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*ABC has given a full-season order to Kerry Washington’s ABC drama “Scandal,” while Common will continue on for a just-announced third season of AMC’s “Hell on Wheels.” “Scandal,” which launched with a short seven-episode first season in April, follows the professional cases and the personal problems of political fixer Olivia Pope (Washington). The series comes [...]
*The season finale of Common’s “Hell On Wheels,” which premiered Sunday, Jan. 15th at 10 pm EST, attracted 2.8 million viewers, which, combined with the encore, delivered a total of 3.8 million viewers – making it the second highest rated series on AMC following the success of “The Walking Dead.” “Hell On Wheels” tells the [...]
*AMC is set to announce a season 2 of its Old West drama “Hell on Wheels.” Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the cable network is expected to announce a formal renewal of the freshman series starring Anson Mount and Common in the coming days. The program, which revolves around the building of the first [...]
*AMC’s new drama “Hell on Wheels” may revolve around the building of the country’s first transcontinental railroad, but creators (and brothers) Tony and Joe Gayton used the backdrop of the Reconstruction era to explore questions about racism and what it means to be free. Such is the journey of Elam Ferguson, played by rapper-actor [...]
*This Sunday at 10 p.m., AMC will try to match the popularity and critical acclaim given their original dramas “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad” and “The Walking Dead” with its newest offering, set in America’s post-slavery Reconstruction era. “Hell on Wheels” uses the building of the transcontinental railroad to reflect the era from several points of [...]
*November is a busy month for multi-talented rapper and actor Common beginning with the release of his ninth studio album, “The Dreamer, The Believer,” and his role on animated family movie, “Happy Feet 2.” He’s also set to star on AMC series, “Hell on Wheels.” Sounds creepy. The Western-themed show features the rapper as a [...]
*We spoke with Common this morning after a press conference for his upcoming AMC series “Hell on Wheels,” a drama set around the building of the transcontinental railroad just after the Emancipation Proclamation. The series follows this volatile Reconstruction period from several points of view – including newly-freed slaves who were looking to earn a [...]
*Common has been all over the big screen lately, and is now getting ready to play an un-Common role in a Western series called “Hell on Wheels.” His character, Elam, is a freed biracial slave struggling to find himself while working on the first U.S. Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s. “The writing of the show [...]
*Common is doing it big and is going be starring in a drama series on AMC called “Hell on Wheels.” Written by Joe and Tony Gayton, the show takes place in the 1860s during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. “Common brings a layered intensity to a very complex role,’ Joel Stillerman, AMC’s VP of [...]
*Rapper-actor Common is moving from film to television with his first TV role in AMC’s pilot “Hell on Wheels.” The show is described as a contemporary western that centers on the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Common will play Elam, a freed slave who goes West to work on the railroad [...]
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