Titus Welliver Joins “The Westies” Series

“Bosch” star Titus Welliver will play the lead opposite J.K. Simmons in the period crime drama series “The Westies” on the MGM+ service.

Co-created by Chris Brancato and Michael Panes, the series is set in the early 1980s when the construction of the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center in Hell’s Kitchen promises a financial windfall for the eponymous Irish-American organized crime gang.

Outnumbered 50-to-1 by the Five Families of the Italian mafia, the brutality and cunning of the Westies have given them enough leverage to share the spoils through a fragile détente.

However internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership threatens to set a match to this powder keg, and sweep the Westies into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into the Five Families.

Welliver will play Glenn Keenan, a troubled NYPD officer who grew up with the Westies crew – torn between loyalty to the law and love for his wayward son. He will spar with Eamon Sweeney (Simmons), the charismatic but ruthless leader of The Westies.

The eight-episode series begins filming in July in Toronto.

Source: Deadline

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