The Next 'Yellowstone'? Glen Powell Is Launching a New Texas-Based Thriller
Glen Powell is launching a new crime thriller set in Texas. The new series, which has just been announced from producers David Weil, Natalie Laine Williams, Dan Cohen, as well as Powell, is called Calamities, and could very well be the next Yellowstone, or maybe even a Breaking Bad-esque show.
Details are scarce, but the newly revealed series might be a game-changer in the next few years, and could find Powell venturing into the territory of Taylor Sheridan, not just being known as an actor, but as a producer of big shows. Plus, with a Texas setting, it seems like the new Prime Video series is following a trend set by Sheridan's Landmanand the upcoming series Dutton Ranch.
Here's what we know so far about the upcoming Prime Video series, Calamities.
What is Calamities?
According to the press release from Prime Video, this is the premise of the new show: "Calamities is a gripping and propulsive Texas crime thriller like no other. After a drug deal explodes into violence, a quiet border town is thrust into a deadly collision course between a small-town sheriff looking for answers from her past, a sociopathic hit woman, an overly eager FBI agent, and a ruthless sect of the cartel."
According to Amazon's Head of Global Television, Peter Friedlander, "Calamities is the unique character-rich thriller that doesn’t blink...David Weil has crafted a story that knocks the wind out of you, and we're beyond excited to support him, Natalie, Glen, and Dan in bringing it to life on Prime."
Weil is probably best known as the showrunner of the spy thriller Citadel, as well as the sci-fi series Invasion.
Is Glen Powell starring in Calamities?
As of this writing, the cast for Calamities has not been revealed. When Men's Journal reached out to Prime Video for confirmation about the cast, they made it clear that the cast was not public information at this time. So, Powell might be the lead in this show, or he might not.