Sons Of Anarchy Creator Kurt Sutter Gets The Greenlight From Netflix For Western Drama The Abandons

According to a report from Deadline, Kurt Sutter's western IP "The Abandons," which was announced last fall, officially received a series order at Netflix. Former FX exec Danielle Woodrow, who now works at Netflix as well, fast-tracked the show making it one of the quickest to get greenlit that Sutter has ever worked on. The action drama inspired by La Cosa Nostra and "Bonanza" will join a lineup of westerns already available on the streaming service consisting of titles such as "The Power of the Dog," "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," and "The Harder They Fall."

Sutter, who will serve as showrunner, first discussed the series in its early stages of development in November 2021 and described the narrative for "The Abandons," saying in an interview, "We are on the Western Frontier, somewhere between the Dakotas and California, small cattle town, circa 1850. So, it's post-Gold Rush, pre-Civil War, and then, some natural resource is discovered. You have this wealthy family, where the Hearst-like character comes in, and the aristocrats in Italy, and they try to buy out the ranchers... But there's this one group of families that won't sell. "They band together. They stand up to the oppressor... That whole first season will be about the evolution of them as, you know, turning into outlaws, in a period before all the iconic outlaws that we know, like Jesse James and Billy the Kid" (via Deadline).

"The Abandons" is shaping up to be yet another excellent addition to Sutter's impressive body of work, and the intriguing plot has all the makings to be a can't-miss affair for western fans that subscribe to Netflix.