The first trailer for The Westies, a crime drama featuring J.K. Simmons, has been released by MGM+.

      The initial trailer for MGM+’s forthcoming crime drama, The Westies, has been unveiled. Starring J.K. Simmons, the series centers on an Irish crime family navigating a shifting power dynamic in their Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood amid an FBI probe. Take a look at the trailer, poster, and first-look images below…

      Set in the early 1980s, The Westies depicts the construction of the Jacob Javitz Convention Center on the Westies’ home ground in Hell’s Kitchen, which promises a significant financial gain for the Irish-American organized crime group. Although they are significantly outnumbered 50-to-1 by the Five Families of the Italian mafia, the Westies have leveraged their infamous brutality and cleverness to negotiate a fragile peace for sharing the profits. However, rising tensions between the bold younger members and the traditional leadership risk igniting a conflict that could draw the Westies deeper into the FBI’s expanding investigation of the Italian mafia.

      Alongside Simmons, the cast includes Tom Brittney (Greyhound), Titus Welliver (Bosch), Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark), Allen Leech (Downton Abbey), Sarah Bolger (Mayans M.C.), Hamish Allan-Headley (Daredevil: Born Again), and Stanley Morgan (The Serpent Queen).

      The Westies is set to premiere on MGM+ on July 12th.