Breaking Baz: ‘MobLand’s Joanne Froggatt In Advanced Talks To Play Quaker Leader In MGM+’s ‘The Magnificent Seven’ Remake
Joanne Froggatt is in final talks to join the cast of MGM+'s remake of The Magnificent Seven. She will portray the leader of a Quaker community that is defended by a group of mercenaries. The series is set to begin filming in Calgary next week.
- ▪Joanne Froggatt is known for her roles in MobLand and Downton Abbey.
- ▪She will join Matt Dillon, Will Patton, and Michael Ealy in the series.
- ▪The story revolves around a Quaker community under siege in the 1880s American West.
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Joanne Froggatt Alex Babsky EXCLUSIVE: Joanne Froggatt, famed for MobLand and Downton Abbey, is in final talks to join Matt Dillon in The Magnificent Seven, the MGM+ TV western remake that begins filming on location in Calgary next week, Deadline has learned. Froggatt joins the the already announced Dillon, Will Patton and Michael Ealy, who are members of the seven-strong group of mercenaries who use military skills and sheer cunning to defend a pacifist Quaker community from a land-hungry rancher and his hired thugs in the American wild west of the 1880s. Froggatt is set to play the leader of the Quaker group under siege.
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