Netflix to premiere The Abandons, a female-led Western, Dec 4, 2025

Netflix will premiere The Abandons, a new Western drama led by Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson, on December 4, 2025. Set in Washington Territory in 1854 and filmed in Calgary, the series follows two widowed matriarchs whose rival families collide over land, secrets and a budding romance that escalates into violence and revenge.

The show was created by Kurt Sutter, who is credited as an executive producer and is best known for his work on Sons of Anarchy. Sutter stepped away from the project during production in October 2024, and other executive producers oversaw the series to completion. Netflix has released first-look images and an official synopsis describing a confrontation between “one of wealth and privilege bound by blood” and “a found family of orphans and outcasts bound by love and necessity,” their fates intertwined by two crimes, a hidden secret, a starcrossed love and a parcel of land with silver beneath it.

Headey and Anderson headline an ensemble cast that includes Nick Robinson, Diana Silvers, Lamar Johnson, Natalia del Riego, Lucas Till, Aisling Franciosi, Patton Oswalt, Michiel Huisman and Ryan Hurst, among others. The production credits list Chris Keyser,...