Netflix Announces Its Newest Drama Will Be A Western Starring GAME OF THRONES' Jason Momoa

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Netflix has given the greenlight to a new western drama called Frontier, which has Game of Thrones and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice actor Jason Momoa in the lead role. Brad Peyton (San Andreas) will direct. The streaming service has approved a six episode first season, which will be shot in Canada and is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2016.

Here's a description of the series:

“[Frontier is] an action-packed adventure drama following the chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in the late 18th century. Told from multiple perspectives, the series takes place in a world where business negotiations might be resolved with close-quarter hatchet fights, and where delicate relations between Native tribes and Europeans can spark bloody conflicts.”

Sounds like it has some shades of The Revenant in there with the fur trading aspect, and I can easily envision the hulking Momoa weighed down with pelts and armed to the teeth with knives and blades as he tries to make it in a harsh environment. Alun Armstrong (Braveheart), Landon Liboiron (Hemlock Grove), and Zoe Boyle (Downton Abbey) are also set to star, but let's be honest: the only reason everyone's going to be tuning in is to see Momoa in action. Hopefully this will serve as a cool project that will take up a lot of his time as he waits for his Aquaman solo film to start shooting; that movie is slated to arrive in theaters on July 27th, 2018.

Creating a western show will be a new step for Netflix. While the company has continued to expand its original programming over the past few years, its delved into some period pieces like Narcos and Marco Polo, but this will be the first series that has this kind of vibe to it. The streaming service isn't entirely unfamiliar with westerns, though — Adam Sandler's The Ridiculous 6 will begin streaming on December 11th of this year.

Via: EW