Josh Duhamel stars in the ten-episode series set to debut April 17.
Get ready for another Netflix production about the challenges and power struggles affecting a contemporary ranching family. Six months after the launch of Territory, the acclaimed set-in-Australia series starring C&I reader favorite Robert Taylor, the streamer is set to premiere Ransom Canyon, a romantic modern western drama starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly, on April 17.
Created, written, and executive produced by April Blair, whose previous credits include Reign, All American, and Wednesday, and set against the rugged expanse of Texas Hill Country, Ransom Canyon — based on the Jodi Thomas series of books — charts the intersecting lives of three often contentious ranching families.
“At its core,” Blair says, “Ransom Canyon isn’t just a town. It’s an idea. It’s the painful longing for your first love. It’s the burning desire to protect your family. It’s cowboys and lovers, grifters and thieves. Lust, deceit, heartache, home … Ransom has it all.
“I think people are going to fall in love with this little slice of Texas and the dramas and romances that we created there.”
Here’s the official Netflix logline: “Welcome to Ransom Canyon, where love, loss, and loyalty collide beneath the crimson mesas of Texas Hill Country. With three ranching family dynasties locked in a contest for control of the land, their lives and legacies are threatened by outside forces intent on destroying their way of life.
“At the center of it all is stoic rancher Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel), owner of the Double K Ranch, who is healing from heartbreaking loss and on a quest for vengeance. Staten’s only glimmer of hope rests in the eyes and heart of Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly), longtime family friend and owner of the local dance hall.
“But as the battle to save Ransom wages on, a mysterious cowboy drifts into town, dredging up secrets from the past. Vise tightening, Staten fights to protect the land he calls home, and the only love that can pull him back from the demons that haunt him.”
In addition to Duhamel and Kelly, Ransom Canyon features veteran actor James Brolin (Marcus Welby, M.D. ) as Cap, a brash ex-Army captain and bullheaded owner of Fuller Ranch who’s still in grief after losing his only son in Afghanistan; Eoin Macken (La Brea) as Davis Collins, the Ivy League-educated owner of the modern Bar W Ranch, who’s determined to capitalize on the invaluable aquifer running below Ransom’s ranchland; and Tatanka Means (Killers of the Flower Moon) as Jake Longbow, Kirkland’s trusted ranch manager and confidant.
Other members of the cast include Lizzy Greene, Garrett Wareing, Jack Schumacher, Marianly Tejada, Andrew Liner, Philip Winchester, Kate Burton, Casey W. Johnson, Jennifer Ens, Brett Cullen, Jaren Robledo, Niko Guardado, Justin Johnson Cortez, and Kenneth Miller.
Here is the first teaser trailer for Netflix’s Ransom Canyon.
