MGM is saddling up with a new series adaption of the classic Western The Magnificent Seven, starring Matt Dillion as the lead gunslinger and shooting in Alberta this summer.
Set in the 1880s American frontier, The Magnificent Seven 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.
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.
The Seven:
Matt Dillon as Chris Adams, who becomes the leader of seven gunslingers determined to protect a group of innocent villagers from a mercenary land baron hellbent on stealing their land.
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 Magnificent Seven – Season One.
Episodes: 8.
Calgary filming dates: June 01 2026 – September 22, 2026
Showrunner: Tim Kring.
Cast: Matt Dillon.
Producers: MGM Television Studios.