Titus Welliver, welcome back. It’s fantastic to see the man who brought Harry Bosch to life back on our screens at last, and once again, he’s playing a police officer, doing his best to keep the city safe. Wait, what do you mean “corrupt”? Hold on, this isn’t Bosch? Then what are we getting ourselves in for here?

The latest blood-soaked New York drama is about to hit our screens, from MGM+. The Westies, which premieres Sunday, July 12 at 9 p.m. ET/PT,​​​​​​​ just unveiled its first teaser, giving viewers a taste of the brutal gang war simmering beneath Hell’s Kitchen, during one of the most dangerous and violent eras in the city’s history.

Set during the 190s, The Westies follows the infamous Irish-American gang during an historic gang war as they fought desperately to hold onto power while the construction of the Jacob Javits Convention Center brings huge money into their territory. They’re wildly outnumbered by New York’s Five Families, but the Westies know how to fight for their territory and this is a fight they’re determined to win.

Who Stars in ‘The Westies’?

The cast includes J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Spider-Man) as Eamon Sweeney, Titus Welliver (Bosch) as Glenn Keenan, Tom Brittney (Grantchester) as James “Jimmy” Roarke, Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark) as Birdie Polk, Stanley Morgan (I Used to Be Famous) as Mickey Flanagan, Sarah Bolger (Mayans M.C.) as Bridget Walsh, Allen Leech (Downton Abbey) as Brendan Cahill, Hamish Allan-Headley (Mayor of Kingstown) as John Gotti, Vincent Walsh (Billy the Kid) as Eddie Breen, and Hilary McCormack as Erin Malone.

The Westies comes from Chris Brancato (Godfather of Harlem, Narcos) and Michael Panes, with Brancato serving as showrunner and executive producer. In a previous interview with Collider, we were told that Keenan was “no Harry Bosch”, and that he was as corrupt as it gets, with a “compromised” moral compass, as Welliver explained. He went on to say:

“But believe me, this guy is a Vietnam War veteran. He’s a beat cop. He still walks the streets, but he’s corrupt. His moral compass has been completely compromised. Somebody said to me, ‘Do you really want to do another cop?’ Well, if I could let you read the script, you would realize why. This is a very, very complex and deeply nuanced character… But this is a very, very dark world.”

The Westies premieres July 12 on MGM+. Check out the trailer above.

via Collider