NO REST FOR THE WICKED. 'HELL ON WHEELS' SEASON ONE

Frontier spirit? The cast of HELL ON WHEELS gather. Images: AMC.

Continuing in the dark, dangerous and manure trodden, twisted re-invention of the western genre previously set forth by the fine and gritty DEADWOOD, AMC's new series HELL ON WHEELS, starring Anson Mount, the always great Colm Meaney, rapper turned actor Common, and Dominique McElligott, is coming exclusively to the UK's TCM channel later in the month, and looks set to capitulate further on the seedy and shaky foundations of 1880's American West: a world of corruption, extreme violence, slavery, religious frenzy, revenge seeking gunslingers and trapped women trying to make a difference in a difficult world, where everyone and everything is up for grabs within the new frontier continent, and where no one will escape its history turning wheels unscathed. A Hell on Wheels where blood will be spilt.

Check out our early preview for the anticipated series here: ALL ABOARD THE "HELL ON WHEELS"

Trailer: Hell on Wheels - First Trailer [Telestrekoza.com] - YouTube

And here's a few great images from the pilot and upcoming episodes:

The last outpost? Anson Williams as gunslinger Cullen Bohannan arrives at Hell on Wheels.

Frontier woman: Dominique McElligott as Lily Bell.  

Colm Meaney as the morally bankrupt Thomas 'Doc' Durant.

Rap star Common as railroad worker/slave Elam.

A horse-backed Ted Levine as Daniel Johnson joins Cullen at the railroad dig, from the pilot episode.

Fear the Preacher Man? The always creepy but excellent Tom Noonan as Reverend Cole, alongside Eddie Spears as Joseph Black Moon. 

Trouble with the resident American Indians in the pilot episode.

LAST OF THE MOHICAN's memorable baddie Wes Studi appears later in the series as Chief Many Horses.

Cullen and Elam lock fists in the episode Bread and Circuses.

Look out for more on HELL ON WHEELS in the not too distant future...