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‘Hell On Wheels’ Star Anson Mount To Play Villain In Hiatus Feature ‘Supremacy’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 7, 2012 @ 12:02pm PSTTags: Anson Mount, Hell on Wheels
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EXCLUSIVE: Anson Mount, the protagonist of the AMC series Hell On Wheels, has signed on to play a nasty villain in the indie racial drama Supremacy. The Deon Taylor-directed drama also stars Danny Glover, Joe Anderson, Derek Luke, Evan Ross, Lela Rochon and Dawn Olivieri. The drama is based on a true story. A paroled white supremacist has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage over a long night of terror as authorities cordon off the neighborhood where he and his lady accomplice are laying low. Mount plays the role of Sobecki, a heavily tattooed maximum security prison inmate who’s the head of the Aryan Brotherhood and oversees his criminal empire from behind bars. He’s the kidnapper’s leader and not thrilled when he learns of his charge’s screw-up when he’s called in by authorities to negotiate with the kidnapper. This is Mount’s second film while on hiatus from Hell On Wheels, which returns for a second season this fall. He just completed Code Name: Geronimo for Tony Mark and Voltage Pictures, opposite Cam Gigandet, Freddie Rodriguez and William Fichtner. He’ll next be seen starring opposite Jason Statham in Lionsgate’s Safe, to be released April 26th. He’s repped by Innovative and Brookside Artist Management.

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It’s Official: AMC Renews ‘Hell On Wheels’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday December 27, 2011 @ 9:20am PSTTags: AMC, Anson Mount, Hell on Wheels
Nellie Andreeva

AMC Renews ‘Hell On Wheels’ For Season 2

December 27, 2011 – AMC has announced the renewal of Hell on Wheels for a second season. The original series reigns as the second highest rated series on AMC, averaging 3.2 million viewers and 1.5 million Adults 25-54.* Season one’s finale is Sunday, January 15th at 10pm EST. Hell on Wheels is created and written by Joe and Tony Gayton, who also serve as executive producers. John Shiban, Jeremy Gold, Endemol’s SVP of scripted programming and David Von Ancken, who also directed the pilot, serve as executive producers. The series is executive produced by Endemol USA with Entertainment One serving as the studio. eOne’s Television CEO John Morayniss and EVP series television Michael Rosenberg oversee production in partnership with co-producers Mike Frislev and Chad Oakes at Nomadic Pictures.

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Colm Meaney To Star In ‘Hell On Wheels’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 3, 2010 @ 5:37pm PDTTags: AMC Hell on Wheels, Anson Mount, Endemol USA, Entertainment One, Hell on Wheels, Hell on Wheels Casting, Hell on Wheels Pilot, Transcontinental Railroad
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Colm Meaney is set to star opposite Anson Mount in AMC’s period drama pilot Hell on Wheels. The Endemol USA/Entertainment One-produced Western centers on Cullen (Mount), a former Confederate soldier tracking down the Union soldiers who killed his wife who winds up working … Read More »

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AMC Pilot ‘Hell On Wheels’ Finds Its Leads

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 27, 2010 @ 4:02pm PDTTags: AMC Hell on Wheels, AMC Western, Anson Mount, Cable TV, Hell on Wheels, Hell on Wheels Casting, Hell on Wheels Pilot, Transcontinental Railroad, TV, TV Casting
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Anson Mount has landed the lead in AMC’s period drama pilot Hell on Wheels. Meanwhile, Irish actress Dominique McElligott has been cast as the female lead in the Western, set during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. The project centers on Cullen (Mount), a former slave owner and a Confederate soldier determined to avenge the rape/murder of his beloved wife by tracking and killing the Union soldiers who killed her. Fearless, Cullen winds up working on the Nebraska prairie’s Hell on Wheels’ portion of the transcontinental railroad. McElligott will play Lily Bell, an intelligent woman taking care of her ill husband who is part of the team of surveyors mapping the railroad’s course. In the pilot, Mount and McElligott join recently cast rapper-actor Common.

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