Joe Otterson TV ReporterDianne Wiest is set to star opposite Jeremy Renner in the Paramount Plus series “Mayor of Kingstown” from Taylor Sheridan, Variety has learned.The series follows the McLusky family – power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry.
Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither.
Wiest will play Miriam, the McLusky family matriarch who teaches at the Kingstown Women’s Prison.Wiest is a two-time Academy Award winner for both “Hannah and Her Sisters” and “Bullets Over Broadway,” with Wiest also winning a Golden Globe for the latter film.
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