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The story of Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager who hid in a cramped attic with her family during the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam, is widely known, and amid the atrocities of the Holocaust, Anne’s diary presents a story of resilience and unrealized dreams. Nat Geo’s new limited series “A Small Light” isn’t Anne’s story, though the precocious teen’s legacy is embedded throughout. The brainchild of former “Grey’s Anatomy” showrunners Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, the series is a tale of resistance, activism and humanity. The narrative centers on one tenacious young woman, Miep Gies, Otto Frank’s secretary, who risked everything to save the Frank family, and countless others.

Beautifully shot by Phelan, Susanna Fogel and Leslie Hope, with a slight sepia tone to ground the audience in the time period, the series opens on July 6, 1942, when the Frank family goes into hiding. Miep (Bel Powley...

Filmmaker Drake Doremus is making himself a specialist in love-hate relationships, a kind of cinema couples therapist in such films as Like Crazy, Breathe In, Equals, and Newness. With his latest film — Endings, Beginnings — Doremus breaks from the couples path to home in on one character. Her name is Daphne, and she’s drifting into her thirties in Los Angeles (the ultimate place to drift) while having a love-hate relationship with herself. Don’t yawn. As played with banked fire by a terrific Shailene Woodley, Daphne earns our rooting interest.

This isn’t a love triangle romance. Daphne (Shailene Woodley) hates feeling like the star of The Bachelorette upon learning the two men she sparks connections with at a party (Jamie Dornan’s Jack and Sebastian Stan’s Frank) are best friends. If she could, she’d walk away from both since this period of her life was supposed to revolve around a self-prescribed six-month sabbatical from all vices: alcohol and men alike. That’s not who she is, though. She’s never dealt with being alone well and this decision to jump into their respective beds without thinking so soon after breaking off her long-term relationship with Matthew Gray Gubler’s Adrian proves as much. The result should therefore be more complex and personal than a love triangle. It’s about distraction from self-loathing instead.

Because director Drake Doremus and co-writer Jardine Libaire have something worthwhile in this notion,...

Love can be complicated — something Shailene Woodley seems to learn in her upcoming romantic drama, Endings, Beginnings.

The film’s first trailer dropped on Wednesday, opening up with Woodley’s idealistic character, Daphne, trying to recover from a recent break-up.

“I really thought that he was gonna be the one,” she says to her friend Ingrid (Kyra Sedgwick).

As Daphne begins to cope with her heartbreak and tries to get her life back on track, she is sucked into an unexpected love triangle when she is reunited with her friend Jack (Jamie Dornan), who later introduces her to his longtime pal Frank (Sebastian Stan).

One,...

Director Drake Doremus returns to a familiar milieu — the romantic drama — for his newest feature, “Endings, Beginnings,” which stars Shailene Woodley as a woman attempting to get her life on track, who gets caught in a love triangle with a bad boy (Sebastian Stan) and his more erudite best friend (Jamie Dornan).

Co-scripted with novelist Jardine Libaire, the semi-improvised film is produced by Cj Entertainment, the Korean entertainment powerhouse behind Bong Joon Ho’s multiple Oscar-winning “Parasite.”

Acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films after its 2019 Toronto premiere, it will be released it on May 1, 2020. The distributor has released a first official trailer for the film.

The official synopsis for “Endings, Beginnings” reads: “In present day Los Angeles, Daphne (Woodley), a thirty-something woman, navigates love and heartbreak over the course of one year. Daphne becomes intertwined with friends Jack (Dornan) and Frank (Stan) after meeting them at a party. During that time,...

Early in Drake Doremus’ “Endings, Beginnings,” leading lady Daphne (Shailene Woodley) makes a comment to a potential paramour about feeling as if she’s being called to do things a twenty-something might do, like travel the world or join up with the Peace Corps, youthful diversions that a thirty-something like her has no business dabbling in anymore. But it’s all the other things that Daphne spends the film dabbling in — from living in her put-together sister’s guest house or looking for a job when she has no definable skills or even, as is often the crux of a Doremus feature, engaging in dangerous and immature relationships with unsuitable partners — that make it clear which parts of her are stuck in a life she should have stopped living a decade ago.

But is that ever going to change? Doremus’ films, from the sublime “Like Crazy” and “Breathe” to the ridiculous “Newness” and “Zoe,...

Haven alum Emily Rose will be seeing dead people, in her role on ABC’s drama pilot from Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry.

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The as-yet-untitled project stars Reba McEntire as Ruby Adair, a small-town Kentucky sheriff whose “red state outlook” is challenged when a young FBI agent of Middle Eastern descent is sent to help her solve a horrific crime. Together they form an uneasy alliance as Ruby takes the agent behind the lace curtains of this Southern gothic community to meet an assortment of bizarre characters,...

Hell On Wheels alum Ben Esler and Natalie Hall (Star-Crossed) have been cast opposite Reba McEntire and Amanda Detmer in ABC's Marc Cherry southern drama pilot. The untitled drama stars Reba McEntire as Ruby Adair, the sheriff of colorful small town Oxblood, Ky, who finds her red state outlook challenged when a young FBI agent of Middle Eastern descent is sent to help her solve a horrific crime. Esler, repped by Industry Entertainment, will play Hollis, a shy, sweet and…...

Graceland alum Brandon Jay McLaren and Australian actor Ben Esler (Hell On Wheels) have been cast as series regulars on ABC's murder trial drama pilot The Jury, from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Written by VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli and executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, The Jury examines "the ultimate social experiment" that happens thousands of times a day in the U.S.: A person's fate is placed in the hands of 12 strangers. The series follows a single murder trial a…...

Network: AMC

Episodes: 57 (hour)

Seasons: Five

TV show dates: November 6, 2011 -- Summer 2016

Series status: Ending

Performers include: Anson Mount, Common, Dominique McElligott, Eddie Spears, Tom Noonan, Ben Esler, Phil Burke, Colm Meaney, and Christopher Heyerdahl.

TV show description:

This contemporary Western follows a former Confederate soldier named Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount). Following the rape and murder of his wife at the hands of Union soldiers, Cullen sets out to exact revenge on them. His journey takes him west to the mobile town called "Hell on Wheels," a dangerous, raucous, and lawless melting pot. It travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time. Cullen is ultimately torn between the cycle of revenge he has unleashed over his wife’s death and his tiring of this violence.

"Blood will be spilled. Lives will be lost. Men will be ruined " - Yet Again. AMC will give Hell on Wheels a fourth season, renewing the western TV series starring Anson Mount and adding 14 more episodes, reports Variety. The show from Endemol and Entertainment One is created by Joe Gayton and Tony Gayton, and also includes Colm Meaney, Common, Phil Burke, Ben Esler, Robin McLeavy and Christopher Heyerdahl, among others. John Wirth, known for Falling Skies and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, serves as executive producer and showrunner. AMC president Charlie Collier said “John Wirth and his team on both sides of the camera delivered a remarkable third season and ‘Hell on Wheels’ fans responded. AMC has served passionate Western fans for three decades, so it is particularly gratifying to see...

The death of Sean (Ben Esler) reverberates in this week’s episode of Hell on Wheels as Ruth (Kasha Kropinski), feeling as though she failed him, decides she wants to leave town. Cullen (Anson Mount), however, doesn’t want her to go. Watch our sneak peek below and try not to ship them. Then, watch another clip teasing the return of the Mormon father whose son Cullen hanged in the season premiere. Bohannon has bigger problems than whether Ruth gets on that train: “All the guns in the world will not protect Cullen Bohannon.”

Hell on Wheels airs Saturday at 9 p.

Hell on Wheels, Season 3, Episode 8, “It Happened in Boston”

Written by Mark Richard

Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez

Airs Saturdays at 9pm (Et) on AMC

“It Happened in Boston” picks up directly where last week’s Hell on Wheels ended, with Elam (Common) returning from burning the cholera victims to find that Eva (Robin McLeavy) has given away their baby. This moment from last week is one of the episode’s biggest issues. How could a mother, even one as conflicted as Eva, just hand over her child? True, a place like the Hell on Wheels camp isn’t the best place to raise a child, but something about the decision just doesn’t ring true to the character, especially after the kidnapping left her so devastated. Elam’s reaction, falling into the bottom of a bottle and kicking Eva out, is understandable. He’ll never get Rose back, but even more painful for him,...

We thought Mickey (Phil Burke) made it clear he was through with his brother Sean (Ben Esler) last week after he helped him dispose of the senator Durant (Colm Meaney) shot. But Sean is back again asking for help in Saturday’s episode of Hell on Wheels because Sen. Metcalf’s absence has raised questions and Durant, as we know, has no problem pointing a finger elsewhere. Watch a sneak peek below.

Hell on Wheels airs Saturday at 9 p.m. Et on AMC.

Hell on Wheels, Season 3, Episode 5, “Searchers”

Written by Bruce Marshall Romans

Directed by Neil Labute

Airs Saturdays at 9pm (Et) on AMC

With the exception of last week’s episode, Hell on Wheels has been the best it’s ever been and “Searchers” might just be the season’s greatest episode. Directed by Neil Labute, the highly emotional episode notches up the usual tension, fear, urgency, and sadness to an almost unbearable level.

Season three’s greatest accomplishment, so far, has been its further exploration of characters who until recently were almost always relegated to the background. We already know that Cullen (Anson Mount) is a complex character but Elam’s fierce, single minded approach to finding his daughter is perfectly played by Common.

Eva (Robin McLeavy) has been a fascinating character this season. Her guilt and fear, as well as her belief that she is cursed, lead to the...

Sneak Peek new footage and images from AMC's western series "Hell On Wheels", premiering a third season of 10 one-hour episodes starting August 10, 2013 with a 2-hour season premiere.

New episode titles include "Big Bad Wolf" and "Eminent Domain" both airing August 10, 2013, followed by "Range War"(August 17), "The Game" (August 24), "Searchers" (August 31) and "One Less Mule" (September 7).

Season 3 regular cast includes Anson Mount as 'Cullen Bohannon', Common as 'Elam Ferguson', Colm Meaney as 'Doc Durant', Ben Esler as 'Sean McGinnes', Phil Burke as 'Mickey McGinnes', Eddie Spears as 'Joseph Black Moon', Robin McLeavy as 'Eva', Kasha Kropinski as 'Ruth',  Dohn Norwood as 'Psalms' and Jennifer Ferrin as 'Louise Ellison'.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Hell On Wheels: Season 3"...

The AMC Western Hell on Wheels returns Aug. 10 with a two-hour premiere that picks up in the winter of 1867. We find former confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) readying to assume control of the Union Pacific Railroad, emancipated slave Elam Ferguson (Common) wondering whether wearing a badge will be too dangerous for a new family man, and railroad impresario Thomas “Doc” Durant (Colm Meaney) scheming to get out of jail and back into business. Here are 10 things you can look forward to in season 3:

1. A peek at Hell on Wheels in the winter: The cast and crew had been...

Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) is a former Confederate soldier who's trying to leave his past behind. AMC is hoping that viewers won't leave Hell on Wheels behind and the TV series will still bring solid ratings so that they won't have to cancel it.

The current cast of this gritty drama also includes Ben Esler, Colm Meaney, Common, Dominique McElligott, Eddie Spears, Philip Burke, and Robin McLeavy.

Below are the most recent ratings for Hell on Wheels on AMC. The second season airs on Sunday nights. There are 10 episodes once again.

These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:

Update: AMC has ordered a third season of 10 episodes.

Final season averages: 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.36 million total viewers. The...

Sneak Peek the gritty post-Civil War Western drama "Hell on Wheels"- Season 2, debuting Sunday August 12, 2012, starring Anson Mount as 'Cullen Bohannon', a Confederate Army veteran whose search for the Union soldiers responsible for the wartime death of his wife takes him to the untamed frontier of the American West.

The violent cowboy/gunfighter series set alongside the historical building of the 'Transcontinental Railroad', will have a 10-episode run in the new season, with one episode directed by Catherine Hardwicke ("Twilight").

Returning cast includes Common as 'Elam Ferguson', Colm Meaney as 'Thomas Doc Durant', Dominique McElligott as 'Lily Bell', Christopher Heyerdahl as 'The Swede', Robin McLeavy as 'Eva', Tom Noonan ("Manhunter") as 'Reverend Cole', Ben Esler as 'Sean McGinnes', Philip Burke as 'Mickey McGinnes' and Eddie Spears as 'Joseph Black Moon'.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Hell On Wheels" - Season 2 ...

Hell on Wheels is back with the season two premiere tonight on AMC at 9 pm.

Christopher Heyerdahl is a regular this season and Ryan Robbins makes his first appearance as Hawkins the train robber in tonight's episode.

Synopsis:

On the run for his crimes, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) robs trains with a group of ex-Union soldiers, while Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) and Durant (Colm Meaney) continue the Union Pacific Railroad's westward progress.

On Sun., Aug. 12 at 9/8c, the second season of Hell on Wheels continues its epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), a former Confederate soldier, and his dramatic journey west as he struggles to leave his past behind.

Executive produced by John Shiban (Breaking Bad, The X-Files), Joe and Tony Gayton (Faster, Uncommon Valor) and Endemol USA’s Jeremy Gold, the show depicts the traveling town known as Hell on Wheels, a dangerous,...

We have added a new set of pictures from the event "Hell on Wheels Season 2 Premiere".Dominique McElligott attending AMC's "Hell on Wheels" season 2 premiere.Photo copyright by richard shotwell / PR Photos. Ben Esler attending AMC's "Hell on Wheels" season 2 premiere.Photo copyright by richard shotwell / PR Photos. Common attending AMC's "Hell on Wheels" season 2 premiere.Photo copyright by richard shotwell / PR Photos. Colm Meaney attending AMC's "Hell on Wheels" season 2 premiere.Photo copyright by richard shotwell / PR Photos. Anson Mount attending AMC's "Hell on Wheels" season 2 premiere.Photo copyright by richard shotwell / PR Photos. Christopher Heyerdahl attending AMC's "Hell on Wheels" season 2 premiere.Photo copyright by richard shotwell / PR Photos. Common attending AMC's...

Season 2 of AMC's "Hell on Wheels" is set to roll on Sunday, Aug. 12, but Zap2it has some early pictures from the continuing story that follows a former Confederate soldier (Anson Mount) as he makes his way west with the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

The gritty show also stars Common as Elam Ferguson, an emancipated slave working to achieve true freedom in a world entrenched in prejudice; Colm Meaney as Thomas "Doc" Durant, a greedy entrepreneur taking full advantage of the changing times, and Dominique McElligott as Lily Bell, a newly widowed woman trying to survive in a man's world.

In the pictures, we get a peek at Foreman Schmidt (Brian Jensen), Micky McGinnes (Philip Burke), Thomas "Doc" Duran, Elam and Sean McGinnes (Ben Esler).

"Hell on Wheels" premieres Sunday, Aug. 12 at 9 p.m. Et on AMC.

SPAAmart project Wake Up Dead, to be directed by Joel Kohn, and an adaptation of a stage play by former Sydneysider Jack Feldstein, are among the features being developed under Garry Charny.s new production company, Spotted Turquoise Films.

Charny has kept a low film profile since his former company, April Films, produced Ray Lawrence.s Jindabyne, which was in official selection at Cannes in 2006. He has been keen to re-enter the business, however, and has appointed Vca graduate and short film producer Josh Butt to work with him on development and packaging.

.I want to do films with heart," Charny told If Magazine. "I will never make Snowtown or even Animal Kingdom, not because they are not good -- or bad -- but because they are just not what I want to make....

The film noir detective story Wake Up Dead was in Butt.s portfolio and had already...

Chicago – AMC’s watchable western series “Hell on Wheels” is just good enough to sustain audience interest despite its meandering plot. As soon as Gustavo Santaolalla’s catchy theme music kicks in over the brooding title sequence, it’s effortless to become absorbed within Joe and Tony Gayton’s handsomely photographed dramatization of the first transcontinental railroad’s epic construction in 1865.

The most intriguing aspect about the series is how it parallels the expansion of the railroad with the colonization of America itself, and how necessary progress was forged by men with little more on their minds than self-serving greed. Financier Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) has figured out an excellent way to make a fortune off the railroad with the help of government subsidies. Since he’s being paid $16,000 per mile, he intends to add as many arcs and curves to his railroad as possible, rather than have it chug straight to its destination.

Hell on Wheels Season 1 Contest Giveaway Sweepstakes. This Hell on Wheels Blu-ray contest, giveaway, sweepstakes illustrates Hell on Wheels‘s release on DVD and Blu-ray on May 15, 2012. Joe Gayton, Tony Gayton‘s Hell on Wheels stars Anson Mount, Dominique McElligott, Common, Colm Meaney, Ben Esler, Dru Mouser, Phil Burke, Barb Mitchell, Chris Ippolito, James D. Hopkin, and Jesse Lipscombe. Hell on Wheels‘ plot synopsis: “Hell on Wheels is [...]

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Note to overseas Irish pub bartenders: you may have been fooled by Australian actor Ben Esler.

.We would go to the Irish pub and try it out and either it worked or they were very polite . nobody said anything,. Esler says of his Irish impression.

That thick Irish impression has been one of his keys to success in Tinseltown, utilising it on new AMC production, Hell On Wheels.

Other actors on the series including Phil Burke, Colm Meaney and Dominique McElligott helped the 29-year-old Melbourne actor get the accent down for his character, Sean McGinnes . who.s .a little budding Al Capone..

.Sean is a guy who.s come from poverty and he.s desperate to make it in America but he.s a little bit ruthless and he can be a bit scary and dangerous sometimes,. Esler says of the young Irishman looking to make his fortune in the west.

Note to overseas Irish pub bartenders: you may have been fooled by Australian actor Ben Esler. .We would go to the Irish pub and try it out and either it worked or they were very polite . nobody said anything,. Esler says of his Irish impression. That thick Irish impression has been one of his keys to success in Tinseltown, utilising it on new AMC production, Hell On Wheels. Other actors on the series including Phil Burke, Colm Meaney and Dominique McElligott helped the 29-year-old Melbourne actor get the accent down for his character, Sean McGinnes . who.s .a little budding Al Capone.. .Sean is a guy who.s come from poverty and he.s desperate to make it in America but he.s a little bit ruthless and he can...

Hell on Wheels is a drama that stars Anson Mount as former soldier Cullen Bohannon, Common as Elam, Dominique McElligott as Lily Bell, Colm Meaney as Durant, Ben Esler as Sean, Phil Burke as Mickey, and Eddie Spears as Joseph. The series airs exclusively on AMC. Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate soldier (Anson Mount) who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who have killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time. The series documents the railroad's engineering and construction as well as institutionalized greed and...

Even though the most cynical of critics will tell you that the western is dead, cable viewers and more importantly, AMC thought differently. The cable network that successfully launched Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead gave Hell on Wheels a second season to continue its tale of the Transcontinental Railroad during the Reconstruction era of the United States.

Hell on Wheels fit right in with AMC’s other original scripted dramas, featuring a complex knot of longer, drawn-out serialized narratives instead of quicker, stand-alone stories. It looks at the massive good and bad that the train brought including the greed and corruption; it sheds light on the less than smooth transition for the emancipated slaves and the ever-changing climate of the immigrant.

With the corpses still warm from the Civil war, Hell on Wheels follows specifically Anson Mount who stars as Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate soldier looking...

AMC has renewed its Western drama Hell on Wheels for a second season. Hell on Wheels follows the story of a Confederate solider (Anson Mount) who is out for vengeance in a post-Civil War era America. The series also stars Common, Dominique McElligott, Colm Meaney, Ben Esler, Phil Burke, Eddie Spears and Tom Noonan. Hell on Wheels premiered on November 6. It has aired seven episodes out its full first season with episode (more)...

Hell on Wheels is a western revenge drama that stars Anson Mount as former soldier Cullen Bohannon, Common as Elam, Dominique McElligott as Lily Bell, Colm Meaney as Durant, Ben Esler as Sean, Phil Burke as Mickey, and Eddie Spears as Joseph. It airs exclusively every Sunday night on AMC. Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate soldier (Anson Mount) who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who have killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time. The series documents the railroad's engineering and construction as well as...

AMC Rolls Out Hell On Wheels

AMC has begun its big promotional push for it’s new period drama, Hell on Wheels, as it unveils this promotional poster for the series. “Blood will be spilled. Lives will be lost. Men will be ruined.” Those are the words used to stir up interest in an old timey western. But this isn’t cowboys and Indians; this is AMC. We expect a little more than “just a western.”

Hell on Wheels takes place in the wake of the Civil War, following the life of Confederate veteran Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount). Seeking vengeance for his wife’s death at the hands on Union soldiers, Cullen finds himself working on the transcontinental railroad. If that doesn’t intrigue you enough, the show will also feature rap artist Common as an emancipated slave as he works the railroad. Colm Meaney starts as a businessman looking...

Sneak Peek the first images from the Calgary-lensed 'western' TV series "Hell on Wheels", the upcoming period drama, set during the building of the 'Transcontinental Railroad'.

Written/produced by Joe and Tony Gayton, the first season of 10 episodes will premiere on AMC, October 16, 2011, after the second season premiere of "The Walking Dead".

The term 'Hell on Wheels' is an 1860's phrase describing the traveling work camps that helped expand railroads westward after the Us Civil War.

Former 'Confederate' soldier 'Cullen Bohannon' (Anson Mount) joins one of the camps in the guise of looking for work. But in actuality he is searching for his wife's killers.

Cast also includes Dominique McElligott, Colm Meaney, Ben Esler, Eddie Spears, Philip Burke and April Telek.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Hell On Wheels"...

The Hell on Wheels TV Show Trailer has premiered. David Von Ancken‘s Hell on Wheels (2011) stars Anson Mount, Dominique McElligott, Common, Colm Meaney, and Ben Esler. Hell on Wheels‘ plot synopsis: “Hell on Wheels is a contemporary western about post-Civil War America that focuses on a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who have killed his wife. His journey takes him west to ‘Hell on Wheels,’ a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time. The series documents the railroad’s incredible feat of engineering and construction as well as the institutionalized greed and corruption, the immigrant experience, and the plight of the newly emancipated African-Americans during reconstruction. Over time, ‘Hell on Wheels’ chronicles this potent turning point in our nation’s history, and...

AMC's new drama series "Hell on Wheels" just started filming this week, but you can get a first look at the show now.

Below is a trailer for the show, which premieres in the fall and follows a former Confederate soldier (Anson Mount, "Line of Fire") who gets a job working on the transcontinental railroad while hoping to hunt down the Union soldiers who killed his wife.

"AMC's commitment to the western is long-standing, and the genre is an important part of our brand and history as a channel," AMC president Charlie Collier says. "In 'Hell on Wheels,' AMC is creating another epic and enduring American story."

The series, created by brothers Joe ("Uncommon Valor," "Faster") and Tony Gayton ("The Salton Sea," "Faster"), also stars Colm Meaney ("Get Him to the Greek," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), Common ("Just Wright"), Dominique McElligott ("Moon"), Ben Esler, Philip...

AMC has released the first sneak peek to its new series "Hell on Wheels". It features Anson Mount as a former confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon who is seeking revenge on the Union troops who killed his family. His quest leads him to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the first Transcontinental Railroad.

Set against the backdrop of America post-Civil War, the Western drama documents the institutionalized greed and corruption, the immigrant experience, and the plight of the newly emancipated African-Americans during reconstruction. Over time, the show also chronicles this potent turning point in our nation's history, and how uncivilized the business of civilization can be.

Rapper/actor Common stars as freed slave Elam, while former "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Deep Space Nine" star Colm Meaney takes the role of big boss man Durant. Other stars joining the cast ensemble are Dominique McElligott, Ben Esler, Philip Burk and Eddie Spears.

In March of this year, the show Hell on Wheels, a Western set during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, started shooting in Alberta. The series is AMC's latest foray into Big Television -- ten episodes have been ordered to begin telling the story of a man seeking to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Union soldiers. See the first footage, after the break. The cast includes Anson Mount (Hick, the Straw Dogs remake) as Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier in search of revenge; Dominique McElligott (Sam Rockwell's wife in Moon) as Lily Bell, "a housewife caring for her ill husband," and Common playing Elam, a freed slave. Additionally, Colm Meaney, Ben Esler, Eddie Spears, and Philip Burke are cast. You'll see most of them here, in glimpses at least. So how does the footage look? Not bad, so far. There's some good stuff here,...

As if the scope of AMC dramas weren't epic enough between meth labs, '60s advertising and the zombie apocalypse, now we're going back to the old west.

Today AMC debuts the first trailer from its forthcoming western epic Hell On Wheels, which tells the story of a former Confederate soldier seeking revenge on the Union troops who killed his family, set against the backdrop of the post-Civil War construction of the first Transcontinental railroad. And if the ever-increasing scope of AMC dramas is anything of a pattern, we're in for some seriously true grit.

The series, which debuts its ten-episode first season in Fall 2011 stars Anson Mount as Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, as well as rapper Common as freed slave Elam and former Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine star Colm Meaney as big boss man Durant.

Check out the badass official trailer below, the official press release beneath,...

AMC has premiered the first teaser trailer for the new drama "Hell on Wheels."   Set to premiere in the fourth quarter of 2011, "Hell on Wheels" stars Anson Mount as a former Confederate soldier who seeks out the Union officers who killed his wife, traveling West in the aftermath of the Civil War. He finds himself living and working as part of the itinerant community building the first transcontinental railroad.    "Hell on Wheels" also stars Common, Dominique McElligott, Colm Meaney, Ben Esler, Philip Burke and Eddie Spears.   The drama, which was created by Joe and Tony Gayton, was...

AMC has greenlit a full season of the TV series Hell on Wheels, which was written and created by Joe and Tony Gayton. This is the same station that gave us Mad Men and The Walking Dead.

The series tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who have killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time. The series examines the railroad's institutionalized greed and corruption, the immigrant experience, and the plight of the newly emancipated African-Americans during reconstruction. Over time, Hell on Wheels chronicles this potent turning point in our nation's history, and how uncivilized the business of civilization can be.

This...

Ben Esler has joined the cast of forthcoming AMC drama Hell on Wheels. The Western drama will follow former Confederate soldier Cullen (Anson Mount) as he hunts the Union soldiers who killed his wife and finds himself working on the 'Hell on Wheels' section of the railroad. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Esler will play Sean, "an Irish immigrant who opens a show for railroad (more)...

Get ready to buy a dress or tux, find a date, and sway awkwardly to the music because Disney's ready to take you to the Prom.

Ten actors have been cast in the new project, which chronicles the trials and tribulations of a group of high schoolers getting ready for the big dance. Deadline has the full list of actors and it's comprised of mostly unknown performers. The House that Mickey Built sees franchise potential in the film, hoping to replicate the success of High School Musical.

So far, we know these kids are going to the Prom: Thomas McDonell, Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights), Danielle Campbell, Nolan Sotillo, Yin Chang (Gossip Girl), Jared Kusnitz (Surviving Suburbia), Nicholas Braun (10 Things I Hate About You), Ben Esler (The Pacific), Kylie Bunbury and DeVaughn Nixon. The film is set to be directed by Joe Nussbaum -- best known for gifting us...

The new 10-part mini-series "The Pacific" premieres Sunday, March 14th on HBO, from Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, the producing team behind the Emmy Award/Golden Globe-winning 2001 HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers".

"The Pacific" tracks the intertwined real-life journeys of three Us Marines across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. The miniseries follows these men and their fellow Marines from their first battle with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, through the rain forests of Cape Gloucester and the strongholds of Peleliu, across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima, through the horror of Okinawa and finally to their triumphant but uneasy return home after V-j Day.

Filming of the $150 million budgeted series started August 2007 in Australia, wrapping May 2008. Locations included Port Douglas and Mossman, Queensland, Mowbray Valley at Drumsara, Rocky Point beaches, Central City Studios at Melbourne Docklands and the Railway Hotel, Scotch College and Mornington Railway in Melbourne.

Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and other big names in Hollywood have attended the premiere of HBO's miniseries "The Pacific" which was held on the Grauman's Chinese Theater on Wednesday, February 24. Spielberg and Hanks who act as the miniseries' producers were accompanied at the red carpet by Captain Dale Dye who works as a unit director shooting the Marines' major battles.

James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello and Jon Seda, the actors playing the three main characters, posed together for the waiting photographers. There were also actors who play secondary characters such as Ben Esler, Matthew Dale and Dwight Braswell.

The celebration also saw familiar faces from "True Blood" which is also produced by HBO. Stephen Moyer arrived sans girlfriend and co-star Anna Paquin but was accompanied by Michelle Forbes on the red carpet. Ryan Kwanten, Alexander Skarsgard and Deborah Ann Woll also showed their support.

HBO will premiere the 10-part miniseries...

The new 10-part mini-series "The Pacific" premieres Sunday, March 14th on HBO, from Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, the producing team behind the Emmy Award/Golden Globe-winning 2001 HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers".

"The Pacific" tracks the intertwined real-life journeys of three Us Marines across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. The miniseries follows these men and their fellow Marines from their first battle with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, through the rain forests of Cape Gloucester and the strongholds of Peleliu, across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima, through the horror of Okinawa and finally to their triumphant but uneasy return home after V-j Day.

Filming of the $150 million budgeted series started August 2007 in Australia, wrapping May 2008. Locations included Port Douglas and Mossman, Queensland, Mowbray Valley at Drumsara, Rocky Point beaches, Central City Studios at Melbourne Docklands and the Railway Hotel, Scotch College and Mornington Railway in Melbourne.

"The Pacific" is the upcoming World War II dramatic mini-series, following the Us Marine Corps in the Ww II Pacific Theater of Operations, from the creators of the award-winning mini-series "Band Of Brothers".

Producers are Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman in association with HBO Films, Playtone, DreamWorks and Seven Network.

Filming of the $150 million budgeted series started August 2007 in Australia, wrapping May 2008. Locations included Port Douglas and Mossman, Queensland, Mowbray Valley at Drumsara, Rocky Point beaches, Central City Studios at Melbourne Docklands and the Railway Hotel, Scotch College and Mornington Railway in Melbourne.

"The Pacific" adapts the Marine memoirs "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge and "Helmet for My Pillow" by Robert Leckie.

Both books feature battles involving the 1st Marine Division at Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, Okinawa and the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Cast of "The Pacific" includes Joseph Mazzello as 'Corporal Eugene "Sledgehammer" Sledge', Jon Seda...