History's eight-hour television event series Texas Rising will premiere Memorial Day 2015, it was announced today by Dirk Hoogstra, Executive Vice President and General Manager, History & H2. The series will detail the Texas Revolution and the rise of the legendary Texas Rangers.
"We're ecstatic with what we've seen so far from production," said Hoogstra, "I can't think of a better way to kick off summer than with a big television event that's sure to resonate with our fans."
Texas Rising is produced by A+E Studios and ITV Studios America in association with Thinkfactory Media for History. Leslie Greif (Hatfields & McCoys) is executive producer. Two-time Oscar-nominated director Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields) is directing with an all-star cast including: Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olivier Martinez, Thomas Jane, Crispin Glover, Rhys Coiro, Jeremy Davies, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Christopher McDonald, Max Thieriot, Chad Michael Murray, Robert Knepper, Jeff Fahey, Rob Morrow and Kris Kristofferson.
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