>\n
\nAmazon MGM Studios Distribution will distribute in all other international territories.<\/p>\n
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