US EditionMatt Dillon to Star in MGM+’s ‘The Magnificent Seven’
The MGM+ series explores the Seven's backstories and moral dilemmas about violence and faith while protecting a Quaker village on the 1880s frontier.
- Variety confirmed Matt Dillon, actor and executive producer, will headline and executive produce MGM+'s eight-episode drama series The Magnificent Seven, playing Chris Adams, the leader of seven gunslingers.
- As a thematic reimagining, the show explores the Seven's backstories and themes of honor, sacrifice, redemption, morality, and faith, with Tim Kring, Donald De Line, Lawrence Mirisch, Bruce Kaufman, and Matt Dillon involved.
- After being picked up last December, MGM+ plans to begin production in June 2026 in Calgary, with MGM+ Studios and MGM Television Studios producing for distribution in the United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile.
- MGM+ positions the project as cinematic-pedigree television, using its international distribution footprint to reach audiences across multiple territories.
- Framed by a storied Western legacy, the series asks whether violence can be justified to defend a Quaker village, with Dillon as the latest to lead, echoing Yul Brynner and Denzel Washington.
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