The dark Wild West is getting a bit wilder as production on Season 1 of the upcoming drama series The Abandons has begun in Calgary, bringing together an all-star ensemble cast led by Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) and Gillian Anderson (Sex Education, The Crown, The X-Files) as two mothers locked in a bloody feud.
Created by Kurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy, Mayans M.C.), The Abandons tells the story of a group of diverse renegade families living on the fringes of society in 1850s Oregon. These lost souls band together to fight corrupt forces and do anything they can to save their land. The Western series will explore the jagged line between survival and law, the consequences of violence, and the corrosive power of secrets as this makeshift family battles to keep what’s theirs.
“I am fascinated by the metamorphosis of good into evil,” Sutter tells Tudum. “What must transpire to drive the morally sound to become the dangerously corrupt. The Abandons explores those complex compromises through the most powerful human instinct — the love and protection of mothers.”
- Lena Headey as Fiona Nolan: The strong-willed matriarch who adopts four orphans will stop at nothing to protect her family.
- Gillian Anderson as Constance Van Ness: Squaring up against Fiona is Constance, a very different strong-willed matriarch who will stop at nothing to protect and grow the mining fortune she inherited from her husband and then doubled — she aims to consolidate the Van Ness clan’s power in the ruthless, unforgiving frontier.
- Nick Robinson (Maid, A Teacher) as Elias Teller
- Diana Silvers (Booksmart, Space Force) as Dahlia Teller
- Lucas Till (X-Men, MacGyver) as Garret Van Ness
- Lamar Johnson (The Last of Us, Brother) as Albert Mason
- Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale, God’s Creatures) as Trisha Van Ness
- Natalia del Riego (Hail Mary, Promised Land) as Lilla Belle
- Additional cast include: Brían F. O’Byrne (The Bastard Executioner), Clayton Cardenas (Mayans M.C.), Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Three Pines), Haig Sutherland (Lucky Hank), Jack Doolan (The Boys), Jonathan Koensgen (Reacher), Katelyn Wells (Ginny & Georgia), Marc Menchaca (Ozark), Michael Ornstein (Sons of Anarchy), Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio), Sarah Grace White (The Bastard Executioner), Michael Greyeyes (Blood Quantum, Wild Indian), Michiel Huisman (Rebel Moon, Echo 3), Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead), and Toby Hemingway (The Crossing, Sun Gazer)
