EXCLUSIVE: Hell on Wheels, starring Anson Mount, ran for five seasons on AMC and became one of the network’s biggest hits.
Twelve years on the western drama about the construction of the first transcontinental railroad across the U.S., is at the center of a legal dispute between the for-sale eOne and Banijay’s Endemol.
Endemol USA is suing eOne for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and unjust enrichment and is looking for “millions of dollars in back-end compensation.
Tax credits are in the middle of the dispute. The Banijay-owned producer says that it created and developed the series and sold it to AMC in the U.S.
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