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TV News: The Sixth Gun
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Cuse and screenwriter Ryan Condal are set to adapt Oni Press’ graphic novel series The 6th Gun for NBC. The project, which is being produced by Universal TV and Oni's production company Closed on Mondays Entertainment, is the story of six mythical guns in the Old West. When the Sixth Gun, the most powerful and dangerous of the group, resurfaces in the hands of an innocent girl named Becky Montcrief, dark forces reawaken.
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Becky is the daughter of a farmer who comes into possession of the Sixth Gun, which reawakens dark forces.
Earl Brown plays General Oliander Hume, an undead Confederate War general who has been imprisoned in a magical coffin for 18 years.
Graham McTavish plays Silas Hedgepeth, Hume's most loyal Lieutenant and wielder of the Fourth Gun.
Aldis Hodge plays Agent Mercer, a Pinkerton detective looking for the guns.
Treme's Michiel Huisman will play the male lead, Drake Sinclair, a rogue gunslinger searching for The Sixth Gun in hopes of finding treasure..
Pedro Pascal plays Special Agent Ortega, a Pinkerton detective working under Agent Mercer. James LeGros plays Bill John O’Henry, Drake's loyal companion/sidekick. Chin Han plays Chow, a brilliant Machiavellian schemer.
Elena Satine rounds out the lead cast as antagonist Missy Hume, a powerful madame who has maintained her youth by possessing the Fifth Gun. She is looking to collect all 6 for evil purposes.