The streaming giant Netflix has returned with another Yellowstone replacement, and already looks like the most promising one yet. Featuring a stacked cast and crew, the streamer has officially unveiled a new action-packed Western that takes place in the early 1850s. Netflix has announced that The Abandons will premiere on December 4. The western drama, which hails from Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, stars Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey, among many others. The show follows the strife between two “very different families,” each of which are headed by Anderson and Headey’s matriarchs, Constance Van Ness and Fiona Nolan, respectively. A series of events causes a collision course between the families, which we can presume will include a good helping of blood and secrets. You check out the first-look images below. In addition to Anderson and Headey, the cast of The Abandons includes Nick Robinson (Love, Simon), Diana Silvers (Ma), Aisling Franciosi (Speak No Evil), Lucas Till (MacGyver), Lamar Johnson (The Last of Us), and Natalia Del Riego (Promised Land). Kurt Sutter, known for his work on Sons of Anarchy, Mayans M.C., The Shield, and Southpaw, is finally back with a new series that promises to be a staple for Netflix for years to come. Read the official synopsis:
Set in Washington Territory in 1854, the series follows the matriarchs of two very different families: one of wealth and privilege, bound by blood; and the other a found family of orphans and outcasts, bound by love and necessity. The families find their fates linked by two crimes, an awful secret, a star-crossed love, and a piece of land with silver underneath. The collision echoes the American struggle of the haves and have-nots, in a place just beyond the reach of justice.

The First Chapter of ‘The Abandons’ Is a “Classic American Story”

Executive producer Chris Keyser has called The Abandons as a “classic American story” about families at war with each other on the frontier. The series explores the make-up of two vastly different kinds of groups that are connected by crime, lust and everything in between.
“This first chapter of The Abandons is a classic American story — the frontier, two families — both at war and in love with each other, a battle over who owns the land and who makes the rules. Smack in the middle of murder and revenge and a bit of illicit romance, we get to explore questions we never seem to get away from: What makes a family? How do you stay good in a bad world? And would you change who you are and what you believe in to protect what you love? But, in this case, we do it all through the eyes of Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson, as two widowed matriarchs battling to survive. And that, as they say, is really something to watch.”
Judging by the “first chapter” tease, it appears that Netflix has multiple entries planned ahead of schedule. This is no surprise, as the stacked cast and crew should be more than enough to get viewers to pop on the streamer come December 4.