Paramount Network has released a new trailer for its upcoming drama Waco which stars Taylor Kitsch as cult leader David Koresh and explores the standoff between the Branch Davidian religious sect and the U.S. government in 1993. The limited series features a cast that also includes Michael Shannon, John Leguizamo, Andrea Riseborough, Rory Culkin, Melissa Benoist, Paul […]
First trailer for Waco limited series arrives online
Following a first look at Taylor Kitsch as cult leader David Koresh [check it out here], Paramount Network has now debuted the first trailer for the upcoming limited drama series Waco which features a cast that also includes Michael Shannon, John Leguizamo, Andrea Riseborough, Rory Culkin, Melissa Benoist, Paul Sparks, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim, and Julia […]
First look at Taylor Kitsch as David Koresh in Waco
Paramount Network has released three first look images of Taylor Kitsch as cult leader David Koresh in the upcoming limited series Waco. The six-part drama explores the standoff between the Branch Davidian religious sect and the U.S. government in 1993, which ended with the deaths of 82 cult members and four ATF agents. Take a look […]
Jaume Collet-Serra to direct Waco
The Shallows director Jaume Collet-Serra has signed on to direct Waco, a drama based upon the 1993 standoff between the U.S. government and David Koresh’s Branch Davidians, which ended with the death of 76 people. The film has been scripted by Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty) and Marc Haimes (Kubo and the Two Strings) and […]
Melissa Benoist and Julia Garner join Waco
Paramount Network and Weinstein Television have added Melissa Benoist (Supergirl) and Julia Garner (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) to the cast of the upcoming Waco limited series, with Benoist set to play Rachel Koresh, the wife of cult leader David Koresh, and Garner as Rachel’s younger sister Michelle Jones. The six-part series will explore […]
John Leguizamo joins Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch in Waco event series
Back in August it was reported that Taylor Kitsch (True Detective) and Michael Shannon (Midnight Special) had joined an event series based around the 1993 Waco standoff, and now Deadline is reporting that John Leguizamo has joined the cast as ATF agent Robert Rodriguez, who was sent into David Koresh’s Mount Carmel to gather evidence […]
Taylor Kitsch and Michael Shannon set for Waco miniseries
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Taylor Kitsch (True Detective) and Michael Shannon (Midnight Special) are set to star in a new miniseries from Weinstein Television which will dramatise the deadly 1993 standoff between the Branch Davidians and the federal government in Waco, Texas. Titled Waco, the miniseries has been written by John Erick Dowdle and […]
