1 of 3 | J.K. Simmons stars in the new MGM+ series "The Westies." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
June 17 (UPI) -- MGM+ is gearing up for the release of the new series The Westies.
The streaming service shared a trailer for the show Wednesday featuring J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man, The Closer) as Eamon Sweeney, a member of the Irish gang known as the Westies.
The Westies explores the 1980s conflicts between New York's Irish and Italian gangs, which came to a head with the construction of the Jacob Javits Convention Center on the Westies' home turf of Hell's Kitchen.
"Despite being outnumbered fifty-to-one by the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, the Westies' legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a 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," an official synopsis reads.
