Independent wrestling drama Heels to premiere on August 15 at cable network Starz
Set in a close-knit Georgia community, the show follows a family-owned wrestling promotion, as two brothers and rivals war over their late father s legacy.
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LOS ANGELES: Premium cable network Starz has announced that its original drama series Heels , set in the world of independent wrestling, will air on August 15. According to Deadline, the show will play on all Starz platforms in the US and Canada, and on the StarzPlay premium streaming platform across its complete footprint in Europe, Latin America, and Japan.
Starz released the official
Heels teaser trailer, which reveals when the show will premiere. Coming later this summer, the show will premiere on August 15, 2021. Starring Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig as two brothers involved in the independent wrestling world. Amell is no stranger to the world of professional wrestling as he competed in a WWE SummerSlam match and during the All In pay-per-view put on by Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks.
Amell will play Jack Spade, while Ludwig is his younger brother named Ace. The drama series also stars Alison Luff as Staci Spade, Jack’s wife who learns that she has to contend with the emotional stakes her in-laws have invested in their wrestling goals and the demands it puts on her family; Mary McCormack as Willie Day, Jack’s business partner and the logistical brains behind the local wrestling organization; Kelli Berglund as Crystal Tyler, Ace’s valet and love interest; Allen Maldonado as Rooster Robbins, one of the best wrestlers
By Meredith B. Kile Starz
Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig are ready to take the ring in the new Starz wrestling drama,
On Sunday, the network debuted the first trailer for the upcoming series, which is set to premiere across all Starz platforms on Sunday, Aug. 15.
Heels stars Amell and Ludwig as Jack and Ace Spade, brothers struggling with their own lives and their late father s pro wrestling legacy in small-town Georgia. You re a washed up quarterback who couldn t play in college. I m a lawnmower salesman, Jack tells Ace in the trailer. It is not enough for me.
When they decide to take to the ring for a good old-fashioned grudge match, it s a tale as old as time. However, while the wrestling universe is easily delineated between heroes (aka faces ) and villains (aka heels ), the real word can be far less clean-cut. As the trailer promises, People love the good guys as much as they hate the bad.
Heels Official Teaser: Duffy Wrestling League Opens Doors This August
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Stephen Amell) and Ace Spade s (
Alexander Ludwig) Duffy Wrestling League, we learned Sunday night what it was all leading up to. That s right, we have our first official teaser for the upcoming pro-wrestling drama
Heels. With the series set to premiere this August, the following clip sets the stage for the Spade brothers efforts to resurrect their father s dream- but can they make it their own?
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Heels, set to premiere on August 15:
In
Heels, the focus is on the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small-town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals Jack Spade (Amell) and Ace Spade (Ludwig) war over their late father s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel. But in the real world, those characters can be hard to