Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary!
by Alex Billington
June 21, 2026
Source: YouTube
“These guys – they kill people who asks too many questions.” MGM+ has revealed the full official trailer for a series called The Westies, a new mobster series set in New York City. Set in the 1980s telling the story of the Irish mafia, known as “The Westies” who run the west side of the city, feuding with Italian mafia with many more men. The series features Oscar-winning actor J.K. Simmons in the lead role as mafioso Eamon Sweeney. In 1980s Hell’s Kitchen, the Westies crime gang eyes profits from the Javitz Center construction. Though vastly outnumbered by Italian mafia, their brutality earns them a share. Internal conflict between the brash younger generation & old-school leadership threatens to set a match to this powder keg, which will sweep the Westies into the FBI’s investigation into the Italian mafia. The main cast includes Simmons, Titus Welliver, Jessica Frances Dukes, Tom Brittney, Stanley Morgan, Sarah Bolger, Allen Leech, Hamish Allan-Headly, Vincent Walsh, Hilary McCormack. The third collaboration between screenwriter Chris Brancato and MGM+ after making “Hotel Cocaine” and “The Godfather of Harlem”. Yet another crime series set in NYC to watch following all the various characters caught up in NYC mobster life.
Here’s the two official trailers (+ poster) for MGM+’s series The Westies, direct from YouTube:
The Westies is a gritty, kinetic crime drama centering 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 in NYC promises a financial windfall. Despite being outnumbered fifty-to-one by the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, the Westies’ legendary brutality & 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 is a series co-created and co-written by acclaimed TV writer Chris Brancato (creator of “Narcos”, “Hotel Cocaine”, “Godfather of Harlem”) and actor Michael Panes (writer on “Mission Hill”, “Hotel Cocaine”, “Godfather of Harlem”). Featuring episodes directed by Alan Taylor. It’s produced by Nick Iannelli & Michael Maccarone. Made by MGM+ Studios. Executive produced by Brancato & Panes. MGM+ debuts The Westies series streaming on MGM+ starting July 12th, 2026 this summer. Want to watch this?
