Classic Western Movie Getting TV Show Reboot From Amazon

MGM+ is rebooting one of the best Western movies from the 1960s, with writer Tim Kring (Heroes) attached to serve as an executive producer. The Amazon-owned streaming platform has officially granted an eight-episode series order to the upcoming TV adaptation of The Magnificent Seven, based on director John Sturges’ Steve McQueen-led movie.

“Tim Kring is a master storyteller,” MGM+ boss Michael Wright said in a statement. “Tim, Donald De Line, Larry Mirisch, and Bruce Kaufman have crafted a series that delivers the energy of a classic Western, honors the legacy of the original film, and reasserts its timeless themes of the power of unity against oppression and flawed heroes finding redemption by helping those who can’t help themselves.”

What do we know about Amazon’s The Magnificent Seven TV show?

According to Variety, production on The Magnificent Seven TV show is expected to begin in June 2026. Besides Kring, Donald De Line, Lawrence Mirisch, and Bruce Kaufman have also signed on as executive producers. It will be a production by Amazon-owned MGM+ Studios and MGM Television Studios.

“Set in the 1880s American frontier, the series follows a group of mercenaries who are hired to protect a peaceful Quaker village after it is massacred by a land baron’s hired guns,” reads the official logline. “As the flawed but gifted mercenaries embed with the Quakers, they must grapple with the question of whether it is acceptable to use violence to defend a people whose faith is based on nonviolence. The series will explore each member of the Seven, exploring what’s at stake and why they chose to take on this mission.”

Due to the 1960 movie’s critical and commercial success, it expanded into a franchise with three more sequels. In 2016, acclaimed filmmaker Antoine Fuqua directed a remake of the classic movie with Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, and Ethan Hawke leading the cast. The upcoming MGM+ reboot won’t be the first time that the movie has been adapted for TV, as CBS previously produced a remake starring Michael Biehn and Ron Perlman, which only lasted for two seasons from 1998-2000.

(Source: Variety)

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