Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer have are set to star in a “high-octane Western” series titled The English. The project is being produced by Amazon Studios and BBC One.
The story is set in “the mythic mid-American landscape in the year of 1890”, and it “follows Cornelia Locke (Blunt), an Englishwoman who arrives into the new and wild landscape of the West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son. Upon meeting Eli Whipp (Spencer), an ex-cavalry scout and member of the Pawnee Nation by birth, they join together and discover a shared history that must be defeated at all costs, if either of them is to survive.”
Yep, that sounds like my kind of story! The English will be written and directed by Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman, Black Earth Rising The Shadow Line), and it will consist of six hour-long episodes. Blunt’s involvement only makes the project that much better and more interesting. She’s going to be awesome in this show! Blick said in a statement:
“The chance to make a Western with Emily Blunt and the cast is so delicious I’m still wondering if it’s one of those weird dreams we were all having during lockdown. If not, a thrilling, romantic, epic horse-opera is heading to your screen sometime next year, and I couldn’t be more excited.”
Blunt and Spencer will be joined by Rafe Spall (The Salisbury Poisonings, Trying), Tom Hughes (A Discovery of Witches, Victoria), Stephen Rea (The Shadow Line, The Honourable Woman), Valerie Pachner (A Hidden Life, The Kingsman), Toby Jones (Marvellous, Detectorists), Ciaran Hinds (The Terror, The Woman in Black), Malcolm Storry (The Princess Bride, Doc Martin), Steve Wall (Raised by Wolves, The Witcher), Nichola McAuliffe (Tomorrow Never Dies, Doctor Who), Sule Rimi (Black Earth Rising, Strike Back), and Cristian Solimeno (Avenue 5, Guilt).
Source: The Wrap