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Creators/Executive Producers Joe and Tony Gayton Talk HELL ON WHEELS

by Christina Radish    Posted: November 8th, 2011 at 12:33 pm

The AMC television series Hell on Wheels is a contemporary Western that centers on former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), whose quest for vengeance has sent him on the hunt for the Union soldiers who have killed his wife. He ends up in a dangerous and lawless town that travels with and services the westward construction of the Union Pacific – the first transcontinental railroad. The series documents the railroad’s engineering and construction, as well as the immigrant experience and the plight of newly emancipated African-Americans during Reconstruction, while showing just how brutal and corrupt it all was. The show also stars Colm Meaney, Common, Dominique McElligott, Ben Esler, Phil Burke and Eddie Spears.

During this exclusive interview with Collider, show creators/executive producers/writers Joe and Tony Gayton (Faster) talked about how Hell on Wheels came about, the three-year journey it has taken to reach viewers, the challenges of telling the story of their own set of characters in the historical context of building the railroad, what made Anson Mount their leading man, and just how violent the series will get. Check out what they had to say after the jump:

AMC Developing Western HELL ON WHEELS, Sics THE X-FILES’ Michelle MacLaren on THE WALKING DEAD

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: July 6th, 2010 at 1:33 pm

AMC has begun development on a pilot entitled Hell on Wheels, which is not, as it may first sound, a play for the Sons of Anarchy audience.  Rather, THR reports that Joe and Tony Gayton (Faster) have created “a contemporary western that centers on the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.”  Of course, since the setting is post-Civil War America, I assume “contemporary” indicates a modern sensibility in depicting this particular historical fiction.  Notably, this isn’t AMC’s first time at the rodeo: before the dawn of Mad Men, the cable network cleaned up at the Emmys with the western Broken Trail, including a win for Outstanding Miniseries.

Hit the jump for details on the lady who may take the reins of the zombie series The Walking Dead when creator Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) needs a break.

Billy Bob Thornton Moves FASTER in George Tillman Jr’s Upcoming Action-Drama Starring Dwayne Johnson

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

Taking a break from making radio talk show hosts uncomfortable, Billy Bob Thornton has signed on to play opposite Dwayne Johnson in the upcoming action/drama (you’ll get all of the action and none of the fun!) FASTER.  Thornton was most recently seen in the action/unintentional-comedy flick “Eagle Eye”.  While he was also in “The Informers” which came out after “Eagle Eye”, no one saw “The Informers” so it doesn’t count.  Hit the jump for details on the plot for “Faster”, a movie that doesn’t believe in crap like “names”.

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