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J.K. Simmons To Headline ‘The Westies’ MGM+ Series

J.K. Simmons has been tapped as the lead of The Westies, MGM+'s upcoming period crime drama series from showrunner Chris Brancato.

J.K. SimmonsRob Northway EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner J.K. Simmons has been tapped as the lead of The Westies, MGM+ ‘s upcoming period crime drama series from co-creator, executive producer and showrunner Chris Brancato. 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. Simmons will plat Eamon Sweeney, the charismatic but ruthless leader of The Westies, whose old-school charm and neighborhood loyalty mask fierce criminal ambition and calculated brutality.

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