The film industry is booming in Alberta, and a new series set to start production in June just announced its lead actor.
According to the Director’s Guild of Canada Alberta production list, a new TV series/new media titled The Magnificent Seven is set to have prep start in March 2026.
The new Alberta-shot series is set to star The Outsiders and Crash actor Matt Dillon, according to MGM+ Studios.
The series will be a reimagining of the classic 1960 Western film. Dillon, who is also serving as an executive producer, will play Chris Adams, the role originally portrayed by Yul Brynner.
“Stoic, steady under pressure, and with an unflinching gaze that does most of the talking for him, Chris has no patience for hypocrisy or cruelty and holds fast to a quiet moral code rooted in fairness and restraint.”
The show synopsis reads, “Set in the tumultuous 1880s American frontier, The Magnificent Seven follows seven gifted but flawed mercenaries hired to protect a peaceful Quaker village after it is massacred by mercenaries working for a ruthless land baron trying to seize their land.”
MGM+ Studios says production is set to start in June 2026 in Calgary. No release date has been announced for the project, so stay tuned as production on the film progresses.
The Magnificent Seven is joining a growing list of productions shot in Alberta. Other projects include a movie starring Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester, a new Netflix series based on a popular book, and a new Netflix adaptation of a Guillermo del Toro short story.
With files from Laine Mitchell
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