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MGM+ Casts Titus Welliver and J.K. Simmons in 1980s Hell’s Kitchen Drama 'The Westies'

Filming launches in July in Toronto to depict the gang battling for power in New York’s convention center boom.

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Overview

  • The eight-episode series is co-created by Chris Brancato and Michael Panes and follows an Irish-American crime gang navigating a fragile détente with the Italian mafia in the early 1980s.
  • Titus Welliver stars as Glenn Keenan, a conflicted NYPD officer torn between enforcing the law and protecting his childhood ties to the Westies.
  • J.K. Simmons portrays Eamon Sweeney, the gang’s charismatic but ruthless leader whose ambitions threaten to fracture internal unity.
  • Production is slated to begin in July 2025 in Toronto, with the construction of the Jacob Javitz Convention Center serving as a central narrative backdrop.
  • Welliver’s casting reunites him with his crime drama roots following his roles in the Bosch franchise, an Equalizer spinoff and the Sundance-debuted indie film Ricky.